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John Deere 2-row planter

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Rob Mo.

02-17-2003 11:33:10




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A nieghbor of mine bought a model 246 or 247 model planter. He has a alot of seed plates to come with it, but we can't id them. I'm needing a page that has the seed plate numbers & what they are used for. If someone can email me all that information, it will be greatly appreciated.




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Leroy

02-17-2003 18:53:29




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 Re: John Deere 2-row planter in reply to Rob Mo., 02-17-2003 11:33:10  
Go to your John Deere Deeler, He has the seed plate book avaible for you to by that has every plate J D made in it, The 246 is the corn planter, the 247 is combination corn-cotton planter



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smirkey

02-18-2003 10:25:25




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 Re: Re: John Deere 2-row planter in reply to Leroy, 02-17-2003 18:53:29  
what's the difference, always wondered what makes a cotton planter different?



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scottAR

02-26-2003 20:24:01




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 Re: Re: Re: John Deere 2-row planter in reply to smirkey, 02-18-2003 10:25:25  
That's correct, a hill drop planter for cotton was designed to plant a chosen amount of seed in one place and then skip to the next designated spot and do it again. The early planter were designed to plant gin run seed which was fuzzy and did not flow very good. It had a gear driven stirring arm that made a circle in the hopper to keep the seed from clumping. The cotton seed now is acid delinted and you use a corn plate that holds about three seeds to a hole.

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Hugh MacKay

02-23-2003 18:51:24




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 Re: Re: Re: John Deere 2-row planter in reply to smirkey, 02-18-2003 10:25:25  
smirky; I had one of these planters and mine had the cotton planting equipment. How this machine ever made it north into Canada is more than I can answer. I bought it from original owner, so it was sold new by a dealer here.

I cant remember the details, but the cotton attachment had what they refered to as hill drop. I believe it droped 3 seeds together and then a space then 3 more seeds. I probably don't have this correct as I never did try to plant cotton or even set it to do that.

It was a good little planter and yes John Deere dealer will have a list of plates and what each will do.

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Leroy

02-21-2003 16:52:18




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 Re: Re: Re: John Deere 2-row planter in reply to smirkey, 02-18-2003 10:25:25  
All I know is what I see in the operators manual and that it is something to do with the feed in the seed hoppers



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