Re: OT_corn planters

Posted by Hugh MacKay on April 03, 2003 at 13:55:35 from (64.228.12.178):

In Reply to: OT_corn planters posted by jmyt_47 on April 03, 2003 at 07:55:08:

My advice would be stick with 4 row plate planter for the 300. New replacment plastic plates are still available, just make sure plates are sized for the seed you are using. I had a 4 row 400 cyclo air planter, bought it new in 1975. The blower on 4 row and 6 row machine are same size, so you don't get the hp savings one would expect. I usually planted corn with 656 with no problem, in fact 656 just played with it. On a few ocasions I had to use 300, and 300 is taxed to it's limit all the time. Even on the slightest hill you start to loose rpm's. When you loose rpm seeds tend to fall out of cells. When the field of corn emerges you can pick every spot the 300 lost rpm's. The stand of corn will not be uniform. Steven is probably exactly right on 50 hp being requirment for 6 row air planter, the 4 row is about 5 to 7 hp less.

I now have a little 2 row plate planter I play around with. John Deere 247, I have it geared up to mount on 130 single point fast hitch. About three years ago some commercial farmers around me were having some wet weather for planting. They hired me to plant all the small fields of 5 acres or less. Amoung 4 farmers they had a 400 cyclo 6 row and a brand new Deere Max-Emerge 6 row, all the bells and whistles on it. I think they told me it was a $30,000. machine. My little 130 and little Deere had the most uniform stand of corn.

It doesn't matter what you buy, operator will be 95% of sucess in planting anything. It is a heads up job.

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