IH McCormick 2 Row Planter Help

Mildew · May 25, 2019

Needing some help from you experts as to what make and model this planter is. I was told it was a McCormick but I can t seem to match it to any photos I ve found of those. It has been converted from a pull type to a 3 pt as you can see in the pics.

Would like to get a manual for it so I know it s operation and maintenance. Plan to give it a cleanup and put it back to use on some corn/beans.

Leroy · May 25, 2019

Not sure but believe it may be a Blackhawk and manuals had nothing in them and no plates avaible to fit.

Mike(NEOhio) · May 25, 2019

I have one like that but it's a pull type with a clutch lift and doesn't have the depth lever at the back. McCormick model 240, 241 or 242, depending if it's a planter, drill or check row. Manual is dated 1948. I can scan them for you if nobody else has one. Yours is missing the markers. I'll get pictures later today.

Mike(NEOhio) · May 25, 2019

After looking at mine I'd say yours was originally made for a 3 point. Note the clutch and lever in the center of the axle, yours doesn't have one. The top link bracket looks like factory as well. Sorry the pictures aren't better.

Farmallb · May 25, 2019

Looks like my IHC 2 row planter. once when I was a kid I saw a 4 row one just like it. Have never liked it as it plants too shallow even with the screw adjustment turned all the way, AND all the way out. I couldnt tell which way set it deep. I even turned the tongue around to try to get it to make a deeper furrow. Ive had it since I was 18. im 71 now. I have all the plates for it save beans. I HAD plastic bean plates, but they have disintergrated due to age.

DoubleR · May 25, 2019

Looks just like mine which I always called a 241 model although mine still has to tongue on it, not a three point. I just planted 8 acres of corn with mine yesterday. I got a manual years ago at a tractor show from a truck vender that was selling them. I get the manual out every year to figure out my spacing which it does come in handy. I think my manual is for a 240,242,and 243 model as they all seem pretty close to the same thing. I would check on-line or even a older Case=IH dealer.

Mildew · May 27, 2019

A 240, 241, 242 or 243? It just didn t seem to me that the fertilizer hoppers looked the same as in other pics I ve seen.

There are parts numbers on the various parts on the unit. Would that help in identifying it? Also curious if I need other plates for beans. I m assuming I will, but hard to track down plates without knowing if they will fit my planter.

If anybody has a manual they d be willing to share it would be much appreciated! Thanks!

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