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Post by putsie on May 9, 2011 20:48:22 GMT -5
Finally got at it this past week. Started last Monday pm and managed to get around 1700 acres of Canola and Lentils in the ground by 5:30 Saturday pm when rain showers shut us down. Thought I'd share a couple pics from the last week. Here's the calm before the storm, a couple early morning pics before seeding began.   Seeding Canola into durum stubble that was banded with Nitrogen and a touch of Sulfer last fall.   6 am wake up call for ol 9370  filling up for the day with Phosphorus fertilizer (40lbs/ac). Still on canola but now going into flax stubble.   Now we're switched over to lentils and loading up with Nodulator innoculant. Then a pic of the red lentils during loading.   Thanks for looking. Hopefully more to come. 200+/- more acres of lentils then switching to durum this week if weather smartens back up. |
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Post by treymo on May 9, 2011 20:54:16 GMT -5
Nice Pics! How many acres an hour are you rolling over with that rig?
Trey
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Post by mstjhamfarms on May 9, 2011 21:00:33 GMT -5
Wow, nice Air Seeder!!!
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Post by steiger9330 on May 9, 2011 21:01:50 GMT -5
Nice pics. Is that phosphorus fertilizer DAP?
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Post by putsie on May 9, 2011 21:09:21 GMT -5
Nice Pics! How many acres an hour are you rolling over with that rig? Trey 45ft of drill typically rolling along at 6 mph. Put in somewhere round 70 hrs on the tractor last week. My calculations say somewhere around 25+/- ac/hr. If there's rain coming or an extra push to get done I've bumped her up to 6.2-6.5mph and can just about tickle the 30ac/hr mark if I try. But I'm not big on wrecking things so I try not push it that hard very often. |
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Post by putsie on May 9, 2011 21:10:26 GMT -5
Nice pics. Is that phosphorus fertilizer DAP? Gonna have to break that down for me...... what's DAP stand for? |
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Post by steiger9330 on May 9, 2011 21:14:58 GMT -5
Nice pics. Is that phosphorus fertilizer DAP? Gonna have to break that down for me...... what's DAP stand for? Diammonium phosphate, everyone around here calls it DAP. It's 18-46-0 and it's what we used with our old corn planter that had dry fertilizer. A few still use it to bulk on with the spreader. We usually put on about 200lb an acre I think. |
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Post by jd3020 on May 9, 2011 21:45:53 GMT -5
how do you like the spilt truck?
we started yestarday with wheat
were abouts are you?
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Post by magnum 7240 on May 9, 2011 22:01:16 GMT -5
6 mph that's how fast we pull are field cultivator and i like the old stiger
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Post by 70ds on May 9, 2011 22:07:02 GMT -5
Nice pics. That is an interesting rig you have in that truck. I have never seen that done before. I like the one pic with the smoke. Was it pretty cold in that pic?
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Post by djt14 on May 9, 2011 22:11:38 GMT -5
Were just starting to get into full speed around here going to get some pics sometime. And great pics.
Thanks for sharing
Dallas
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Post by putsie on May 10, 2011 9:15:32 GMT -5
Gonna have to break that down for me...... what's DAP stand for? Diammonium phosphate, everyone around here calls it DAP. It's 18-46-0 and it's what we used with our old corn planter that had dry fertilizer. A few still use it to bulk on with the spreader. We usually put on about 200lb an acre I think. Hmm never heard the DAP term. The blend numbers, that's more my language. The blend of this stuff is 11-51-0 and it goes down with the canola and the cereals (durum in this instance). We used to get a N and Ph blend of 34-17-0 for years and put it down at about 140-180lbs depending on the year. The thing is our soil has built up enough Ph over the years we could back off on it a bit. When we got the bigger tank with 3 tanks so in cereals we started putting Ph down with the seed and side banded in straight N (double shoot drill so still one pass). With Canola we band in the fall so we're not stopping to fill with N all the time. Lentils and peas we don't put any fertilizer down with them period, don't need any. The cereals get 80lbs of Ph and 160-180lbs of N depending on the year. Now that we've got a semi as well, that old green gasser has been relegated to fertilizer duty and the split tanks stay in all year. It worked pretty good back when we had the smaller air cart. We used to put the seed in front and the fertilizer blend in the rear. Now it's usually Ph in front with N in the back for cereals with the other tandem filled with seed. That V is just a divider, not a full sided tank. It fits the contour of the box and then the gap is sealed with caulking/duct tape. It funnels (as you can see) to a center shoot/slide in the end gate. The rear tank has shoots on either side of the funnel. Works good, But you have to almost over load the poor old girl to get enough for 2 fills out of it. Clay, that pic with the smoke rollin out was absolute beautiful morning. A calm, crisp 38-40 deg F morning. |
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Post by steiger9330 on May 10, 2011 16:05:20 GMT -5
We mix our 18-46-0 with our 0-0-60 to make 9-23-30 and we put on 400lb an acre of it. Our phosphorus levels are low in our soils. It think the stuff you're using (11-51-0) might be MAP but IDK, I'm not a fertilizer guru lol. Neat set up you got. How do you like the tow behind cart? We had a tow between on our old drill.
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Post by putsie on May 10, 2011 20:40:40 GMT -5
We mix our 18-46-0 with our 0-0-60 to make 9-23-30 and we put on 400lb an acre of it. Our phosphorus levels are low in our soils. It think the stuff you're using (11-51-0) might be MAP but IDK, I'm not a fertilizer guru lol. Neat set up you got. How do you like the tow behind cart? We had a tow between on our old drill. 400lbs? Wow you really pump in the fertilizer don't you. After doing a little checking over of my references, your right the 11-51-0 we use is a MAP. After a while all the blends start to get a little confusing to remember and follow never mind all this MAP, DAP stuff  . As far as the TBH tank. I much prefer it to the TBT, I like to have the drill close so I can watch it and not have a big blind spot from the cart blocking my view. Also with these big carts now, it seems like a lot of drawbar weight with a TBT, not to mention the huge drills out there putting extra stress on the cart too. A good story about TBT tanks.... Our neighbors used to have a couple 60ft drills with TBT tanks. Including one pulled behind a 525/50 Big Bud with triples and the whole deal. I was seeding probably a mile away and noticed they had stopped moving fairly early in the day with that out fit. When I stopped for the night I could see lights on over at the tractor and service trucks and front end loader tractors all around. So on the way home I drove past to see what was going on. Turns out the drill went through some hard packed ground at a road approach and with all that tractor (and tire) up front it pulled the cart apart...... like in half, 2 pieces. They worked all night and used a full spool of mig wire to put it back together. Turns out they did it again later with the same out fit. Needless to say they still got that Big Bud but it pulls a drill with a TBH cart. BTW their second rig was a 60ft Morris drill 450bu TBT tank pulled by a CAT. That set up is gone too........ |
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Post by steiger9330 on May 10, 2011 21:24:13 GMT -5
400lb would be the same as putting on 200lb of 0-0-60 and 200lb of 18-46-0. This way we would only go over the ground once. We used to use 20 gallons per acre of 10-34-0 when we planted, but when it got scarce and expensive we cut it down to 10 gallons per acre and bulked on DAP to make up the difference. 400lb isn't that much when you look at the blend. It's like spreading twice with 2 different fertilizers. Plus we need the extra phosphorus due to our low levels. We make our blends by dumping one load in the spreader of DAP and then another of potash and so on.
We used a tow between cart. We didn't know how hard it would be to do corners with the tbh cart, but it makes no difference now as we now have a centerfill.
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Post by jd3020 on May 10, 2011 21:56:20 GMT -5
a little off topic but i seen your from moose jaw and also a red guy
so do you deal with youngs equiptment?
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Post by putsie on May 10, 2011 22:45:54 GMT -5
a little off topic but i seen your from moose jaw and also a red guy so do you deal with youngs equiptment? Technically speaking I farm near Assiniboia, Moose Jaw is my winter destination ;D ;D. That being said, yes we've dealt with Young's Equip over the years. Defineatly not exclusively tied to or stuck on Young's by any means. Mostly deal with the Assiniboia location. Our 8010 came outta Moose Jaw but the dealing was finalized in Assiniboia. Hmm a red guy?..... not really I'm not really brand biased but I do tend to lean a little to the green side. It's the father-in-law that leans to the red. I'm infiltrating though, slowly taking over  . A 4710 sp sprayer and a 7420 Deere tractor has been added to the line up since I've been around. We even thought extra hard on a STS before the 8010 won out in the end. And that red air cart will always be a Flexi-Coil in my eyes... |
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Post by jd3020 on May 11, 2011 17:26:26 GMT -5
okay i was just wondering
good luck on your seeding
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. A 4710 sp sprayer and a 7420 Deere tractor has been added to the line up since I've been around. We even thought extra hard on a STS before the 8010 won out in the end. And that red air cart will always be a Flexi-Coil in my eyes... 