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7000 conventional planter--convert to no-till?

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Michael

05-08-2003 09:51:50




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I'm looking at a 7000 4-row planter.
How many years have these been made?
Are parts easy to get?
How easy is it to convert to no-till?
How expensive would that be?

Thanks, I'm a planter newbie.




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Farmuse-long post sorry

05-09-2003 06:00:08




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 Re: 7000 conventional planter--convert to no-till? in reply to Michael, 05-08-2003 09:51:50  
Not much conversion has to be done if it is a conservation planter. The main thing you have to do is add frame weight. We use 2 fifty five gallon drums on the front frame rails filled with water which adds about 900 lbs. The opening coulters are built into the planting units on most of those models and we've found that the wavy type coulters cut the trash (burnt down grass/corn stubble/rye waste)better. The unit we have has been planting no-til since about 1978. it does have heavy duty down pressure springs on the row units. The only supplier we use for parts is SHOUP Manufacturing (cheaper than deere and good quality to)and the complete planter can be entirely rebuilt from them.

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Michael

05-08-2003 22:39:54




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 Re: 7000 conventional planter--convert to no-till? in reply to Michael, 05-08-2003 09:51:50  
Thanks for the info. I haven't purchased a planter yet, but am looking closely at this model.

If you have suggestions for a better model to buy, I'd love to hear about it. I only have about 140 tillable on my farm, and because my land is hilly, I'd like to use no-til to help conserve the soil.

The farmer I bought from used to use conventional methods. The tenant farmer is using no-til. I'd like to start putting in my own crops.

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Tim

05-08-2003 19:08:35




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 Re: 7000 conventional planter--convert to no-till? in reply to Michael, 05-08-2003 09:51:50  
This planter was made for a long time, they were popular, but are small and older technology so they are usually pretty cheap to buy. New parts are readily available at JD dealer. A lot of them have had no till attachments added, it's pretty straightforward. New coulters, row cleaners, and heavy down pressure springs could cost $250 or more per row. Might be cheaper to find one already equipped or if this one is real good otherwise buy a second one with the attachments. Steve is right, ask your dealer for the min. diameter on the double disk openers and measure yours to see if they need replaced. It won't do a good job with worn openers.

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Steve

05-08-2003 16:19:17




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 Re: 7000 conventional planter--convert to no-till? in reply to Michael, 05-08-2003 09:51:50  
Proper size true V openers are a MUST.Row cleaners are also very important.I have 13 wave 3/4in coulters infront of the row units.Row cleaners are better than coulters.Get heavy down pressure springs and make sure you have added enough weight to the frame of the planter.Please feel free to get in touch with me as we have been doing this for about 12 years,never found any used parts worth bringing home,seed meter cond is also important Steve

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BMAN

05-08-2003 11:20:27




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 Re: 7000 conventional planter--convert to no-till? in reply to Michael, 05-08-2003 09:51:50  
I no till my corn and didn't make any changes to the 7000 planter.



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Bill

05-08-2003 10:22:12




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 Re: 7000 conventional planter--convert to no-till? in reply to Michael, 05-08-2003 09:51:50  
these have been around for a long time,mid 70s I think, about every junk yard has a few around,parts are easy to get, thru JD or companys dealing in aftermarket parts like shoup or sloan,,notil stuff should be available too junk yards etc, depends on what you want, but Ive seen trash whippers, coulters, furrow openers,etc at some sales beg for bids,new stuff is always high , Id say that for $300 you could buy lots of stuff,,,,My cheap opinion,,Bill

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