Baldan single disc openers - good, bad or indifferent?
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Never heard of them before, looks good tho, maybe compare to Great Plains double disc
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A few in our area have them. I personally have the semiato double disc planter from Serafins. When I saw the single disc baldan I wished I had waited for them to be available on a linkage bar. In really wet and soft conditions I heard they struggle but every disc unit will have issues. My double disc are great in the wet but if you are chasing moisture they are limited to the amount of depth you can reach. Neighbours have the baldan double disc units and they have sown a lot of ha with some rough guys driving them and they held up. Just don't tighten the bolts to much if they are from South America. Every bolt I have tightened on my tandem disc snap very easily.
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I have the Excel single disc which is nearly a twin for the Baldan disc and find it to be a very good unit, I like the excel units they do a nice job and they handle wet conditions very well. I don't think you'll be disappointed in normal planting conditions with the spoked gauge wheel on these units I think you have already won half the battle they do a good job at allowing mud to get away from the disc, for a cheaper type opener I think they'll be good value for money, good luck
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Had a quick look at them on the Serafin website. Run Excel units myself and really like them. 20" disc should give excellent penetration on hard soils and two grease points is a definite plus. I also see on their website they offer a heavy weight machine option to carry the openers. You need weight to get penetration in hard going so they would be worth a look too. (Always thought Serafin machines were a bit light till I saw those heavier machines).
Another thing to consider is how easy is it to change the discs? It takes about 45min per disc on the Excel as you have disassemble the hub to get the disc off - won't come off over gage wheel arm like a JD. Only thing I dont like about Excel
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Another thing to consider is how easy is it to change the discs? It takes about 45min per disc on the Excel as you have disassemble the hub to get the disc off - won't come off over gage wheel arm like a JD. Only thing I dont like about Excel
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Thanks gavdalbs. We are running a semeato at the moment. Looking to get a bit more width and some speed to get it all done. We are running into depth/placement issues as the disc wear - which happens pretty quick where we are.
How much life are you getting out of a set of 20" discs?
What sort of ground speed can you run? Cheers
How much life are you getting out of a set of 20" discs?
What sort of ground speed can you run? Cheers
Gday thebull, just curious are you getting irregular seed placement caused by the lead disc wearing down therefore not cutting a nice clean slot? I'm running those Tatu double discs on an old bettinson drill, might be something I'll have to keep an eye on over time.
I have read somewhere that the Baldan opener is very similar, if not the same, as a John Deere version?
I have read somewhere that the Baldan opener is very similar, if not the same, as a John Deere version?
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The gauge wheel is attached to the disc and can't be adjusted so as the disc wears it shallows the seeding depth. I have the 50mm depth on ours at the moment and still just enough.
The bull we only seed at 11km/h. We get over a bit of country at that and find a good germination.
I'd love a baldan single disc 12mt linkage unit with a 9200lt Gason cart behind it. Would get the season done quick.
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