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Liquid has become the new thing for big farming - it is easier to pump liquid than to shovel or auger fert for 12-20 rows on a planter. For a small planter, I would prefer granular, as you can do NPK all at one time, & a shovel works fine for 200 acres. All the pumping & storage stuff is pretty spendy for just a few acres, while you prob have a barge box & shovel... Weight to the planter frame? Not familiar with that. You will want the springs on the row units, and row cleaners of some type. Corn uses (most likely) finger pickups, beans use bean cups or bean meters. Cups are cheap, meters are better. You _should_ get both fingers & cups with the planter. Very simple to switch, pull the unit off, 2 wing nuts on the bottom, & slip in the other unit. You also need to move some sprockets to change seed population. The fingers need remetering & reconditioning every few years for best spacing. I would seek out someone in the area with a wide-row head now. Would hate to be sitting in September with no one to harvest me crop. It's not a problem, just depends what machinery is being run in your area. Saw a well worn one sell for $150 3 years ago, and good ones with cups/fingers & a monitor go less than $2500. Going to depend on how much demand for small equipment is in you local area. --->Paul
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