Best corn bean planter over the years

ryanwheelock · May 11, 2010

Whats your opinion on the best planter for corn beans?? I hear a lot about the JD 7000. Not talking brand new stuff but older stuff over the years. What would be the best IH, being I'm an International guy. I'm looking to update to a better/ more row set-up than my 2 row planter.
Thanks
Ryan

Shep VA · May 11, 2010

My vote is for the cyclo air IH planters. There are several of them running in our area and they still put down the most consistantly spaced corn of any of the planters around.

Neighbor runs an 800 and we have a 900 and have been planting with them for years with no complaints.

DeltaRed · May 11, 2010

IH 185 or 295.JD 70 or 71.These are unitplanters you bolt to a 3point toolbar.in any row width and # of rows you desire.parts are easily available.I use a JD 70,4 ROW-30"

Leroy · May 11, 2010

I know a lot of people like the JD 7000 and think there is nothing better but I have seen enough of them I would not own one, would stick with my 494A before I would have a 7000

tjiniowa · May 11, 2010

White 5100 or 6100, accuracy cant be beat, and very few moving parts to replace. A real simple design.

Anonymous-0 · May 11, 2010

we have ran a new idea double frame with kinze units for many years and love it

ryanwheelock · May 11, 2010

Question with air seeders, were does the air presure come from, a pump on the tractor or planter??

J.ReinkeFarms · May 11, 2010

I will put my vote in for the Deere 7000 - Liquid fertilizer, finger pick up/radial bean meter.

After having one I will NEVER go back to a 494. Leroy must have perfectly level fields as the 494 takes care of planting depth 2feet behind the point of seed placement instead of at the point of seed placement. Between that and you have to have the ground worked to a powder for it to close the seed trench correctly. No deal for this guy. Plates, limited working speed, that horrendous row marker actuator, limited seed carrying capability, the transmission in the middle, nope. Sorry.

When you see so many of one item, like a 7000 some people say “Everyone has one so I’ll never own one” usually when “everyone” has one, there is a reason. Even the farms that are all red around here have Deere/Kinze planters.

paul · May 11, 2010

JD 7000 finger for corn, meter for beans.

Plate planters not as good, air planters took until the 1200 series be4 they worked around here & take a good tractor or $$$ pto pump to run.

The White series gets honorable mention, less parts around, but work well.

--->Paul

Fordfarmer · May 11, 2010

Even the farms that are all red around here have Deere/Kinze planters.

Same here...although in my case, it's all Blue. Only green machine I have is my 6RN 7000.

MN Scott · May 11, 2010

Hydraulic driven fan on the planter in most cases.

Anonymous-0 · May 11, 2010

What's your criteria for "best"? That varies from person to person.

I planted for years with JD #71's. As far as plate planters, they're simple, easy to understand, reliable, and parts are never far away. They do a good job with corn or beans. They're light enough to use 4 or 6 rows behind a smaller tractor. (important to me)

Most of the big guys in this area have 7000 series Deere planters. (Even the red/blue/orange guys) Deere did a fairly good job from the start. They have all sorts of aftermarket parts and accessories available to tailor the planter to your needs. And with any equipment that's so popular, getting advice on how to deal with a problem is much easier. (More people who know about them)

No, I'm not a Deere die hard, just like their planters more than other choices.

Cas · May 11, 2010

As far as planters go the JD 7000 is hard to
beat. If I had my life to do over, the one thing
I would have done was update my planter sooner.
Back then the 7000s seemed very expensive. After
buying one several years ago I realize it would
have paid for itself several times over by now.

greenbeanman in Kansas · May 11, 2010

I'm a fan of the JD Flex 71s too. I planted milo with them. Very accurate compared to the stands of other farmer's crops.

The design was so bulletproof that Yetter bought the rights to the planter from Deere and still produce a version of it with all parts being interchangeable.

Wish I had never sold my JD 71s when I stopped full time farming.
Yetter 71 series unit planter.

M Puller in WI · May 11, 2010

i would have to say the JD 7000 or 7200 planters. they are simple and easy to work on and have very little problems. have run them both at my two different jobs and just love them. Dad used to have the old JD 494 and that was a piece. he now has a IH 400 cyclo but i dont like that compared to the JDs.
M puller

NFO520 · May 11, 2010

jd 7000 i love mine. the other day i ran a new great plains 6 row twin row air planter and it was hard to set up hated the separte marker control and air control keept poping out as it was hyd. powered i finally unhooked it and put my 7000 back on

Bob Bancroft · May 11, 2010

I had a White 5100 I bought used 16 years ago. I would have bought a new one but there are no dealers closer than 2 hours anymore. It was time to update so I bought a new JD 1750 vacuum. I would still rather have the White air pressure system.

cadet trooper · May 11, 2010

Graded or ungraded seed i.e. flats, rounds small medium or large? I"d pick what works for ungraded it"s the cheapest. Mother nature just can"t get that part right.

olgentdc · May 11, 2010

ignorance is Bliss to the happy 7000 owners , And I like JD ... Personally ,The 400Cyclo That We put no til Coulters on 25 yrs ago , is hard to beat , Plants easily 100 plus acreas each year , biggest expense was this year for NEW EARTH STEEL double disc openers that are offset on my 400, Bet the 7000 Guys have boughta lot of bearings and plastic parts over the last 25 years , fine tuning their planters each winter .... 800 series is a even better planter than the 400, the 900 CIH even better Yet ! ...

Anonymous-0 · May 11, 2010

having ran 7000's for 20 years overall they have been a not perfect but good planter. more moving parts but some yearly as needed maintenance will not break anyone,use Kinze or jd bean meters and soybean planting accuracy will be good, some Whites around here, good planters but few dealers. I ran a 400 8rw IH blow j08 for 2 years and corn spacing was not acceptable. The 400 row unit offered poor depth controll and emergence was often uneven. I have a 6rn 400 converted to 8 row 20" for soybeans, IH bean metering is hard to beat but seed depth is inaccurate and it takes longer for beans to come up. The 800 and newer planters would be a much better planter as the row units are much improved. I haven't seen a bearing issue on a jd planter, around here jd/Kinze plants 75% or the row crops, that should say something.

Erik Ks farmer · May 12, 2010

7000 John Deere, best planter I have ever owned, accurate seed placement makes an even stand and it is easy to operate. The only plastic on the machine is the seed meters, and with proper maintanence they are durable, as is anything on the farm.

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