[dtimchishen]

Just finalizing my new cart order, just wondering what everyone thinks of some of the options. What tire configs does everyone have? I am thinking dual 850s on back. What about bag lift? Too much sectional control troubles so ordering without and add it down the road when it's perfected. Any thoughts?

 

[mbfarmer]

What sectional control troubles? We got duals with the plan of putting on tracks. Not as easy as you would think. I would probably just get tracks although the duals stayed up pretty good this year.

 

[jas]

duals, bulk boom if you use mini bulk bags, scale, get the right fan for your expected fertilizer rates, rear hitch if you use liquid. not sure what problems you think need to be fixed with asc, ours worked great.

 

[bjtjjl]

Asc worked great here also. Why not buy with it in now, don't have to use it. Cheaper than adding later. You will use it right away anyway.

 

[dtimchishen]

Local dealer has 5 new tanks with asc and have nothing but trouble this year. Plugging issues. They are not recommending ordering with it

 

[Born2Farm]

Not sure what problems you've heard about with asc, ours worked flawless! On our 6000 acre farm we used to seed the number is actually 5700 acres, saved 300 acres in one year, more than paid for the option, just get it.

 

[STR1]

ASC worked flawlessly, 3320-66/7550. Best feature on the drill.

 

[dtimchishen]

How much hydraulic capacity do u guys have? They are wondering if that may be the problem. But engineers were out from bourgault as well and still didn't have much success

 

[Bar D]

It was very wet here this spring and we never got stuck once with the cart and we have the dual 850's so good option and a bag lift is a must if you don't have a saddle tank.

 

[bjtjjl]

How much hydraulic capacity do u guys have? They are wondering if that may be the problem. But engineers were out from bourgault as well and still didn't have much success

What size drills and row spacing? What kind of rates were they trying to push through ?

 

[SouthernSK]

Can the conveyor be used instead of the bag lift to get the canola up to the top of the tank or does it not work well?

 

[jas]

errr should have said saddle tank and conveyor as well. the conveyor seems to throw quite a bit of seed/fertilizer out the bottom. I don't think I'd want to use it for canola. we were super happy with the bulk boom. it was so nice not always having to take the skid steer to the field to drop mini bulk bags or to load them up.

 

[Jason Hildebrand]

Can the conveyor be used instead of the bag lift to get the canola up to the top of the tank or does it not work well?

I used my conveyor on my 6700 for all my canola, it works great, almost no spillage if you pour it at the back of the hopper.

 

[CForest]

Asc worked flawlessly for me on over 10,000 acres, would get it again no doubt. Duals for sure, I have bag lift, big auger and no saddle tank. To do it over I would probably do conveyor and no bag lift just run canola and innoculant up that. Saddle tank still not worth the extra $$ imo. The auger is awesomely fast but conveyor would clean out better and could get by without baglift also. Also as mentioned make sure you have the fans to suite your needs.

 

[dtimchishen]

I have a 60' 3710 setup with mrb. I run a max of 325-350 down them and starter fert and seed down seed shoot.
So I will order 2 high speed fans. I would like the bulk boom but u have to order the saddle tank as well and it's about 28000 together. There is already a 40 bus tank so seems redundant. Especially as canola is becoming less of a main crop on my farm. The bulk boom for innoculant would be nice tho. Apparently it can be added later thru parts, then u can get it on its own.
What's that topcon x30 like?

 

[SWMan]

I think the saddle tank is one of the best ideas in a long time. The bulk boom seems like a waste of $$$ for something that gets used a dozen or so times per year. I used to dump mini-bulks right into the saddle tank with a normal loader or my small telehandler. If you have access to one of those then why not use something you already have? A couple of times when I needed some canola seed in the field and no loader we just backed the pickup up to the steps of the saddle tank and pailed it over in no time! Auger is easier to maneuver if you don't handle many pulses. I just put the soybeans in with my Batco conveyor which is easy to do.

The big rubber gives excellent flotation but is wide on the road.

 

[CForest]

I forgot about brakes, if you have much for hills I would highly suggest them. It was something my dealer talked me into and sure glad he did. As far as bulk boom goes I definitely wouldn't do that either. Put that money towards a telehandler or something you can use on the rest of the farm.

 

[Jason Hildebrand]

On the 7700 I wouldn't bother with brakes, I've had no trouble slowing down my 6700, although I only drive 18mph. I would also reccomend tracks which you cant get brakes on. I think the bulk boom is a great idea, realistically the saddle tank/platform is a little high for a pickup truck. I think you would have to look at how far your land is, a lot of mine is 10-15miles away, a loader or telehandler is not an option, the ones that are suggesting it must and right around their yard.

 

[CForest]

On the 7700 I wouldn't bother with brakes, I've had no trouble slowing down my 6700, although I only drive 18mph. I would also reccomend tracks which you cant get brakes on. I think the bulk boom is a great idea, realistically the saddle tank/platform is a little high for a pickup truck. I think you would have to look at how far your land is, a lot of mine is 10-15miles away, a loader or telehandler is not an option, the ones that are suggesting it must and right around their yard.

First of all I rarely use the brakes on the road, it shouldn't have much weight in it while moving anyways. It's in field when turning on side hills with a half full cart or more where I use it a lot. It will push the drill sideways if your not careful. Was just talking to a good friend yesterday who has a 6700/3310 and he has turned his into a pretzel twice now resulting in $15k worth of damage. I am spread out over 35 miles. Now that I have a baglift I don't need a loader/telehandler in the field, but my old system did require one. It was no different than moving another truck to the field. Either drive the tractor or haul the telehandler. Doesn't seem like that big of a deal to me..... I have seen one guy that pulls a car trailer full of totes behind his T-300 service truck and used his crane to lift them off the trailer and up to the top of the cart. Looked like it worked pretty slick.

 

[Jason Hildebrand]

First of all I rarely use the brakes on the road, it shouldn't have much weight in it while moving anyways. It's in field when turning on side hills with a half full cart or more where I use it a lot.

Ive seen my 6700 push but I know better and don't do it again. You can correct me here but don't the cart brakes only apply when the tractors brakes apply? So your stopping on side hills? Or just driving while holding the brakes? I do believe Bourgault intended them for road travel, it works awesome to fill right up and go do the "back 40" or qtr section or whatever.

It was no different than moving another truck to the field. Either drive the tractor or haul the telehandler. Doesn't seem like that big of a deal to me.....

You can't honestly say that driving a tractor 35 miles is the same as jumping in a truck and driving speed limit. Or loading it on a trailer, chaining it down, unchaining, then doing it all over again. I don't know many producers that have that much time.

I have seen one guy that pulls a car trailer full of totes behind his T-300 service truck and used his crane to lift them off the trailer and up to the top of the cart. Looked like it worked pretty slick.

That is pretty slick, not everyone has a crane service truck, or would use it for anything other than mini bulks so it seems like the bulk boom would be cheaper in retrospect. Basically what i'm getting at is that the Bulk boom is useful to the right producer, so it fills the market. There is options out there but nothing is going to be as easy or user friendly as something built onto the drill.