Posted by James22 on November 26, 2007 at 18:59:43 from (207.179.239.187):
In Reply to: IH cyclo planter posted by PJBROWN VT on November 24, 2007 at 11:50:42:
The model 400 had trouble with seed depth control which is more critical for corn than perfect spacing. On late model 400's IH offered depth gauge wheels and you could also buy aftermarket wheels. If food plots, I wouldn't care. If not just playing with the wildlife I would require them. I spent a lot of time and money trying to fix a 400 planter monitor system and finally gave up. Have heard the same story from many others. The model 800 came standard with gauge wheels and other good improvements. The model 900 improved the closing disk arrangement and with a little care this planter can do a darn good job. Can't meet the planting accuracy of a calibrated JD finger pickup but can come pretty close. A fellow in Iowa whom I consider kind of a Guru on these planters, gave me suggestions to use on my 12 row model 900 I bought this spring and I'm really satisfied. Safford rebounders, modified seed corn drums to reduce drum jerk, medium flat seeds, a good cut-off brush spaced correctly and a slower planting speed (recommended not to go above five, but I planted at four mph) are many of his recommendations. One of the reasons I upgraded from the 400 was to get a working monitor, which is one heck of a lot better than getting off the tractor and checking for problems. Also darn nice to see the seed drums turning and full of corn, rather than glancing back to see the lever arm moving on the rear mounted 400 seed drum and hoping corn was in the drum. Might have had better results with a 12 row White model 6000 which was $10K more that I was considering. But this planter delivered nearly 200 bu corn on timber soil which is pretty good for any planter.
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