Ben Findlay

Small cropping program in the hills of Addington. Love machinery and innovative fabrication

[Ben Findlay @BenJFindlay]

@WaddiPark Not with the machine now, this is all I have, does that give you an idea of the blades?

[Ben Findlay @BenJFindlay]

Playing with a Rolmako Pro Cut stubble muncher in Canola today. Looks like the seeder should get through now. Not much stubble longer than 8 inches. 3.7T canola crop.

[Ben Findlay @BenJFindlay]

@WaddiPark

[Ben Findlay @BenJFindlay]

First lap today ilof the winter canola. RGT Nizza, split cross auger handling it well. Plants standing up well but still difficult to fit it out of the hole. Crop still a bit green, will come back to it next week.

[Ben Findlay @BenJFindlay]

@CallumKinnear Your welcome to come have a look anytime. I think that style of bracket your talking about would be much better. Definitely needs more work but the concept is proven.

[Ben Findlay @BenJFindlay]

New Project: Finally after many years thinking about it I am building a split cross auger for the windrower. Have seen a few across social media but not one in action. Does anyone have any feedback on these?

[Ben Findlay @BenJFindlay]

Cross auger complete, few teething issues at the start, required better drive couplings. Mounting still needs some more work. The flow is much better out of the header. Will have it in some big winter crops in about 10 days time to see how it performs.

[Ben Findlay @BenJFindlay]

More progress today, fitting to a Macdon D130. Will be in the field soon with hopefully some good results

[Oz AG Machinery @OzAG_Machinery]

@Oz_Value_AG is holding a small demo day to showcase the @UnverferthMfg Zone Builder tomorrow.
We will have deep rippers in action & would love for you to join us.
Time: 2pm-4pm
Location: Ballarat Area (Contact us for more info)
https://t.co/TSmWcK7ybO
#werefarmerstoo #ozvalue

[Ben Findlay @BenJFindlay]

@ttoose @JhCarmody @Oz_Value_AG https://t.co/drQr3kXeuM

[Ben Findlay @BenJFindlay]

@Nel_farms Nah the issue was trying to equalise pressure in the bins to pressure in the metering boxes. What spacings/how many tynes and what size are secondary hoses?

[Ben Findlay @BenJFindlay]

@ryan_milgate We are using the blanking plates that cut of 2/3 of the roller. But still not low enough. I made some different rollers this morning that work a treat.

[Ben Findlay @BenJFindlay]

Germinator MK4 UPDATE 4:
We are away. Finally the set up is complete and in the paddock. A few teething issues with the hydraulic tyne controller but smoothed out now. Also required some custom made seed rollers for the gason to get our sowing rate lower enough on canola.

[Ben Findlay @BenJFindlay]

@ajprotheroe1 Similar I guess. A little more stubble breakdown and less soil disturbance

[Ben Findlay @BenJFindlay]

Testing out this contraption today. Goal is to chop the stubble short enough to decompose quicker, and provide better trash flow. Also a little better chem to soil contact on pre-ems. Working in a 4.5t canola stubble. What is everyone's thoughts? Photos of results in comments.

[Ben Findlay @BenJFindlay]

@jackatgroundhog We are trying to balance those two things. Seed placement is imprtant but maintenance and longevity have proved a problem for some "parallelograms". The targets are seed placement, maintenance, trash flow, transport width, affordability.

[Ben Findlay @BenJFindlay]

Germinator MK4 UPDATE 3:
All tyne assemblies are on, most hydraulics plumbed up. Air kit to be fitted next, then electronics for tyne controller and drawbars to be added. Hydraulic fold circuit to be worked on tommorow.

[Ben Findlay @BenJFindlay]

@jackatgroundhog Thanks mate. No seed placement will be controlled at a ratio to press wheel movement. Similar to seedhawk, borgault qda, Horsch sprinter, etc.

[Ben Findlay @BenJFindlay]

Germinator MK4 UPDATE 2:
All parts have been received from the powder coater, main frame is assembled an quickly moving through it all. Depth control assemblies have been put together along with press wheel hubs.

[Ben Findlay @BenJFindlay]

@Weppcontracting Hi Jacob, a lot of changes this time, will post some more photos/videos in the coming days for you to see

[Ben Findlay @BenJFindlay]

Germinator MK4 UPDATE:
Toolbar is now complete, disassembled and off to the powder coater. Hope to have it back this week for assembly.