Re: Backup corn planter

Posted by John_PA on May 29, 2015 at 01:54:36 from (72.95.254.196):

In Reply to: Backup corn planter posted by Dave H (MI) on May 27, 2015 at 13:43:00:

Dave,

May I be completely blunt?

HOLY CROW! You got a 7000 6 row for $1400? Does it have dry fert? If so, if you hate it, I will seriously and honestly pay you $1000 more than you have into it, and I will send a shipper, with me in tow, in a nice comfortable Grand Marquis, to hand you money.

I cant tell you enough times that the JD 7000 has outdone every planter I have had. Let me go through them...

We got a JD 290 2 row wide in about 1965. It had a trip-rope clutch for lifting. I actually still have this planter. A nearby farmer who rented or farm for 2 years in the early 1980's had a JD 494 plate planter. He made a decent stand, but not as good as the 2 row 290. We used the 290 into the early 1990's. Then we got a Ford 309. It planted depth what was dictated by the three point hitch down pessure and we neverhad good luck with it. It made a messy stand, including triples and not just doubles, and very uneven depth on the stand. I keep it as a memento of what was... After that, we bought the 400 Cyclo-nightm-air, It lasted a few years in the 2000's. It gave a good population, it planted nice compared too the Ford, but it wasn't the prefect picket fence. It did ok, but the upkeep, and keeping the tractor revved up drove me nuts. I wanted to remove my ear drums and eyes, with a dull butterknife, listening to that thing whirl and watching the wig-wag to make sure the seed drum was turning. I could plant fast, though. I only had to fill the seed twice all year and the liquid fert once. It still was not what I wanted.

One day. More specifically, it was May 9th, 2012, I pulled the Cyclo-bear out of the barn, to wash it off and grease it for corn. I blew the dust off, and noticed that the press wheels against the drum had dryrotted, even though I had them pulled away from the drum all winter. when I engaged them, they just about fell apart, but weren't all that old. I called my local stealership an they told me they coul get them, but were backordered. I ordered them, and a few days later, called and they said they expected them in June. I told them that I would rather have an unclean yak sit on my dinner, or have Barbara Walters ask me about my childhood and how it made me feel. They cancelled the order and I got on craig's list of wonderful wonders. Within hour I realized Buffalo, NY was the only place to find one of short notice in good shape, and it was a John deere with bells, whistles and maybe a random French horn player imitating a dying elk.

I bought it and it showed up on May 19th via a super truck driver who didn't care about speed limits.

Yes, I put all new drive chains on everything. Yes, I shipped the precision meters off to the Growmark FS after planting and let them work them and calibrate them to 99.8%. I replaced the keeton seed firmers with new including liquid tubes for pop-up. I gave it a good shot.

That year, the drought year, I planted narrow 30 rows, 32,000 population, and even though we got hit by the drought, I made 170 bushel corn average, with my best 4 1/4 acre field making 268 bushel to the acre. MY worst was around 90, but it was dry sandy ground verse my best wetland sans cattails.

I think I posted a picture of me and my dad standing next tot eh carts and combine. 2 500 bu. carts topped off, and 166 bushel in the combine, all from just under 4 1/4th acres...

Anyhow, you will be fine and if you check shoup, you will find every part ever made. I find it is cheaper to buy the roller chain through shoup, precut and sized, than it is to go to Tractor Supply and buy 10 foot rolls and cut them yourself. Don't ask me why, but it is.

You will like the planter.

You will like your sanity also.

Post-script: There is at least a few on here who should buy your Cyclops based on their posts. They could probably love it very well and appreciate it! They seems to think yinz are doing it wrong and that is the reason it is not working. I'm not one... Check my other posts! Sorry for the quick jab, to those, but; again, if you can only see red and cant appreciate any other brand, you deserve to own even the ones that err worn aaht from so much love. Not every piece is worth saving if yinz do more than just collect and expect a yield.

(I apologize for the Pittsburghese, but 7 in a row from the Bucs? c'mon naw, yinz gotta be prawda that effort!)

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