Hills vs Flat

While we're on the subject, I was nosing around trying to find a picture of my CAT II 3-point planter to show a guy on another forum.

Anyway, I found a picture of the same planter all right, but this hillside version looks so darned 'odd' to me.

Gotta be the hills/flatland thing going on again. :>)

Allan

(That's a ridge till planter...) John

Shoot, up on I-70 KDOT throws in a curve or makes a hill just to keep drivers from going to sleep. I suppose the 400 mile drive across Kansas would be boring for some that can't see past the windshield.

I stopped counting at 794,624,197,374.....John

Shhhhh ! Let's keep this quiet or old Indy will be out here buying up the desert!

Also, I like the fact that I can see someone coming 40 miles away; gives me time to get all the gates closed and the dogs turned out. :>)

Allan

A three foot drop in a half a mile run is gettin' pretty darned steep for me. :>)

Thanks ol' Trashy One, :>)

Allan

Is that what the goofy slanted gauge/drive wheels were for? I'd never seen one and just assumed they were for the hills.

Mine just had a single drive wheel, one on each side of the tractor.

Thanks for the info,

Allan

I'm looking for a simple 6 row 30" Cyclo 3-point mounted planter with both corn and bean drums. Really hard to find as the big boys have all gone 8 and 12 anymore.

Thanks for your help if you run across one,

Allan

Now the 950 & 1200 are taking back the market again. Musta fixed the problem.

--->Paul

Case sure has made a comback around 'here', their combines are outselling JD - back in the 80s & 90s everything was green in fall.

Same in spring, last 2-3 years there are a lot more big red planters, 10 years ago you hardly saw any red ones out there any more....

--->Paul

Hoever, if there is a 'proper' corn level in the drum, leaning one way across the hill, and then leaning the other way across the hill, and doing the flat areas - would there be a propper chute level that covers it all, or would you be resetting on each end of the field?

It was more than 2 people talking, it was more like a mob - "why'd he ever buy one of those planters on his land, they don't work worth a darn around here....." There wasn't a one who liked the planter for the hilly ground in the area. And I did see a lot of red tractors in the neighborhood, so it wasn't totally color issue.

With no experience, I'm not disagreeing with you. Just trying to understand. :)

--->Paul