Did a very nice job on my previously burned down plot but I also drilled into a grassy plot that was not burned down and it also worked well. No-till Seed depth is tricky to control as it depends on so many factors like ground softness, amount of thatch, etc. Those seeds simply fall in front of the rear cultipacker and get pressed in. The small box is for legumes and brassicas. I can do (10) 7.5" rows, (5) 15" rows, or (3) 30" rows out of the large box. But it will be perfectly acceptable for beans and plot seeds. Metering was not as precise as my Deere 7000 row planter. The Tar River no-till seemed too whimpy and I didn't like the weight or the unit. I looked at the Tar River and decided to go one step up. It's not a Great Plains, but it's plenty heavy and well made. Unit is very well made, and price point is mid-range for a new drill. This also allows me to drill legumes, brassicas, oats, peas, E-wheat and just about everything else. That puts me into a drill instead of a row planter. I decided to move away from 30" rows for my beans and switch to 15" rows for better weed control. It's called a Greenscape 750 Food Plotter. I just bought this drill a few days ago to plant my Ohio plots. I don't have any experience with hills so I can't comment on that. Overall the drill has been awesome for me even through the headaches of finally getting it adjusted right. As far as the shallowness they recommended buying these round top link cylinders you can buy at tsc and it'll get it even shallower that just adjusting the top link. After a bit of a hassle I got another drill they adjusted in house but the measuring tape for reference doesn't go back that far and they wouldn't fix that. They brought me another one that worked great but had rust all over it in different areas. Being a new drill that didn't set well with me. Their solution initially was for me to drill out a slot in the metal box to get it to close further. It appears that they didn't machine the gearbox adjuster correct. So I purchased a new genesis 5 light last year and contacted RTP when it was doing what Sam I am was describing. Well I'll help to answer a few of the questions as I had a few of these issues. I have no idea what I'll do with all of the time I'm going to save by not having to till the old corn twice before planting, but I'm sure I'll figure out something. I'm excited to see what it does next spring in a no-till application of beans in corn stubble. But just be aware, it's a heavy piece of equipment but it's a super solid, well though out foodplot drill. I could probably get some suitcase weights and try to balance it out, but I need a new slightly bigger tractor for some other uses on the farm as well so it's a good excuse to pull the trigger on that. The drill ended up costing somewhere around $12k, but the new tractor I'm going to need to buy to pick it up is going to be a bit more expensive! I have a 57 horse Kubota that has never had an issue with anything, it's rated to pick up 3,800 lbs on the 3-point hitch and when I pick up the Genesis Drill the front tires come off the ground. I planted some late soybeans with it and it works great. I just picked up the 5 foot version, 3 point hitch attachment this past summer.
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