Retrofit Double Disks for small farm seeders and pasture drills
Dramatically improve your pasture seeding and cropping with RYAN NT Double Disks.
Retrofit Double Disks for small farm seeders and pasture drills
Dramatically improve your pasture seeding and cropping with RYAN NT Double Disks.
Blockage eliminating system
Unique front seeding boot and scraper avoid blockages to place seeds perfectly.
Improves soil structure
Better soils get better yields, and overall more profits, crucial to long-term farming success.
Early & Dry Planting
Planting can be done early and on time, so your crops get that much-needed moisture.
OUR GUARANTEE:
Your crops will ‘jump’ out of the ground due to better seed placement and germination, leading to higher yields and more profit.
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Retrofit RYAN NT Small Drill Double Disks for Pasture Seeding and Cropping Farmers
If you’re considering upgrading the knife system on your small farm seeder or pasture drill, the RYAN NT Retrofit Double Disks are the perfect option.
Our Disks are an alternative to buying a new machine, saving heaps of money in the process! And the good news, RYAN NT Double Disks work on just about any machine manufactured in the last 30 years, meaning you can get your small farm disk seeder or disk pasture planter today!
Disks are a preferred part for pasture cropping programs, when wanting to achieve minimal disturbance. Especially when sowing your perennial grasses and winter crops for livestock.
It’s never been a better time to use disks, due to changing cultivation practices, no-till equipment, heavier bars, interrow sowing and reduced livestock trampling. Togther, all contributing to higher productivity and profitability.
Our small farm disk seeder and disk pasture planter systems, includes disk coulters that make light work of stubble and trash in all soil types. This means you can plant early in dry conditions without making a mess; and you won’t get blocked up in the wet.
You’ll have no issues sowing legumes and clovers into your grasses, even if you have thick grass country, you’ll be impressed with the result.
And farmers find they can plant up to 30% faster than average as there is no draft – plus they also spending a lot less on fuel – up to 50%.
The big advantage with the RYAN NT Double Disk opener system is soil moisture retention, far more than using a standard knife system.
Get a small farm disk seeder or pasture drill with superior penetration & cutting
Standard direct drill disk systems often put the disk coulters side by side causing them to act as a wedge, making it harder to penetrate the soil. Our disks will outperform knives in thick grass and won’t rip up everything, rather rolling over obstacles easily. Plus there will be a perfect slot cut for seed placement.
The RYAN NT Double disk coulters are offset, allowing extra penetration, easier cutting and no hairpinning. This unique system works brilliantly because the lead or driving disk is on the ground, an inch forward of the plain coulter disk.
The plain and serrated coulters on our small farm disk seeder system, mean you get good tilth with enough soil through for chemical incorporation.
Our small farm disk seeder and disk pasture planter systems include a front seeding boot design. This design avoids blocking and gets perfect seed or fertilizer placement directly at the bottom of the trench; also, the spring-loaded scrapers will help alleviate blocking…and the system can Double chute.
Outside disk scraper option now available – click here to learn more
Change fast from knives to Retrofit Double Disks... and back
Quickly turn your conventional knife hoe drill into a highly versatile small farm disk seeder or pasture drill with the revolutionary RYAN NT multipurpose disk system.
RYAN NT’s no-till drill conversion kits allow you to switch to disks and then just as easily convert it back if conditions require it.
The RYAN NT Retrofit Double Disk system easily attaches to existing tine trip assemblies.
It’s as easy as dropping the current shank out from the tine trip assembly and replacing it with our matching disk shank…a simple process involving a couple of bolts or a pin.
The bottom line: You don’t need to buy a new machine; rather, convert your existing planting tine trip for dual purpose with the RYAN NT Double Disks.
Then, for even better results, invest in RYAN NT Packer Wheels that work in tandem with the revolutionary Double Disks.
More benefits to improve your productivity and profitability.
PRODUCTIVITY- You won’t need to buy a new machine, simply retrofit the current one
- Makes light work of stubble and trash in all soil types
- Plant early in dry conditions with no mess or blocking up in the wet
- Less fuel used as planting will be up to 30% faster
- Offset disk coulters mean no wedge-effect leading to greater penetration
- No more hair pinning
- Perfect seed or fertilizer placement with our no-block front seeding boot
- Spring-loaded scrapers help alleviate blocking
- The double disk system can double chute
- Easy conversion back to a conventional machine if required
- Works in tandem with our unique scrapers to clean disks & stop blocking.
- Allows soil to retain more moisture when seeding
- Better stubble management – higher straw with no blockages
- No need to burn stubble
- Plain and serrated coulters work together for improved tilth allowing enough soil through for chemical incorporation
- Overall, better protection from soil erosion
| FEATURES | BENEFITS |
| 18″ diameter Plain & Serrated Disks | Greater cutting. Plant in harder conditioners than traditional wedge design. 20 – 30% higher speeds than knives, depending on conditions. The serrated lead disk sits 0.98″ in front of the plain disk to improve penetration. |
| 15 degree working angle | No hairpinning. Cut through challenging crop residue. |
| Double Bevel Disks | For ease of penetration Plates are recessed to handle rough conditions |
| Recessed design | Adds reinforcement to handle rough conditions. |
| 1.18″ Offset axles | For ease of penetration and cutting |
| Heavy duty axle system | Handles harsh conditions. |
| Moisture Retention | Greater yields and your crops will hang on that little bit longer in a drier year. |
| Reduced draft | Up to 50% less fuel required. |
| Seeding Boot Bracket | Up to 50% more productivity. |
| Front seed boot | Up to 50% increased productivity due to reduced blockages. Excellent seed placement combined with v-shaped cutting into the furrow. |
High-Quality Tapered Bearings  Hub cutaway | Reduced downtime for maintenance. |
Spring Loaded Tungsten Scrapers  | Longer wearing. Noticeably reduced mud build-up. Avoid blocking up. Outside disk scraper option available. |
| Adjustment Spacers | Adjust the cutting edge between the two disks when wear happens. |
| Large range of adapters and leg shanks | Different designs to retrofit to different tine assemblies. |
| Disc OD: | 18” |
| Disc Thickness: | 0.16″ |
| Material: | Hardened cast steel |
| Disk Weight: | 8.82lbs |
| Single chute or double chute. |
| Rear small seeds boot. |
| Double plain disk combination to reduce throw when pasture seeding. |
| Standard Combination for most broadacre planting applications. |
| Various disk shank models. |
Models for Bourgault, Conservapac, Equalizer, Flexicoil, John Deere, Morris and Simplicity.
Seeding Row Setup Examples and Underframe Clearance (click to zoom)
Triple Row
Double Row
Single Row
Standard Ryan Disk
Compact Ryan Disk
Front View
What our growers have to say...
“I found the RYAN disks online and did a bit of research into them… Since converting to the disks it’s been great.”
– Phil Giancono of Donnybrook (WA)
Commonly asked questions from our growers
Yes, they are greaseable Timkin tapered bearing. There are two bearings to each hub with a rubber seal on the inside. The bearings have the grease nipple positioned between them.
Disc hubs come pre-greased. We recommend giving them their first service in the first 100-200 hours or after the first rain after the first 100 hours. It’s as simple as giving them a quick nip up (and making sure not to over-grease).
Then once a year after that.
On average, you use 50% less horsepower than you would with knives on a hoe drill. However, many factors influence this requirement, such as soil type, machine configuration, application and what you are trying to achieve.
Deep banding tubes are an option. We have achieved separation with them. It all comes down to soil types and speed.
Very minimal. We recommend that you check disc bearing in the first 100 hours and then grease every 100 hours from thereon.
Yes, they can. It comes down to soil types, speed, and conditions.
The lead disk at the front is always the notched disk.
We regularly plant into hard pastures. The results depend on soil types, speed and conditions.
We recommended starting with 3 spaces on each side. We recommend aiming for a 0.12″-0.24″ gap at the leading edge of the disks for loam to heavy soils and no more than 0.04″ for sandy soils. The loam to heavy soils will close the gap between the disk coulters.
Yes, you can. We also stock adapters to suit other tine trip models.
Yes, they can. It depends on underframe clearance.