Attachment Reduces Seed Loss On Deere Drills

Attachment Reduces Seed Loss On Deere Drills DRILLS Drills 42C Every time you raise or lower your grain drill valuable soybean seed continues to flow from the seed cup and lay on top of the ground where they probably won t grow A new patented attachment is designed to help solve the problem
    The Seed Mizer operates off the drill s master hydraulic cylinder and works automatically every time you raise or lower the drill It automatically engages and disengages the drive clutch shutting off the flow of seed from the seed cup as the drill s lift hydraulics are activated When you lower the drill to the ground seeds are released only after the row units have made ground contact
    The unit was designed for Deere 750 and 1560 drills but will fit any cam-operated seed clutch
     It shuts off the seed clutch much quicker than conventional ground-driven seed clutches It can result in savings of $1 75 per acre in seed costs says inventor Doug Schmelzle Seneca Kan The problem is that ground-driven seed clutches don t react fast enough to stop the flow of seeds running from the meter cup so some seed continues to flow from the seed cup and lays on top of the ground for another 10 to 15 feet as you raise the row units The same problem occurs when you lower the drill to the ground The seed gate opens 4 to 6 ft before the disc openers are in position to place seeds in the soil so again seed lays on top of the ground
     I came up with the idea several years ago after my brother and I bought a Deere 750 no-till drill     As the price of seed has increased and the price we get for our crops has decreased we decided that we had to stop some of this seed loss We ve also installed units on some of our neighbor s drills We have quite a few terraces and waterways on our farm with many short rows and point rows On average we find that we re able to save about one bag of Roundup Ready soybeans every fourteen to fifteen acres We farm almost 1 000 acres so we save well more than $1 000 in seed costs per year Of course the savings will depend on how many times you raise and lower your drill when planting
    The unit makes use of a small hydraulic cylinder that replaces some mechanical linkage and attaches to the drill s existing seed clutch The add-on cylinder acts as a slave cylinder
    The Seed Mizer takes less than an hour to install No special tools are required
    Sells for $295 plus S&H
    Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Doug Schmelzle Timber Creek Mfg Inc Rt 3 Box 45A Seneca Kan 66538 ph 785 336-3328; fax 3328; Website: www seedmizer com

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