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Georgia

01-06-2007 00:18:59




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Got hold of a Covington TP46,mounted on a tool bar. Haveing a hard time setting up the planting depth.
I have a shovel ahead of the opening discs but the presser wheels are not closeing the furrow like it should.I cant seem to get the shovel and opening disc in sink with the presser wheels.
Should they be lined up level on a concrete surface maybe? I have my shovel right now sitting about an inch deeper than the opening disc for this clay soil. Everything is free and in good shape.
Anybody got any adjustment or setup tips to help me out? Appericate it if you do.

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redlevel

01-07-2007 21:44:18




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 Re: planter adjustment in reply to Georgia, 01-06-2007 00:18:59  
Georgia, I don't know what your toolbar setup is like; all the Covington planters I have used were mounted on Pittsburgh style cultivators. If you have a true shovel running in front of your opening disk, you need some kind of sweeps or disks throwing dirt back in the shovel furrow. Otherwise, there won't be enough dirt there even to operate the drive/press wheels. The purpose for running the shovel in the old days was to drop fertilizer at the bottom of the shovel furrow and pull some dirt in so the seed wouldn't be planted directly in the fertilizer. If you aren't putting fertilizer in the row, you might want to use a flat-
running sweep rather than the shovel. I have planted about a million acres of peanuts/corn/soybeans/peas with Covingtons.

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Georgia

01-08-2007 06:14:10




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 Re: planter adjustment in reply to redlevel, 01-07-2007 21:44:18  
Redlevel,thanks. I have an opening shovel right now thats out in front of my opening disc and also have wide shank row crop flat cultivator sweeps to both the sides ahead of the planter.
I can move two,I have a set that I had cut one side off a little and welded a piece of angle iron to it,I angle them nose down a little and rotate them, I use them for throwing dirt to the corn,I could use them closer and back and angle them to throw a little dirt to and just behind the planter but in front of the presser wheels.
Also do you think that would be better than useing the opening shovel, and just use the opening disc or should I keep useing the opening shovel too? I think my problem is with that opening shovel is throwing dirt too far away but Covington shows the use of that opening shovel.
Also just how deep is the tip of the shovel suppose to be in relationship to the opening disc?
This thing is driveing me nuts

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redlevel

01-08-2007 08:34:47




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 Re: planter adjustment in reply to Georgia, 01-08-2007 06:14:10  
Georgia, you don't want to throw any more dirt in after the seed has been dropped, that is, behind the double disc opener. If you are not placing fertilizer in the row, you really don't need the shovel. If you are planting corn, you want a furrow, but you can make all the furrow you need with a six or eight inch sweep in front of the planter rather than the shovel. Where in Georgia are you? I'm 100 miles South of Atlanta, If you will send me your email address, I'll try to take some pictures of how I set up my Covingtons. As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words.

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Jackie Steele

06-03-2007 16:35:38




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 Re: planter adjustment in reply to redlevel, 01-08-2007 08:34:47  
I would like to have some info and maybe a picture of how you have your tp46 planter set up Thanks



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JMS/MN

01-06-2007 10:13:22




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 Re: planter adjustment in reply to Georgia, 01-06-2007 00:18:59  
No experience with a Covington, but if the mounting to the main frame is a parallel arm setup like the JD 7000- the planter frame needs to be level for the linkage to work properly- otherwise it is riding on its nose or heel. Sounds like your condition. I don't mean side to side level- I mean forward to rear. Put it in the field, and set a level on the frame, adjust the hitch up or down to get the frame level.

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