I run an 8 row Kinze for my corn. About 50% of the time I have ran the coulters and 50% of the time I have taken them off. I have found if planting conditions are not the best (wet spring and can't wait) then it plants best without the coulters. Dry and crumbly coulters are OK. If the soil is a little on the wet side the no-till coulter can pull soil out of the planting zone and sort of make a slot. Coulters do add life to the double disk openers. Nothing compares to good diameter and sharp double disk openers. I do have a set of trash whippers for this planter as well. Again, if it is a little wet they tend to "plow". They are rigid to the planting unit and do not float. Maybe a dry spring and I will use those alone. Probably the two most important things for seed emergence and a uniform stand are 1) making sure the double disk openers are consistantly cutting the proper depth and 2) planting at slower speeds. I put the new style Kinze down pressure springs on the planter last spring and wow what an improvement. I forget how many pounds of down pressure these will transfer, but enough that it can tend to lift the planter up. Fortunately I have dry fertilizer so the planter is heavy.
Much of the add - on equipment do two things. 1) allows you to plant in less desireable conditions, and 2) plant at higher speeds. It costs alot of money to fully equip a planter. If you are a smaller or mid size farmer maybe just waiting for soil conditions to improve or planting at 4 mph is good enough.
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