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ben70b · May 13, 2014

What can y'all tell me about this drill? What model is it? Can I use it to seed gras or oats? Are parts hard to find or is it worth fixing it up to use? Thanks!

IAtractorKid · May 13, 2014

Not sure on the model but yes it could be used for gras, oats, alfalfa, etc. Some parts are easy to find...others not so much. If all the drive gears and sprockets look good with no excessive wearand the inside of the fertilizer box is not rusted to crap, I would not be afraid of fixing it up and using it.

Jim Becker · May 13, 2014

Looks a lot like an MF.

teddy52food · May 13, 2014

That is a grass seeder not a fertilizer box.

GeneMO · May 13, 2014

I have one just like it. Except the small grass seeder box is in the front, not in the back like yours.

Dont know the model. My dad used it for oats and wheat.. We even plugged up every other hole a few years and experimented with drilled soybeans. This was back in the late 70's when narrow rowed soybeans were just starting to get popluar.

Gene

Throop · May 14, 2014

Looks like it says McCormick in the first picture.
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mkirsch · May 14, 2014

It does look like a Mccormick model MF (not Massey-Ferguson) grain drill. That would be a model M with F for fertilizer.

The little box down low across the back is the grass seeder. I think it is aftermarket, because they normally mounted on the front.

The rear hopper on the main drill is the fertilizer. The front is where the grain goes.

Parts even if available are going to be more than you want to spend if you pay a fair price for the drill (i.e. not much). You could spend thousands on new disks and seed tubes and still end up with a $200 grain drill.

It may still drill a few acres as-is, or with some clever creative parts substitutions. You may be able to modify some off-the reel tubing from the hardware store as seed tubes, for example.

Look for loose floppy disks. That means the bearings are shot, which means an expensive tedious repair.

If it's cheap enough, and not excessively floppy, and you don't have a lot of acres to cover, and you're not looking for laser-accurate seed placement, it might work ok for you.

hayshaker5 · May 14, 2014

I purchased a "M" grain drill with the grass seed attachment in the back like that. I asked the owner, who bought it new, why it was on the back, and he said it came that way. He said that was the way they were selling them in the early 50"s. My dad"s "M" grain drill had the grass seed box in the front and that was purchased new in the late 40"s.

Jim Becker · May 14, 2014

The early versions of the M/MF drills had the grass seeder on the front. Later ones had the low mounted rear seeder. I don't know, but always speculated that relocating it to drop the seed nearer the ground kept the seed more uniformly placed (less subject to wind). It was also easier to fill the hopper.

Mark in Upstate · May 14, 2014

The seed box in the back is for seeds such as Broome Grass. Yes oats and fertilizer are able to be placed with this seeder. There is no "small seed" hopper, (alfalfa, clover) on the seeder. That would be mounted on the front of the large hopper. I own one of the latest versions.

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