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Want ideas on adding units to my JD 7000 4
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andy

02-13-2002 20:50:55




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I want to add three units to my John Deere 7000 planter. It is a trail type, so two units must go behind the lift wheels and one unit behind the transmission. Adding these units would allow me to plant 7 - 19" rows of soybeans. I have seen two 7000's converted. Both were very well done and worked great. The planter frames held up too. I have the three units ready to go. Just looking for last minute ideas before I start. Your thoughts, ideas and converted examples are greatly appreciated.

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andy

02-17-2002 18:07:53




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 Re: Want ideas on adding units to my JD 7000 4 - 38 planter in reply to andy, 02-13-2002 20:50:55  
Thanks guys for responding.



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Bamamule

02-14-2002 20:50:39




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 Re: Want ideas on adding units to my JD 7000 4 - 38 planter in reply to andy, 02-13-2002 20:50:55  
I never tried that conversion but I do plant some soybeans with a 7100 that was 8 row narrow(30) and added four more units. It is a lift type. Its a little more difficult to work on and the hardest job was to mount the unit over the transmission and make it good and sturdy. Its amazing what you can do with a plasma cutter and a box full of welding rods.
Oh by the way, I also have a 750 JD no-till drill and I think the yeilds of both planter and drill are close to the same. But that's just my opinion..... ...

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Tyler B

02-14-2002 14:34:19




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 Re: Want ideas on adding units to my JD 7000 4 - 38 planter in reply to andy, 02-13-2002 20:50:55  
I havent seen anyone convert a 7000 4 row 38" to a narrow row bean planter. But, my dad god tired of doubling up with our 4 row 36" so he went out and bought a 7000 6 row 30"'s. At least I think that it was 30" rows. Anyway, we cut off one set of the wheels (I think that it was the inside set. Then we moved the two boxes from the outside to the inside. We ended up with two sets of 3 rows very close together. There is a little more space inbetween the middle two or the 3rd and 4th boxes as the transmission wouldnt let us put the boxes there. If we ever run across another 2 planter boxes we will make it an 8 row bean planter and add them on the ends of the frame past the remaining wheels. The one thing is that it is very wide. I used to think that our 4 row 7000 36" spacing corn planter was wide, but the 6 row corn converted to bean is absoultely wide. It is all that you want to drive down a blacktop road with. It wasnt that hard to locate a planter and do the conversion. It sure saves time from what we used to do by boubling up with our 4 row corn planter. By the way, depending upon what kind of no-tilling you might do colters may be a good idea if you havent done the best weed burndown. Let me know if you need to know anything else about mine.

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mike

02-14-2002 05:43:53




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 Re: Want ideas on adding units to my JD 7000 4 - 38 planter in reply to andy, 02-13-2002 20:50:55  
A lot of guys tried that about 10 years ago
here in ohio,but now almost all use a drill
for soybeans.The planter beans come up a little
sooner,but the drilled beans will out yield
them in the end.



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