Pillar Drills
BENEFITS OF DISC/HOE OPENERS
The Disc/Hoe opener can place the seed and fertilizer with a single opener in one pass. It has 1.5” vertical and approximately 1.25” horizontal separation. The vertical separation can be adjusted as the disc wears down.
It creates a very firm, clean seed bed and because the seed boot is carving the seed bed, hair pinning has been eliminated in the seed bed. Seeding in very wet straw you may get some hair pinning with the disc as it cuts the furrow for the fertilizer, but the seed bed will stay clean.
The seed bed width is approximately 1.25” wide and the seeds are spread across the whole area giving you better support for the swath at harvest time.
The opener gives you just a bit of disturbance to give the field a black ribbon to warm up the seed bed. This system results in very quick and even germination.
Most of our Disc/Hoe customers have cut back their canola seed pounds per acre because of the high percentage of germination. They have reported increased yields per acre in side by side tests that they have done between hoe drills and the Disc/Hoe openers.
The Disc/Hoe openers handle the straw residue so well that in most cases there is no need to harrow before seeding thus reducing your fuel cost and giving you those extra hours to spend in your seeder instead of the harrowing.
The Disc/Hoe opener also preforms accurate seed placement at the recommended speed of 6.5 mph. With the increased seeding speeds of the Disc/Hoe openers you will be able to cover the same amount of acres per day with a 40′ as you would with a 55’ to 60’ hoe drill and you have fewer openers to maintain and adjust.
The adjustments on the Disc/Hoe opener are very simple and all the adjustable parts are locked up tight when seeding. The discs and bearings are available at your local farm part suppliers. We do carry some inventory as well.
STEALTH FLEX TOOLBAR
The Pillar SF-71 is a brand new toolbar that is a true game changer.
At 71′ the SF-71 is one of the biggest disc drills on the market. At 6.5 M.P.H you can seed up to 55 acres an hour.
The 5 section design is ultra flexible, allowing each section to flex independently.
Only 16′ 1″ wide and 14′ 1″ high in transport
DH-50/60 SERIES DRILLS
The DH-50 and 60 series Pillar drills are 5 plex toolbars with parallel lifting sub frames to lift and lower the double shoot Disc/Hoe openers. The main toolbar does not move to lift the openers out of the ground. With depth stops on the cylinders it is very easy maintain the correct frame height as the disc wears or when changing seeding depth.
They also feature a rear walking beam that keeps all the transport wheels on the ground. This feature removes the stress on the frame during transport and keeps the toolbar as level as possible in the field. There are walking axles on the transport wheels as well, these features keep an even load on all four corners of the toolbar all the time.
The DH5010 and DH6010 Pillar Disc Drills come with Flexi-coil easy flow headers but can be adapted to other air carts as well. These two models come with an 8 run, double shoot air pack
DH-30/40 SERIES DRILLS
The DH-40 Series was the first model of the Pillar Disc Drill that was released. It is a 3 plex toolbar with parallel lifting sub frames to raise and lower the double shoot Disc/Hoe openers. The main toolbar does not move to lift the openers out of the ground.
These toolbars are now available in 30, 33, and 40′ widths, and can be set up with 10 or 12″ spacing.
With depth stops on the cylinders it is very easy maintain the correct frame height as the disc wears or when changing seeding depth. The DH-30/40 Series drills come with Flexi-coil easy flow headers but can be adapted to other air carts as well. These models come with a 6 run air pack and the toolbars can be set up with tow between or tow behind air carts.
The Pillar toolbars have a rear walking beam that keeps all the transport wheels on the ground. This feature removes the stress on the frame during transport and keeps the toolbar as level as possible in the field. There are walking axles on the transport wheels as well. These features keep an even load on all four corners of the toolbar all the time.
