The IH Cyclo planters use a central hopper (with all your seed in it) with a compressor that pressurizes the hopper. Seed spills out of the hopper into a rotating drum. There are several types of drums and you can swap them out very quickly. The drums have holes and the pressure from the hopper forces air out thru the holes. As the drum rotates down thru the seed each hole picks up a seed and holds it as the drum rotates up. Near the top, rubber wheels on the outside of the drum block the hole, release the pressure, and the seed falls into a funnel and is carried down a tube by the pressurized air. It happens pretty quickly, the seed is at regular intervals determined by the spacing of the holes in the drums. Monitor tells you if the seed is coming at the correct interval. Mine is an 8 row and I used it for the first time last year. Set it up according to the charts. Really very basic, not rocket science. My population was excellent, spacing was exactly what I had planned. I did not pay very much for the planter at auction. Definitely go with an 800 or 900. Many 800's still in use upgraded with 900 parts. I don't want to argue with JD Seller, he has been one of my mentors the past year and you won't get me to say a word against him...other than to point out that he is "JD Seller"...ROFL!
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