Re: 7000 JD planter, where do I begin?

Posted by paul on April 12, 2023 at 18:16:58 from (66.60.209.84):

In Reply to: 7000 JD planter, where do I begin? posted by T-Nason on April 12, 2023 at 15:29:44:

1. The corn meters, as mentioned. I would expect they need a rebuild.

2. Grease everything else that moves, chains might need to be replaced. Rusty jerky chains mess up the planting timing making things jerky.

3. If you want to use the liquid nitrogen setup, I think that might need a lot of going through after sitting 5 years. A lot of the metal gets funky if not cleaned up perfectly, a lot of the plastic gets brittle if sitting that long. There are different setups and pump types, but I would think it needs a major go through whatever it is.

4. Most 7000 6 row use a center clutch with a rock shaft lifting on all 4 wheels with one cylinder in the center of the planter. These have that clutch that wears down and the jaws can slip past each other making skips and jumps as you plant. Not so good. Replacing it isnt a big deal but you have to pull apart a lot of stuff as you work the drive shaft out. At which point you might want to be putting new bearings and sprockets and such back on as you reassemble. However you said its a notill, which you might mean it has individual cylinders on each wheel. I think these are set up a little different, so who knows.

5. The wear items of the opener blades, scrapers, seed tubes, etc need to be checked. The depth gauge wheels need to be spaced so they are firm but not binding to the opener blades. Any mud at all and you will find this very important. The shaft they pivot on likes to wear. There are several aftermarket fixes for this.

6. Over time the pivot points on the parallel arms wear. This allows the row unit to pivot back and forth (up and down) several inches, which does not let the openers, seed tube, and closers be lined up perfect for a great planting seedbed. You can buy new parts or save some money buy pivot bushings and spend a lot of time and cuss words reaming out and installing the bushings. 8 per row!

If you are planting 30 acres, some of those bottom of the list you can get by for a year, but something to observe. If you want to plant a few 100 acres you probably want most of this stuff fit and right.

Get on the Shoup website and get their catalog, they will be your friend. Usually cheaper, faster, in stock, and as good or better than from the planter maker.

I think the others covered this so Im just repeating, they did good for you.

Paul

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