Planters john deere FB grain Drill pasture seed settings

[hunterfarmer]

I have renovated a john Deere FB grain Drill with pasture seed boxes but placard on inside is not legible. Any images of it out there. Just a setting for general pasture mix would be great also.

Thank you in anticipation of any input.

 

[flusher]

I have renovated a john Deere FB grain Drill with pasture seed boxes but placard on inside is not legible. Any images of it out there. Just a setting for general pasture mix would be great also.

Thank you in anticipation of any input.

I calibrated my restored Minneapolis Moline P3-6 grain drill for oats (10-ft wide, 20 drops, single disc openers) by jacking up the rear wheels and turning them by hand with oats in the hopper--so many turns equals whatever fraction of an acre. Then weighed the oats that came through the feeds to calculate pounds per acre for the chosen feed rate setting.
You can also put a weighed amount of seed in the hoppers, set the feed rate adjustment to where you think it should be, run the drill along the ground and measure the distance required to empty the hopper to get pounds per acre.
The feed rate adjustment on my drill is pretty imprecise so even though I have the charts I still double checked by measuring the rate myself.
It takes a little time but it's worth it. Otherwise you're just guessing the rate.



Good luck.