1920's corn planter restoration

[Sterff]

Here are a few pictures of a CB&Q (owned buy IH) corn planter I restored. I painted it the original colors. I also made a new tounge out of spanish cedar. Some of the parts were sand blasted and the rest were cleaned with wire wheels/pads. I believe the date to be between 1915-1925 according to some archives I was reading. I had intended on using it but, I don'y want to get it dirty now

 

[Army grunt]

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[teg]

Great job!!! My mother was into antiques... with the attitude of that they should be used and not kept under glass. It's made it this long to be an antique... and most of her stuff out lived her. Get it dirty to give it some character :thumbsup:

 

[imgone52]

Looks wonderful! Wether you use it or not, you are helping to preserve a piece of our rural history. You are to be commended for that.

 

[Sterff]

Thanks guys! I only have $200 into it and that includes the price of the planter. It was going to be scrapped so I saved it.

 

[Western]

Really NICE!! I had an old single row corn planter similar to that. The guy we bought a place from used it for sprigging Bermuda (really slow way of doing it!)

Great "salvage" job:thumbsup:

 

[creekbend]

Great restoration job. :thumbsup:

 

[DJ54]

Nice job..!! Now you need some check wire to go with it..!!

 

[Luremaker]

What a good looking planter. Looking at the seed plate I'd say it drops several corn seeds at a time or is it for a larger seed?

 

[Sterff]

Nice job..!! Now you need some check wire to go with it..!!

Yeah that would be neat!

What a good looking planter. Looking at the seed plate I'd say it drops several corn seeds at a time or is it for a larger seed?

It would drop a few seeds out at a time because it was used for check row planting. The corn would be planted so the field could be cultivated in three directions. There are three different size plates that I have for it.

 

[MIKE R]

Beautiful restoration. May I ask what brand of paint you used as I am restoring a 1925 Massey-Harris sickle mower and am looking for a good quality paint.

 

[Sterff]

Beautiful restoration. May I ask what brand of paint you used as I am restoring a 1925 Massey-Harris sickle mower and am looking for a good quality paint.

I actually used rustoleum and mixed it with thinner to paint. I looked at the IH colors but, they did not look right. I then sprayed it with a clear coat.

 

[MIKE R]

I actually used rustoleum and mixed it with thinner to paint. I looked at the IH colors but, they did not look right. I then sprayed it with a clear coat.

Thanks. I am thinking of using the Valspar restoration series paint from Tractor Supply. I thought this would of been the paint you used because of the quality and richness of the color.

 

[blueriver]

The only thing missing is a darn good team of mules ....

 

[flusher]

Super duper:thumbsup:

 

[SDJIM]

Moved back to wifes family farm and found a planter just like this one--will have to pull it out the shelter belt and try to restore it---I sure have a good sample to look at---beautiful restoration

 

[Sterff]

Moved back to wifes family farm and found a planter just like this one--will have to pull it out the shelter belt and try to restore it---I sure have a good sample to look at---beautiful restoration

Thanks

 

[crbr]

thanks for the picture

 

[Reyer Farms]

Very nice work!! What an accomplishment.

 

[Birdhunter1]

What a good looking planter. Looking at the seed plate I'd say it drops several corn seeds at a time or is it for a larger seed?

No it does not drop several at a time. There is a plate that sits above this when the boxes are closed that will allow one seed to sit in the hole and will lift another seed off the top if there is more than one in. Surprisingly it is not bad about cracking seed. There is a gearset on the axle for the wheels that has a clutch mechanism in it that rotates it to drop a seed, it is not a constant turning of the chain and is adjusted for seed spacing by which set of gears the chain is riding on. The same clutch will disengage so it won't drop seed in transport between fields.
IH used the same chassis for planters even in the 50's just had a different tongue, when the clutch would be disengaged by means of a pull rope it would actually lift the field runners up for transport so the only thing touching the ground was the drive wheels.
For what its worth I use this same planter that was made in the early 50's to plant sweet corn and food plots. With multiple plate sets I can do milo, peas, soybeans, corn, sunflowers and I have a plate for pumpkins. Dad farmed with this planter in the 70's and into the 80's. My grandpa had bought it new in the early 50's I believe.