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fergienewbee

05-18-2008 09:35:57

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For those of us who plant food plots, could someone explain which planters use plates and which do not? I'm talking about older 3 ph models like 246s, 247s, 494s, etc. Which need additional hydraulics? I understand the JD 71s operate off the covering wheel and the 70s are wheel driven, (thanks to IaGary.)

The demand for two-row planters is incedible. Two older planters sold at an auction yesterday for $725 each with only a couple of plates. They sold the plates, extra parts and manual all seperately.

Larry in Michigan

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fergienewbee

05-18-2008 12:03:05

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Re: Corn Planters 101 in reply to fergienewbee, 05-18-2008 09:35:57

John;

The auction was a local farmer's estate, just outside of Dorr, which is about 15 miles SW of Grand Rapids. He took very good care of all his equipment, but still they are old planters. A couple years ago, this farmer shocked his corn. It was very cool; don't see that much, except maybe in Amish country.

Thanks for all the information from everyone. It sure helps.

Larry in Michigan

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Leroy

05-18-2008 11:17:14

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Re: Corn Planters 101 in reply to fergienewbee, 05-18-2008 09:35:57

The 246-247 is virtulay the same planter with the 247 having a differemt seed box that will handle cotton seed as well and is a 2 row 3 point hitch planter and the only true 2 row 3 point hitch that John Deere ever made. The JD 70 & 71 planters are individual row units that are mounted to any make tool bar and can be any where from 1 row (1 unit) to as many as you can mount on the tool bar and lift it and they would not have markers. The Deere planters with a 4 for the first number are 4 row ( 490-494-495-494A-495A-12XX series with some of the 12XX series being 6 or 8 row.) The 446-447 are a 4 ror 3 point planter that is just bacicaly 2 of the 2 row 246-247 planters mounted on a different hitch. The 290 is a tractor pull type 2 row planter and the only tractor pull type JD made, then there is the 999 planters that were horse drawn but some had a tractor hitch or a 3 point put on. Then there are the lister and bedder planters that were never used in the midwest that I do not know anything about.

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Leroy

05-18-2008 11:20:37

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Re: Corn Planters 101 in reply to Leroy, 05-18-2008 11:17:14

Anything in the 49X series & 12XX series and a few of the 290 & 490 and all of the 7XXX series require a remote hydrolic cylinder.

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John e.c.MI

05-18-2008 09:51:27

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Re: Corn Planters 101 in reply to fergienewbee, 05-18-2008 09:35:57

Where was the auction Larry?

All the planters you listed are plate planters. The only "plateless" JD planters that I know of were some of the 1240"s then the 7000"s.

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Gerald J.

05-18-2008 10:36:52

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Re: Corn Planters 101 in reply to John e.c.MI, 05-18-2008 09:51:27

7000 and 7100 (7000 pulled, 7100 three point, same planter units) could be had either plate or plateless. I've not seen one with plates, but the parts and operator's manuals show the option. So to be sure one has to look at the planter hopper to be sure. Or the hopper drive. There is an extra right angle gear under the plate hopper that is not a part of the plateless planter.

Gerald J.

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Brendon-KS

05-18-2008 19:42:29

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Re: Corn Planters 101 in reply to Gerald J., 05-18-2008 10:36:52

Just the opposite here in our area. Virtually all of the old Deere 7000's around here are the plate version. Very little corn grown here until recently so the finger meters are not popular but the plate meters work well for our low rate milo planting.

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