Posted by John_PA on May 12, 2015 at 20:35:14 from (72.95.151.87):
I recently bought a nice used 5100 soybean special. It's an 18x7 so it is narrow enough to get across bridges around here. I'm glad I went with a narrow drill after seeing some prices for parts.
The drill I bought has fertilizer. It looked to be in very good shape, but, I never thought to grab the shaft and see if it turned free before I bought it. So, after removing the trap doors on the bottom, I find that I need a lot of parts replaced. The total so far to do half of the planter is $1440.17 plus a can of PB Blaster and a bottle of Tylenol. My question is:
Now that I have the bottom door off, what is the easiest way to put it back on? It looks like it will take 3 people to get the hinges bolted back on while holding that heavy thing up in the air.
Has anyone ever tried to run fertilizer along with their soybeans? It looks like it dumps the fertilizer directly on the beans, which I would assume would burn them pretty badly. I have not seen how it operates to know for sure exactly how it will place fertilizer. I'd like to band MESZ in my bean rows,rather than broadcasting it. I have some fields with 3-5 ppm phosphorus in a 6 inch soil test.
Anything I should be aware of when setting the drill up for soybeans? It came with 7 tooth sprockets mounted and set-up for oats. I also got 2 14 tooth sprockets and 2 16 tooth sprockets in a bucket of parts. I need to swap the 7 for the 14 tooth for soybeans? I read in the manual it says something about moving the metering wheels over, but, without looking at it, I don't understand what they mean.
Aside from a few basic parts available from shoup, most parts for these things are terribly expensive. $33 per tube for the fertilizer tubes! Multiplying everything by 18 when ordering really is a shock. Is there an aftermarket out there who might have parts not available through shoup?
Anyone have any experience with this drill in beans? Thanks in advance
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