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7000 Planter, Add rows for Beans?????

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CK in SD

02-12-2003 06:06:09




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An earlier discussion talked about adding row units to a 7000 planter for planting beans in 19" rows. For those who have done this or seen it, are extra row units mounted right to the frame, and is there room enough to do that w/ 19" rows? If anybody had a picture of a planter set up to do this, I'd sure be interested in seeing it. I bought a 7000 8 row wide planter last month, and intend to make an 8 row 30" planter out of it, but before I tear into this project, I would be interested in seeing what others have done...thanks

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Lyle

07-07-2003 07:20:17




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 Re: 7000 Planter, Add rows for Beans????? in reply to CK in SD, 02-12-2003 06:06:09  
We took an 8 row corn planter and converted it to an 11 row 11" bean planter. We started with a very clean 8 row no-till planter and removed the outer 2 planter units. A tail-bar kit was added (similar to those used to move the planter units back for better balance). The 2 planter units from the front were then mounted on the tail bar along with 3 additional units. Coulters were added to the front bar to help break-up the soil due to wheel compaction. Later a monitor was also modified to go on the rear units.

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DAVE

02-13-2003 11:32:58




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 Re: 7000 Planter, Add rows for Beans????? in reply to CK in SD, 02-12-2003 06:06:09  
WHAT WE DID IS MAKE A WHOLE SECOND FRAME AND BOLTED IT BACK FAR ENOUGH TO LET THE DRIVE WHEELS CLEAR. WE THEN RAN A CHAIN BACK TO DRIVE ALL THE UNITS. THIS GIVES YOU ALL THE FLEXIBILITY TO GO TO ANY ROW WIDTH. 16 INCH IS ABOUT AS NARROW AS YOU CAN GO WITH A 7000 UNIT. WEIGHT WISE YOU MAY NEED SOME WEIGHT ON YOUR REAR AXLE OF YOUR TRACTOR WHEN RAISED. THE STANDARD 4 WHEELS SHOULD PICK UP 13 TO 15 UNITS. IF IT IS A PROBLEM, TWO EXTRA WHEELS CAN BE PUT IN ANYWHERE SINCE THE FRONT FRAME HAS NO OBSTACLES. GOOD LUCK.

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Red Man

02-12-2003 18:47:34




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 Re: 7000 Planter, Add rows for Beans????? in reply to CK in SD, 02-12-2003 06:06:09  
Deere made a splitter for the 7000 planters that clamped to the main frame and had a set of lift assist wheels.



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andy

02-12-2003 15:55:15




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 Re: 7000 Planter, Add rows for Beans????? in reply to CK in SD, 02-12-2003 06:06:09  
Those were my comments about modifying a 4-38 to 7-19 inch soybeans. It worked great. On the 4-38 John Deere 7000 drawn planter you have to extend one unit behind the population transmission and two units need to extend behind the lift wheels. I made metal plates that attach to the 5 by 7 inch main frame. These plates extend back behind the wheels. Actually one on each side of the wheel. On the back, between the plates is a short chunk of 5 by 7 inch tube welded in. The "add on" planter unit attaches here with the same clamps that it would have on a regular planter. The unit behind the transmission does not extend as far back. Longer drive chains are used to power the units. The drive chains run in a wooden tract so they don't bounce or run off. Believe it or not the planter still had tongue weight! Tractor hydraulics still lifted the planter easily even with full fertilizer and seed hoppers. I did find the bypass point of the hydraulic system once and had to scoop off some of the heaping fertilizer. I have seen two other ways that this has been accomplished also. At the time I liked my idea the best. A John Deere 7100 is the 3pt planter. Of course there are no lift wheels to contend with on it. I believe the transmission is still in the middle. Some have moved the transmission to the outside. It is pretty hard to get the old seed hoppers down to 15" as the fiberglass and the lids rub together. I believe the John Deere 7200 planters have a narrower hopper. Of course they cost alot more money. Good luck. Send me your email if you need more help.

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