corn planter feeding problem

maxwell99 · Mar 8, 2015

When planting small patches of sweet corn with my two row JD planter.

I place one small bag of seed in each planter box, but it will skip as it was designed to operate with enough corn to cover the bottom of hopper.

Question: could you tape a 4" piece of plastic pipe to the inside of the corn seed hopper. Place you seed in this pipe, it would remain full much longer and feed out right over the plate.

Any comments or suggestions welcome to help the planter not skip when very low on corn seed.

Tim(nj) · Mar 8, 2015

Yes you can. Used to do that when I worked for the University farm doing research plots.

maxwell99 · Mar 8, 2015

Thanks for the reply,

As soon as this snow pack melts off I will start working on this corn drill modification.

You would not happen to have any pictures of the modifications you guys made to the planters back in the day.

I have a 2 row John Deere planter with 24-B planter units.

Kirk-NJ · Mar 8, 2015

My old cole planter has an slanted angle plate with a hole cut out for the seed to drop. Maybe you could rig something up like that. I'm familiar with IH/McCormick, ford and cole hoppers but not JD.
I could get a photo of it tomorrow if interested.

Kirk

farmer near Lynnville · Mar 9, 2015

In the past I have cut the bottom out of a Cool Whip type container and then used duct tape to keep it in place. Sometimes it last days, sometimes only 1 planting. Depends how clean one can get the inside for the duct tape to stick. Might try stove pipe with tabs this year for a longer lasting use?
When/if I have help, my wife drives and I walk behind and keep the cells full.

wellmax99 · Mar 9, 2015

thanks for the reply and suggestion,

I laughed a little when I read about the wife driving the tractor.

do not think I will have my wife drive the tractor, I would have much bigger problems than skip corn planting issues,

I might be looking at a dented front hood, she is a great girl, but not a tractor driving farm girl by any stretch, she is a van driving kind of girl.

picture of my little John Deere 24-B planter

each year when I get it out to plant my corn I will have someone stop by and want to buy it.
am afraid to price it, prices of small two row planters in good working condition, (shoot the moon), this time of year.

paul · Mar 9, 2015

That is in nice shape, hope you can find a better house for it.

Yes, name a price and someone might take it!

Paul

farmer near Lynnville · Mar 11, 2015

Hi, nice planter. Used one like that at home when still a teen in the early 70's, would buy another for sweet corn if I could find one reasonably priced. Still using a 494-A 4 row I bought 30 years ago for both field and sweet corn.
Enjoyed your "wife" comment to my comment - more info.
I have the tractor and planter in the field, planter in ground, front tricycle tire already on row marker scratch. I have her climb on and sit on seat, I climb on and have her push in the clutch. Reach over and put in 1st gear, and then get off tractor. Tell her to slowly release clutch, keep tire on scratch mark, and then I watch and scratch corn in 4 planter boxes. At end of row, she pushes the clutch in and waits for me to put in neutral. (I'm already beside tractor at end of row.) I turn tractor around and start process all over.
Works well when only a cupful or so of seed for each row.

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