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Eastern Washington State | Yes, the Pillar disturbs the soil more than an 1890. You can control just how much soil disturbance you get by how you have the drill set. This can be beneficial in the spring if you want to leave a little black dirt to help the soil warm up. If you are after the absolute minimum disturbance possible though, the 1890 is going to be better in that department.
I've seeded canola with my Pillar and it does well as long as you don't need to seed too deep (<2" deep). The reason I got an 1890 is so I can seed winter canola in the fall, usually our soil moisture is lacking so I may need to see 3" deep or more. The 1890 does that better because it doesn't pack soil over the seed, so I can still get canola to come up consistently even when seeding 3.5" deep. If you are seeding spring canola the Pillar does great. When it comes to spring seeding conditions, where you don't have to go deep to get to moisture, there is no drill I'd rather have than the Pillar, especially if you want to put down your seed and fertility in one pass.
Wear on the Pillar is pretty good. I think disc blades are going to wear out at the same rate on the Pillar as they do on the 1890. I haven't ran my 1890 enough acres yet to really compare. On the Pillar you replace the seed boot with every other to every third set of discs. I can tell you the Pillar is much, MUCH easier to work on than the 1890.
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Stripper head and Horsch Anderson Panther.
