Back in the 1980s I had a JD 7000 6x30 planter. One row had a bad sensor in it. I was going to get one the next time I was in town. So I just shut that row off in the monitor. I was planting a field for a customer. One of the most traveled roads in the county at the time. He wanted me to plant one variety completely out and then switch to another in this field. About half way across the field one row ran out of seed. The row next to it had more seed in it. So I took the fuller box and dumped half in the planter to get across the field. AT the head land I filled all the boxes. I planted those nine units without stopping as it was a perfect laying field. Checked the boxes and one was still clear full. The one I had dumped was the one with the bad sensor. I forgot to trip the drive back in gear on that one row. So I planted 25 acres with one row missing. I had not marked where I switched varieties either. I over planted until I thought I had replanted everything. Missed it by two rounds. Right on the corner where everyone would see it as they came up on that curve. I tried to come back and plant the missed corn but the owner was so POed he would not even let me back in the field. Lost all of his planting and harvesting work.
Ever since then I keep the monitor working 100% of the time. A $25 sensor cost me thousands in income.
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