JD 8300 Grain Drill

I'll start off by saying I know very little about grain drills, well nothing (and Google has been little help).

That being said, what seed types are 8300s able to plant? Soybeans, wheat, oats? Anything else or is a matter of changing parts??? I know grass seed boxes are optional but the other varieties of seed I'm unsure about.
 
IIRC, they were made in two versions, fluted feed and double run.

IMHO, figuring out which version you have and perusing an operator's manual will be a GREAT help to you.
 
[i:aa9716ad22]In my opinion[/i:aa9716ad22] run away from it as far and as fast as you can. Particularly if it is a single disk type. Unless you particularly enjoy stopping every couple of hundred yards to clean out trash and dirt lodged between the knife and disk.
Unless you are going to be sowing in plowed ground or perhaps sand, that is likely what you'll experience.
I've owned a model B, LLA and 8300 and the 8300 was by far my least favorite.
 

A 8300 single disk opener utilizes the same type disk scrapers as earlier models drills and will sow seed just fine if scrapers are adjusted correctly. Granted I was not a big fan of the adjustable single disk seed boot that was an option on 8000 series drills.
 
(quoted from post at 10:34:28 02/02/15)
A 8300 single disk opener utilizes the same type disk scrapers as earlier models drills and will sow seed just fine if scrapers are adjusted correctly. Granted I was not a big fan of the adjustable single disk seed boot that was an option on 8000 series drills.

Some do some don't. I ordered an entire new boot, knife and disk for one row on mine, and it was different than the others that were previously on it. It still wasn't any better.
When I owned it I asked the general opinion of them on a farming message board and most everyone's experience was the same as mine, only for plowed ground.
 
Richard, while it may not be necesary to plow the ground before using any regular grain drill, they are definitely not to be used in heavy trash. No regular drill will work well in trashy conditions. The 8000 series drills are very good drills in their recommended conditions but as everyone has gotten farther away from clean tillage they do not work as well in these tougher conditions. Mike
 
Thanks for all the good info guy. We do plow and disk but there is some trash as we are reclaiming previously grown over areas. So we do have some roots and other vegetation to deal with but it's getting better every year.
 
I see many comments below talking of single disc openers on 8300 drills. These were an option. Both of my 8300s have double disc openers and will plant through most any trash. Of course row spacing can influence the amount of trash capacity. I have one drill with grass seed on 7 inch spacing with just openers. The other has 10 inch spacing with depth wheels and press wheels more of a soybean and wheat drill set up. Love the seed capacity but sure wish the grass seed capacity was increased.
 

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