We've got to upgrade to a different planter this year. Right now we've got a JD 7200 4rn. I found a 6rn Case IH 955 close by. I am familiar with how the JD finger pick up works, but I dont know anything about how these cyclo air planters work. Are they good planters? Thanks again for the help.
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The air metering system works good. A fan generates air pressure that holds seeds to holes in a rotating drum. When the seeds are over the collection tubes a wheel on the outside of the drum blocks the hole dropping the seed. The row units on a late riser planter do not work near as well as the Deere tru-V and angled closing wheels tho. IH uses two small discs running at an angle to throw dirt in the seed trench then a wide flat wheel runs over the top packing it down. If you get a hard rain then sun it bakes that flat surface like concrete. If you buy the Late Riser you had better source a good rotary hoe.
I think the maintenance issues are simpler and more can be done on a preventative basis on a Deere mechanical seed meter system than the cyclo. Issues that you are not used to with the cyclo will be maintaining proper air pressure to seed variety and bounce of seed in the tubes from the drum to the row units. I also think the Deere closing wheel set-up is better. When we had our cyclo we had problems with the drum sealing properly to the manifold housing. My opinion is the Deere performed better on seed placement and germination than the Cyclo. We did not have a 900 series planter, however. Deere has more choices for fertilizer opener assemblies.
Having said all that I think just about any color planter made in the last 25 years is fairly reliable on a daily basis. If you are wanting to go to an air system I would look at a White. If you want a vacuum I would look at the Deere then the CaseIH 1200 series. Again, with any color unit it is all about the preventative maintenance.
Having said all that I think just about any color planter made in the last 25 years is fairly reliable on a daily basis. If you are wanting to go to an air system I would look at a White. If you want a vacuum I would look at the Deere then the CaseIH 1200 series. Again, with any color unit it is all about the preventative maintenance.
Anonymous-0
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I was a happy fellow when I got rid of the air planter. On sidehills it would drift down wanting to plant in the tractor tracks. Broken pto shaft, loosig air was most of the problem.
On flat ground maybe ok. It was a 4 row and I sold it at auction for $75. about what the tires and iron was worth.
On flat ground maybe ok. It was a 4 row and I sold it at auction for $75. about what the tires and iron was worth.
olgentdc
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BEEN USING A IHC 400 HERE FOR 25 YRS , GOOD MACHINE
cornfarmer
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They are a very good planter. Some of the negative comments here date back many years to the 400 series machines. In their day, though, the 400 series repaced many a JD planter. The 800 series was a major improvement, and the 900 and 955 series were improved versions. They are simple to use and maintain and have lots less parts to worry about. However, due to the long seed delivery tubes, spacing is not quite as accurate as a Deere or Kinze or the CIH 1200 asm planter. Make sure chains and sprockets are in good shape. Most spacing issues can be traced to chains jerking. This will be worse at very low planting speed-these planters were designed to run.
We prefer the air planter over the finger pickup planters due to being able to plant faster. The spacing may not be quite as good, but if properly set up and maintained it does a well enough job at spacing. Had a white, it did a good job planting, but was to light made and always had bearing and such going out. Now we have a CIH 1200 series planter and it is great.
Locally, everyone bought JD 7000 type planters for decades.
They especially didn't own any, or only bought one & got rid of it pretty quickly, IHC Cyclo planters....
Until the Case 1200 and above model planters came out. Now, everyone here leaves the new JD planters sit on the lot, and buy new Case planters. They finally got them right.
I would not go from a 7000 series backwards to anything older than a Case 1200 series.
That is here, in some tough clay & hills and where we expect big yields. Might be different in other areas.
Unless you need the high capacity of a modern planter with center fill, the finger pickup 7000 series is about as good as it gets.
--->Paul
They especially didn't own any, or only bought one & got rid of it pretty quickly, IHC Cyclo planters....
Until the Case 1200 and above model planters came out. Now, everyone here leaves the new JD planters sit on the lot, and buy new Case planters. They finally got them right.
I would not go from a 7000 series backwards to anything older than a Case 1200 series.
That is here, in some tough clay & hills and where we expect big yields. Might be different in other areas.
Unless you need the high capacity of a modern planter with center fill, the finger pickup 7000 series is about as good as it gets.
--->Paul
955's are excellent. row units are the best made. it will plant into any type of trash accurately. seed placement on the 6 row is good if your ground speed hangs are 5mph. the bad seed placement came on the 8rw's and the long seed tubes. you will find this subject divided down color lines. thru the yrs I've had them all and consider the 955 the best, if your row units aren't worn out. we get about 400 to 500 acres per row unit before the rebuilds. with green or blue paint you need to adjust them about every 100acres and rebuild them at about 300, at least in our soil conditions. Lots of local green guys buy a new planter every year to avoid rebuilding them!
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