How many horse to pull 12 row planter?

Brown Swiss · Apr 27, 2017

Answer: 2 LOL

Bobl1958 · Apr 27, 2017

Those are some tough horses! Obviously photo shopped as that tongue weight of the planter would have those horses up in the air...lol!

Jim Phelps · Apr 27, 2017

I have seen the Amish pull a round haybaler with a mounted motor with a team of 8 big draft horses. But that was on flat ground.

1970-1655 · Apr 27, 2017

A few years ago I stopped along a highway and watched a team of 4+4 pulling a 6 row planter. At the end of each row, the driver would stop, fire up a gas engine with hydraulic pump to raise the planter, shut the engine off, and turn around for the next rows. As soon as the planter hit the ground, those horses were gone. Quite a sight to watch.

mj · Apr 27, 2017

(quoted from post at 12:25:53 04/27/17) Those are some tough horses! Obviously photo shopped as that tongue weight of the planter would have those horses up in the air...lol!

Maybe the hitch on the dolly is adjusted to prevent that! :roll:

farmerwithmutt · Apr 27, 2017

Alright on the flat but going downhill i know the pull carts have brakes but it could be a ride . But it looks like Photoshop.

Philip d · Apr 27, 2017

Where's he going to plug the hoses in at??

DoubleR · Apr 27, 2017

A few years back going through Iowa I seen a bunch of horses hooked to a no-till 4 row JD 7000 planting corn on a field of sod. They were planting the field in a big circle and not lifting the planter.

mj · Apr 27, 2017

(quoted from post at 18:46:29 04/27/17) Where's he going to plug the hoses in at??

Doesn't have to - he backed the brakes off. :wink:

Brown Swiss · Apr 28, 2017

If you get the Agri View yet it was in there, since all the posts about corn planters I thought I might post that pic, so don't think it is photo shopped! I was thinking in the paper it said this was taken by Richland Center, if so some of those hills could have got interesting! LOL
http://www.agriview.com/feature/farmlife/amish pulls planter/image_73b1956f 300b 582a afa6 b2f11c6cd00c.html?utm_source dlvr.it&utm_medium facebook

gene bender · Apr 28, 2017

Look at the hitch wt is on the axle of the cart. The Amish mite be silly the way they cheat to not use a tractor but very smart when making stuff to use modern machinery.The have used motorized carts to run all sorts of stuff you should see the cart used to make a two row corn picker work.

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