Re: No Till Drills, tractor horsepower requirement

Posted by Don-Wi on July 25, 2007 at 00:34:43 from (69.217.49.81):

In Reply to: Re: No Till Drills, tractor horsepower requirement posted by aord on July 24, 2007 at 09:29:26:

The JD 7000 & 7200 corn planters can be either no-till or conventional till. They can also come with liquid or dry fertilizer application, and I would reccomend dry for a small outfit like yours. I would go for a 4 row corn planter because in most areas not many people want them anymore, so they sell a little cheaper. you can also use a corn planter to drill soybeans, but a drill doesn't work very well at all for planting corn.

A 180 is a little smaller than 80 HP. Probably closer to 65-70. A 285, 1085, 1080, or other slightly bigger models are all 80-85 HP, and had Perkins engines. They're VERY easy on fuel.

An Oliver 1750, 1755, 1800, 1850 would be around 80-90 HP. An 1855 had atleast 93 or so from the factory, ours puts out 105 PTO. Oliver had Waukesha engines in all but the 1850 deisel, that was a perkins. White is what became of oliver, and a 2-85 would be about the same JHP as a 1755- right around 85 HP.

A 1600/50/55 or a white 2-70 deisel would all be good too, but they would be a little smaller, the 1600 being around 60-65 HP factory and the 1655/2-70 (same tractor, different paint and sheet metal) would be around 75 HP. That probably would be plenty for a part-time operation, but time is a factor and that's why we farm about 70 acres with 4 tractors, ranging 45-70-85-105 in HP. The 185 gets ting done much faster than we could do with the 285, but if we were full-time farmers that didn't work of the farm it would be more than enough for us to get the work done.

If you get a gas, it doesn't matter what color it is because it'll be thirsty at 80 HP.

One major thing to consider when buying a tractor, is who is the closest dealer or who has the best parts support? for us, we have every color within 1/2 hr. drive so it's not as big of a deal. I never go to the IH dealer unless I absolutely have to. They just aren't as interested in anything that doesn't cut lawn anymore. If you get an Oliver, find the dealer that used to sell White. They are a part of AGCO now, and so is Massey. That is not to say that any Massey dealer can get you exactly what you need for your Oliver or White. Not all Agco dealers are authorized to sell all Agco lines, although they will be able to find you what you need if you have them fix it in their shop.

Donovan from Wisconsin

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