Oliverguy: You have a great start on a good crop. It is largely in the man upstairs hands now. It is amazing how much optimism farmers have in things working out well.
A well maintained finger pickup unit will still plant just as good as anything out on the market. IF you keep your planting speed down under 5 MPH, 4 1/2 is even better.
As for the Precision planter parts, they help some. A unit with factory original parts that is set right will do within 3-4% as good as the after market parts.
I think it is good that any one checks/maintains his planters. The John Deere finger pickup was too bullet proof when it came out in 1973. So for many years people did not even think about their planter units. They got took for granted. I have seen units with parts that you would not even think would plant and they will do 80% of what they are supposed to do. I have been amazed at some of the units I have rebuilt over the years. I will credit some after market companies in getting people to pay attention to their planter units. It really heated up about ten years ago. Everyone was testing planter units.
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