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John Deere 71 planter units

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Rev JJ

03-27-2003 19:05:23




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Can the 71 units be used to plant anything other than peanuts? If so, how and what? Am wanting to plant corn, milo and beans.




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greenbeanman

03-28-2003 06:09:03




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 Re: John Deere 71 planter units in reply to Rev JJ, 03-27-2003 19:05:23  
I bought used Flex-71 units in the 1970s, and they came equipped to plant milo grain sorghum. I purchased corn plates for them as well. Mine came with "Accra-plant" runner openers and also double disk openers that I could put on instead.

In my opinion the units are good ones and quite accurate. The weak spot is the aluminum housing that covers the chain. If you are planting terraces and slide downhill, the housing will sometimes break. Also planting the sharp curve of some terraces will put enough stress on the unit to break it.

As with any unit, make sure you are moving forward before lowering the unit, otherwise you will plug the seed tube.

In Kansas the units STILL sell for about $150 per row, which is what they sold for used in the '70s.

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