All Crop Drill Grass Seed Tubes
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Topic: All Crop Drill Grass Seed Tubes
Posted By: Kyle(MN)
Subject: All Crop Drill Grass Seed Tubes
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2017 at 10:43pm
Last fall there was a discussion thread regarding the grain/fert and grass seed tubes for an All-Crop Drill. I believe there's some workable options for the grain/fert tubes through AGCO, Great Plains etc, but I had never found anything suitable for the grass seed tubes, which are much narrower. I stumbled across an option this summer and thought I would share. While strolling through my local Menards store, I saw some narrow, flexible, corrugated, black tubing called "Pond Tubing". There are a couple of different sizes available but I found the 3/4" most suitable. At the bottom, I glued in some narrow PVC pipe with adhesive caulking, and secured with small cotter pins. Then I spray painted the PVC with matte black paint. The narrow ends fit nicely through the spiraled holders.  On the drill pic, the tube on the left is an original, the next two are my reproductions, then another original, two reproductions, and an original.   |
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Posted By: Cernunnos
Date Posted: 13 Sep 2017 at 7:40am
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That is a great tip Kyle..thanks for sharing. Could you post a close-up pic of the PVC pipe insertion with the cotter pins? ------------- 1951 CA, 1952 CA with cultivator, 20 Series 8' disc harrow, 2 bottom pick-up plow, forage blower, 2-row rear mounted drill corn planter, Allcrop grain drill, No. 80T sickle mower, MN No. 130 barge box |
Posted By: Dave (NE)
Date Posted: 13 Sep 2017 at 8:28am
| Great plains has a 3/4 x 22 inch tube that I bought to use. Part #816-513c. Will post a pic when I can access my home computer. |
Posted By: grinder220
Date Posted: 13 Sep 2017 at 2:26pm
| I like it,will be doing that to my drill. I need the holders at the bottom, does Agco still have them? My manual shows a bar that runs the entire length of the drill that the hose dropped through,never seen the spring setup. |
Posted By: Kyle(MN)
Date Posted: 13 Sep 2017 at 10:51pm
Here are pics of the bottom and top- can't really see the cotter pin at the bottom as its painted black.  It seems to me I tried to find the spring holders in the past, with no luck via Agco. I started to make a few, with OK results, using stock steel rods that were a slightly narrower gauge, and then bending in the spirals. I was able to find a parts 11x7 this summer and that had the tube holders that I was able to use. I also have a 24x7 (14') All Crop drill- restoration in progress, which has the solid bar across the back, and the seed tubes are rigid. I haven't gotten that far yet, but I suspect for the grass seed tubes I'll just end up using pvc pipe and painting them black. I'm not sure exactly the rhyme or reason for the grass seed tube arrangements, i.e. flexible tubes/spiral holders vs. solid bar/rigid tubes as well as chain drags vs. press wheels. My 24x7 has press wheels. Aside from my 24x7, the only ones I've seen are 11x7's that have the spiral holders and chain drags. From one of my brochures, here's a pic of some variations of the All Crop drill:
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Posted By: Dick L
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2017 at 10:45am
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I bought a grain drill that did not have the drop tubes with it. I have never replaced the tubes and when the grass comes up it is in rows made from the cover disc blades. I also do not have the drag chains. The first rain puts the seeds in the grooves. Might be a problem with out rain but I try to sow the seed ahead of a rain. I just reseeded a field Monday with a broad cast seeder and followed up with my Oliver non wheel disc set very light pulling a cultipacker. Got a little bit of left over Irma rain yesterday. Still have a couple acres yet to reseed the same way. |
Posted By: Cernunnos
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2017 at 5:09pm
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Thanks for the closeups Kyle. That helps a lot with my CA grain drill project ------------- 1951 CA, 1952 CA with cultivator, 20 Series 8' disc harrow, 2 bottom pick-up plow, forage blower, 2-row rear mounted drill corn planter, Allcrop grain drill, No. 80T sickle mower, MN No. 130 barge box |
Posted By: Mikez
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2017 at 7:27pm
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Nice looking. Good idea. What's the part number of holders on bottom, I have clip-clamps that say fit all crop drill tubes |
Posted By: orangereborn
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2017 at 11:31pm
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Mikez wrote:Posted By: orangereborn
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2017 at 11:47pm
(70)317592 support. I had a box of them made about 4/5 years ago from an old sample. I paid over $800 and they were wrong. Would not correct so all are sitting here.....Dale
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Posted By: yzfarmgirl28
Date Posted: 15 Sep 2017 at 8:08pm
| Those grass seed tubes look great. What is available for the main seed tubes ? |
Posted By: Norm Meinert
Date Posted: 15 Sep 2017 at 8:28pm
| I have some of the seed tubes. |
Posted By: yzfarmgirl28
Date Posted: 15 Sep 2017 at 8:40pm
| Are these original old stock grain tubes? Or aftermarket? How many do you have and how $ ? |
Posted By: Norm Meinert
Date Posted: 15 Sep 2017 at 9:17pm
| the tubes are aftermarket and fit well. have 14 at $11.00 each. call 815-238-4506 |