John Deere 7000

Adam bomb

New User
First off hello. I just purchased a 7000 4 row planter. I have several questions. The cylinder is gone and was wanting a replacement and was curious about how well aftermarket ones held up or if I should spend the money on a actual Deere cylinder. The row markers I?m not sure if the actuator in the frame works. It looks like a mouse nest is in there and plan to remove one marker to see. Was curious how to plumb the hydraulics so the markers will work. Also the planter is set up on 36? rows. It looks like I can slide them tighter but have measured and looks like 30? would come in contact with my drive wheel and tire. Didn?t know how critical it would be. I do not profit farm it?s all hobby and my goal is food plots for corn and sunflowers. I have done some research and found out that I can use the corn meters I have for sunflowers. I?m new to this planter but can weld and fab just curious for some advice. Here is a pic
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We had a 7000 for a while. First off the wheels will need to be moved to go to 30 inch rows. This is a cut and weld job. There is no other way. ours had an aftermarket lift cylinder when it came and we had no problems. There should be a short hose coming from the marker actuater through the frame tube that needs to be plumbed to the lift hose on the cylinder. I never had to work on the marker controls but I remember that there was instructions in the manual.Hope this helps. Our planter had rubber spacers to keep the sprockets in line. The previous owner had put electrical tape on them so they couldn't drop off in the field. Seems like a good idea to me.Good luck.
 
1. Good planter.

2. Any standard size hyd cylinder.

3. Assuming your plumbing is right and you have that extra hose and coupler on the cylinder, you only need to plug in the hyd cylinder like normal. Some folk separate out the markers, so won't promise anything unless we see it in detail.

4. You can't narrow it up much more then it is unless you cut off the wheel lift collars from the rock shaft and move them over and reweld. Someone on here has nice pics of that, I'm sure he will post again, he did a nice job. You will run into issues if you try any narrower as is.

5. For best planting, a lot of folk have thrown away those single coulters and put in the row cleaners. This works for what you are doing as is.

6. It is common for the clutch to be worn and need replacing. It might not look worn, but test it out and see if it 'stutters' as it plants. Probably be ok for plots, but something to check.

7. Mouse nest, rotate the right marker back, 2 small bolts gets the actuator out. Easiest to lower the left marker, disconnect the cable tie a rope on, cycle through and lower the left cyclinder to rotate back. Often times the mouse pee will rust a hole in the hyd pipe inside the beam, another thing to see about.

Paul
 
Any 4" aftermarket hydraulic cylinder will work.
If you are just planting food plots leave the planter rows at 36".
If you want 30" rows get another planter. Yours is to good to hack up.
Real farmers plant to population per acre. Row spacing does not matter.
Good luck.
 
Anyone know what the correct hydraulic plumbing would be for this planter? I just picked up the same type and have the cylinder but not the hoses. I was trying to find a diagram with part list so I could go ahead and get the replacements ordered. And anyone know where I could order them from? Thanks!
 
Inside the frame, on the side facing us in the picture. I clean a mouse nest out of there two years in a row. Markers will not work right if a mouse has packed that side full of stuff.
 
For independent marker use.... (raise/lower marker independent of planter raise/lower), add to the marker hose on the planter, to plug into a second hyd outlet on the tractor. It"s handy to raise for stumps, rocks, etc while leaving the planter in the ground. Can leave markers up when not needed. Cyl is a standard 8 inch stroke. Without loaded fertilizer tanks, a 3 inch is sufficient.
 
So I need a 8? stroke not a 12???? And I plan on tiring the row markers into the bottom of the cylinder so they will raise and lower with the drop and lift of the planter. No need for markers to be independent.
 
Few more questions on these units if anybody has answers

1) Anybody know what the right tires are for these? I think the rims are 5x15 but I'm not finding info about the right tires for the unit.

2) For the hydraulic hoses, I have a few questions.
a) What are typical stock diameters and ratings for the hose?
b) What are typical fitting needs for the tractor side of the hydraulic?

I'm looking to plumb the lift and markers separately. Here's what I think I need, let me know if there's anything else.
- Supply to cylinder - tractor side fitting and and threaded fitting (size tbd)
- Return from cylinder - same fittings
- Supply to markers - tractor side fitting and need to determine the fitting for the small threaded
- Return from markers - Is there one??

Thanks!
 

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