5488 and 7200 vac planter

hardknocks · Nov 26, 2014

i jut purchased a JD 7200 Wing Fold vac planter and was wondering how to hook it up correctly to my hydraulics so it won't overheat. it has 3 sets of hoses. 1 set to raise and lower the unit another set to fold the wings out and control the raising and lowering of markers and another set to supply the fan for vaccum. which is the priority valve on my 5488. i'm use to a finger pickup so this vaccum is totaly new to me

hardknocks · Nov 26, 2014

posted wrong catagory ...can a modorator move it please. to the 1980 and newer

Mike Aylward · Nov 26, 2014

Being I am not familiar with the hydraulic system on your 5488, is it an open center system? If so, you will likely need a PTO pump to run the vacuum motor. They don't take massive amounts of flow but being they run constantly you probably will need a different pump setup. You will like your vacuum planter. Mike

430WLPG · Nov 26, 2014

The number one is the priority for motors you may have to shut it off to use the other functions it is closed center

VicS · Nov 26, 2014

We still have a finger pickup so don't have first hand knowledge. We had a 40 series JD, it had another quick-coupler coming out of the hyd, that was on all the time. The fill had a tee that dumped the return back in the tractor. A neighbor runs his with a 7800 JD. He ruined at least 2 blower motors by centering the valve running planter. They can't take being shut off fast. need to push valve to float fast. He finally gave up and hooked it up like JD wanted. He even has a ball end on the return with a hole drilled in it. In case gets accidently pulled out. I know a magnum will work. Have never seen one ran with anything older except for a JD.

IH4386 · Nov 26, 2014

We ran a JD1770 12row vac planter for years on a mfwd 1566, we had a pto pump set up that had its own hyd tank and a air cooled cooler in line for both the vac units. It worked great for years till we upgraded to a JD 4960 for a planter tractor. The pump had mount brackets that bolted to another bracket to the pto housing on the tractor, and driven by a coupler on both the pto and the pump and connected with a roller chain. Only problem was if the couplers weren't perfectly aligned one of the sprockets would ware out and seemed to when you had 200 acres ready and rain on the way on a Saturday afternoon. The system was put together for us by the dealer if I remember.

billyar · Nov 27, 2014

Been a long time, but I think you use the out side remote. lock In down position [float for off] Ours had drain/ return line on the side. Ran a hyd' spraypump for 15 yrs

fixerupper · Nov 27, 2014

I run a 7200 with a 1086. I use the PTO pump Deere offered for tractors with less than ample hydraulics. I was told by a neighbor the pump looks like the one they drove a Cyclo planter with but there might be different sized pumps out there that look the same. There is an oil cooler and filter bolted to the planter frame to go along with the pump. This pump is a little small In my opinion but does the job. I run precision Esets that require close to 20" of vac and I need to have the flow valve cranked way up to get that kind of vacuum. I have also noticed some gaps in the corn stand close to the end rows where I throttle the tractor back. The 1086 does have the bigger (16 gallon?) pump and the planter still raises a little slower than I would like to see. I had the thought of trying to run the planter with the tractor hydraulics and running the return line through the cooler but then the planter would raise even slower and the cooler might not have enough flow capacity. When we are running a 12 row over 1000 acres there isn't much time for experimentation. Jim

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