Planter

Cooper_shockey · Jun 23, 2016

Hello looking to get a planter but our tractor doesn't have hydrolics. Can you get planters that don't require hydrolics????

rrlund · Jun 23, 2016

Ya,most of the older planters were mechanical lift. Anything that had a fertilizer can for each row instead of a common hopper for two rows most likely was a mechanical lift.

farmerwithmutt · Jun 23, 2016

Maybe rig a pump like the Amish. It's
kinda funny to watch when they get to the
end pull start the Briggs raise planter
turn drop planter shut the Briggs off and
go. One option is get a pto pump and rig
hydraulic after that . That way if you
need hydraulic for something else you got
it.

donjr · Jun 23, 2016

The Amish around here have a starter motor on a hydraulic pump. It works their plowa, discs, planters and workers very nicely.

Bob Bancroft · Jun 23, 2016

I remember seeing one in central PA who had just bought himself a new cart. This cart is what he rode on, pulled behind horses, and pulled a plow behind the cart. The cart had a ground drive hydraulic system which not only raised his plow, but also controlled the HYDRAULIC RESET PLOW BOTTOMS!!!!!!!!! He had valves, knobs, and gauges, and could control the pressure on the reset bottoms on the go from his seat!

Dieseltech · Jun 23, 2016

I get a kick out of their carts too. Last one I saw here in Indiana had a Kubota diesel engine running a hydraulic system and an independent PTO clutch that he ran is haybine, baler, etc. Would be easier to just use a tractor to begin with but I guess the bishop don't allow that..

rrlund · Jun 23, 2016

There was one here that actually had a Farmall M on a 4 wheeled cart. He just took all four wheels off the tractor.

Gambles · Jun 23, 2016

When I was a kid many years ago, our John Deere B was set up for a two-row planter that was raised and lowered by the three point on the tractor. It had no hydraulics. I remember it would raise and lower really fast. (probably not safe fast) We used it to plant our sweet corn and to plant and harvest our potatoes.

Kevin Happke · Jun 23, 2016

Get an IH 249 or IH 250 they are wheel lift planter that use plates to plant whatever
you want to plant. If you want more info call me at 320-468-6474.

farmerwithmutt · Jun 23, 2016

Neighbor has one that pressure is pumped up as the wheel rotates it works good on long rows but short rows he has to make a few laps to build pressure.

Tim(nj) · Jun 23, 2016

With a 2-row, you don't need markers. If you're planting 36" rows, set your rear wheel tread at 72" and just follow the previous wheel track back.

larry@stinescorner · Jun 23, 2016

thats the way my dad did it,,with a Ford 309 two row planter

gene bender · Jun 24, 2016

John Deere 290 two row or the four row 490 dont need hy.

wilson ind · Jun 24, 2016

How can you have a 3 point without hydraulics? What kind of aftermarket 3 point were you using ? I just do not understand what you are saying?

Leroy · Jun 24, 2016

The John Deere 290 and 490 and McCormick 449, 449A and 450 and 249 and 250 were avaible with both mechanical or hydrolic lift but most were mechanical. The Old Oliver 402 or 202 were also mechanical but I have not seen one for years. No plates avaible for the Olivers ever, that is why mine went byby. I am still trying to when ever I find a McCormick 4 row with clutch lift buy it for my Amish friends, They want the McCormick as it will set to 30" rows, the JD 490 will only set down to 36" that 30" corn headers cannot handle. Never saw a Moline or Massey planter. Ford to new for mechanical lift and AC was either snap coupler or too new. That McCormick 449 450 will retail for over a thousand to $1,500 ready for field. Perhaps more now.

jeffcat · Jun 24, 2016

Think he ment if you had a hydraulic draw bar. The bigger planters have cylinders on them.

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