At the Louisville show Great Plains featured its new high-capacity air drills. The 3007 HD is a full 30 feet in the field, but folds down to 10 feet for transport. It has two 100-bu. hoppers for 200 bu. of seed or seed with dry fertilizer. The 3N-4010HDA is a 40-foot no-till air drill with 350 bushels of seed or seed with dry fertilizer. The 20-foot 2007 HD can be equipped with a single 150-bu. bulk hopper for seed only, or two 82-bu. hoppers for seed and dry fertilizer or, one 82-bu. hopper and two 200-gallon liquid fertilizer tanks.
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On display at Louisville, the three-section, 20-foot 2007 HD has hydraulic weight transfer from the cart to the implement and from the centre of the wings. This means that all rows have the same amount of weight available regardless of position. The 2007HD 10-foot transport width puts that big capacity into a small space to transfer from field to field. In addition, standard seed chutes for each hopper make for easy cleanout without going under the seed hoppers.
Key to any drill is the opener and the HD 2007 utilizes 07HD openers for accurate seed placement. These openers feature four-mm thick disc blades offset a half-inch and a planter-style seed tube to consistently place seed in the bottom of the trench. The 18-position depth-controlling press wheels (four different types) follow to close the trench and firm the seed into the moisture. www.greatplainsmfg.com
