Posted by MCL on February 10, 2011 at 12:19:05 from (216.21.177.239):
In Reply to: White 5100 Planter posted by 2510Paul on February 10, 2011 at 10:52:20:
In my opinion the best planter built during the 1980's. A few of the early 4 row 5100's had individual blowers but most have the central one. Blower can drive off of tractor hydraulics if you have a closed center system. We did that with an Oliver 1755 and White 2-105. They also have a pto pump similar to the IH's. White's don't take near the power to operate though. Look for wear in all the parallel link bushings and closing wheel arms. The gauge wheel arms will wear out. Early ones did not have replaceable bushings. Later models did. Of course the bearings in the disc openers will wear out too. This is true of any color. The seed and fertilizer openers measure 13 1/2" diameter when new. Not 15" like Deere. White went to a 15" seed opener on the 6100 series I think.
A 4 row should have 2 drive clutches I think. One off of each wheel. You can lose one and still operate everything on the planter. 7000 John Deere's are not that way. If you start losing cluches then parts of the planter quit working. The 4 row Deeres might only have one anyway. If I am wrong about this I'm sure someone will let me know.
The key to the metering system are the little brushes behind the seed disc. If they wear too much that can mess up the spacing and population. A common wear item on them and not too expensive to replace. Oh yeah, they don't need graphite or talcum powder in the seed either.
Dad bought a 5100 8-30" new in 1981 and used it until he retired in 2005. Just kept fixing what wore out and it did just fine.
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