Planters John deere 80 planter

[deere755]

I saw a owners manual listed on e-bay for a 80 planter unit and now there is a 71 planter on an 80 frame listed. Was this a newer version of the 70 and 71 planters? I have yet to see an actual unit.

 

[Farmwithjunk]

80's have no relation to the 70/71 other than the color of paint. I believe the 80 was a later rendition of the older 44W unit planter, possibly some resemblance to the 1240 "plateless" planters. The 71 was continually updated until they were dropped from the Deere line-up in 1998. There was no further evolution of that flexplanter line.

 

[bigdeer2000]

fwj, i have a 2 row 7100 max-emerge planter.where does this planter fit in the evolution of john deere planters?

 

[Farmwithjunk]

fwj, i have a 2 row 7100 max-emerge planter.where does this planter fit in the evolution of john deere planters?

I believe those were introduced somewhere around 1974(????) MaxEmerge II showed up in the mid to late 80's.

 

[bigdeer2000]

fwj,
thanks for the information. what is the basic differences in the jd 71 and the 7100 max-emerge?

 

[Tritonman]

The main difference is the location of the press wheels right next to the disks and the maxemerge planter are much heavier and therefore are a candidate for no till planting. Most of the maxemerge planters are also finger planters although some were plate planters.

 

[Farmwithjunk]

fwj,
thanks for the information. what is the basic differences in the jd 71 and the 7100 max-emerge?

The 71's were "unit planters". They're a self contained row unit, capable of operating as a single row planter, or being ganged on a toolbar to form a multiple row planter. Each row drives off of it's own press wheel.

The MaxEmerge family of planters are driven from a ground drive that powers a cross shaft that in turn powers all the rows.

 

[bigdeer2000]

fwj,
thanks again for sharing your knowledge!