JD 7200 Planter - Bean Meter Options

I’m looking for a set of bean meters to replace the bean cups on my 7200 planter. Finding a used set of the JD radial meters has proven difficult but new Kinze and Shoup brush meters seem to be priced reasonably. Does anyone know if these brush meters fit on the 7200 planter without any modifications? Is the 60 cell plate the best option?

I put a set from shoup on a 7000. They were high quality. Direct fit with no modification. I would assume the ones for the 7200 would fit without modification or they would tell you. I believe 60 cell discs are the most popular, but it depends how many seeds/ lb your seed is. Your dealer would likely be able to tell you that info if you don't already have a bag to look at.

To my knowledge the Kinze meters only work on the JD 7000 series of planters. Shoup makes them for both models.

The difference is the shape of the bottom of your seed boxes. The Kinze meters are like the JD 7000 in that they have a flat mounting surface. The JD 7200 and later planters have two different levels/angles on the mounting surface.

Top picture is of a Kinze/JD 7000 corn meter. Look at the flat mounting area.

Second picture is of a JD 7200 and later planter unit. See how the mounting surface differs.

Shoup meters:
SH6050 JD 7000 and Kinze $114.95ea.
SH6100 JD 7200 and newer $129.95 ea.

You will need to buy the seed disks/plates for either meter. They make a 60 hole and 48 hole plate.

60 hole $11.75 ea.
48 hole $12.75 ea.

The 60 hole is the most common for the majority of soybean sizes. Only in really large seeds sizes would you ever want the 48 hole plates. Also the 48 hole plate is limited from some Higher seeding rates because the planter transmission will not go fast enough.

Setting your rates is easy with either of these. Remember your corn meters use a 12 finger pickup. So with the 60 hole plate you multiply your corn rate by 5 to get your bean rate. On the 48 hole plate you would multiply by 4 to get your rate.


The John Deere Radial bean meters work about the same way but they do have a different shape to the meter and brush. I think they do a better job at higher rates. I am not sure if the additional cost is worth it unless your covering a lot of acres.

The JD part number for the meter you need for the JD 7200 planter is: AA49208 current full list is $237.60.

I know they where cheaper in the last JD flyer I have but you would need to check with your dealer to get the best current price. I just posted FULL list. Also JD uses an odd plate count that has 54 holes. So you would need to use 4.5 times the corn rate for a JD meter.

Kinze is a great meter and there is an adapter to make them fit your boxes. Most likely the 60 cell meter disc is what you will want unless
your seed is extremely large

Good info. Been thinking about getting some of these for my 7000. Always wondered how the rates worked.

The top meter pictured is a Kinze meter. The basic meter is the same on a 7000 but the finger carrier is always covered on a John Deere meter, similar to the bottom picture but with the mounting lugs on the same plane. All that is required to convert a 7000 meter to a Kinze is replacing the baffle (cover). Mike

Mike I know it is a Kinze meter but it was the only one I could find easily that showed how the Kinze and JD 7000 meter are made to fit a flat bottom seed box.

Yes, I am sure you do know the difference. I was afraid there might be others that didn't. Mike

I used to use a 7100 Deere planter. Those soybean drill cups were the pits! My dad was able to kind of fine tune the seeding rate by altering his ground speed, but it still resulted in a semi-controlled dribble. We upgraded to the Kinze brush meters and really liked them a lot. They are very accurate and trouble free. The seeding rate is 5 times the setting with the corn meters, as was stated by others. The grooves can get splits stuck in them, so it is prudent to take them apart and clean them, but they are very accurate. I bought a Kinze planter a few years ago and had some difficulties the very first year when using treated soybean seed. Non-treated went through just fine. I now run some talc to absorb moisture and haven't had a problem since. We never had to run talc in the meters we had on the John Deere planter. We didn't use treated seed until the final couple years we had used the Deere planter. I have a couple thoughts as to why the issues. The first, which I doubt is true, is the older discs had some wear to them, and may have been more tolerant to the treatment on the seed. The second, was fresh treated seed possibly didn't soak up the seed treatment, causing things to gum up. We tried some that had been treated at least a week prior to planting, but it still gummed things up. We think we have have seen a big difference in the temperature of the seed (cold) and the ambient air temperature (warm and humid) and the cold seed was "sweating." I tend to think the last condition may have been the core cause of this. I just run the talc on all treated soybean seed, make sure I have it mixed in, and I don't have any problems, other than at the very start, I will see a very brief but modest reduction in planting rates until the talc coated seed gets into the brush meter.