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750 JD no till drill

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Shep Va

12-16-2005 12:16:24




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What is the good the bad and the ugly on these drills. I was looking at a 1995 drill 16 inch front blades 18 inch rears. 7.5 spacing 15 foot wide with dolly wheels.

Are these decent machines, should I be looking at another model instead??

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agrogers

12-19-2005 14:50:27




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 Re: 750 JD no till drill in reply to Shep Va, 12-16-2005 12:16:24  
A little late to this post, as Jim@concord farms has pretty much outlined the good, bad and ugly.
Good: Nail soybeans in the ground like you've never seen. Bad: Pain to service. I've never busted more knuckles in my life just trying to grease the coulter bearings and change the depth. Ugly: She is real real real heavy. I think my book says she wieghs in around 10K. Even more with the rear weights on it. We run ours on a Deere 7410 with the dolly wheels. I would be nervous about using it without the dolly wheels, as there would be a bunch of weight on the tongue.

If you have a tractor with a modern hydraulic system, the down pressure will work really well. If you are in the market for a drill for small grains and soybeans, the 750 will be great.

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agrogers

12-19-2005 14:49:20




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 Re: 750 JD no till drill in reply to Shep Va, 12-16-2005 12:16:24  
A little late to this post, as Jim@concord farms has pretty much outlined the good, bad and ugly.
Good: Nail soybeans in the ground like you've never seen. Bad: Pain to service. I've never busted more knuckles in my life just trying to grease the coulter bearings and change the depth. Ugly: She is real real real heavy. I think my book says she wieghs in around 10K. Even more with the rear weights on it. We run ours on a Deere 7410 with the dolly wheels. I would be nervous about using it without the dolly wheels, as there would be a bunch of weight on the tongue.

If you have a tractor with a modern hydraulic system, the down pressure will work really well. If you are in the market for a drill for small grains and soybeans, the 750 will be great.

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RickL

12-19-2005 08:32:52




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 Re: 750 JD no till drill in reply to Shep Va, 12-16-2005 12:16:24  
I ran them for couple years even built bulk fill kits for them,also ran great plains units and IH coulter setup units as some comparison plots. My choice over all of them is the Marliss unit. I still use it today and have modified it also and really like it. I also like the shaft to set the seed flutes with much better than the flimsy metal lever all the other brands use. You can also seed alfalfa thru the large box on the Marliss as it will shut clear down.

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Jim@concordfarms.

12-18-2005 06:03:42




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 Re: 750 JD no till drill in reply to Shep Va, 12-16-2005 12:16:24  
I used one for 2 years when they first came out. Leased from dealer to plant double-crop soybeans. Very heavy, very hard to pull. Don't even consider one without the dolly wheels. I've heard of drawbars being broken on tractors when the dolly wasn't used. Lots of coulters, parallel linkages, disk openers, and gauge wheels. I'd hate to think about the total number of bearings in the machine. They take a lot of room to turn. The active hydraulic down pressure system probably makes it impractical, if not impossible to use on non-Deere tractors. The drill comes with a little clip to hold your SCV lever in the down position when working. I'd like to have been able to use my Oliver to pull it, but had to borrow a friend's 4640 Deere. Having said all that, you'll never find anything to do a better, more precise job of planting small grains and beans. The seed boxes are huge, the rate settings are easy to change, and the sight glasses in the hoppers make it easy to see how much seed you have left. Jim.

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nwb

12-17-2005 16:22:13




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 Re: 750 JD no till drill in reply to Shep Va, 12-16-2005 12:16:24  
I'm surprised no one has responded to your post. I have only used one once. Great Plains were popular around here when the 750 came out. Most said a coulter type drill (ie GP,Tye,Marliss) was more versitile and could be used when the ground was a little wetter. Over the years the 750 has taken over. There are very few coulter drills used around here anymore. The 750 is a proven unit. The big advantage is the max-emerge unit. You have a uniform seed depth which results in uniform emergence and a uniform crop. They work well in our area. There might be other opinions in your area. I would be a little concerned about the difference in coulter size. This could cause a difference in emergence, but I don't have enough experience to know for sure. Good Luck.

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