Beans planted

[bigtiller]

Beans planted Friday with this 36 row planter. 30 acres took less than an hour.

 

[smstonypoint]

Oh My!!!

Any idea what sort of ground speed is obtained?

Steve

 

[Qapla]

WOW! That would be neat to try.

Of course, it may take us longer to plant ours but ..... we are almost ready to pick ours


I have been to Ames, Iowa and some of the farms out there are HUGE

 

[bigtiller]

Oh My!!!

Any idea what sort of ground speed is obtained?

Steve

I don't know but I would guess about 5 to 7 mph. Maybe faster in places. With that fancy transmission, they set the desired rpm and the computer does the rest.

 

[Leejohn]

Why didn't you hook that 2720 up to it? Would make a good picture.

 

[Fordman1981]

I don't know but I would guess about 5 to 7 mph. Maybe faster in places. With that fancy transmission, they set the desired rpm and the computer does the rest.

We run a 16 row planter and plant soy beans at 5.5 mph and corn at 5.25. The limitation is the planter not the tractor. Plant too fast and you mess up the seed population. And just want to say there's more too it than set rpm and go. Don't get me wrong the auto steer is great but you still have a lot to do.
That is an impressive planter but man I can't imagine running it. A 16 row is tough enough to keep an eye on making sure everything is working that nothing gets plugged that your seed population for each row is correct. I bet his productivity is much higher in bigger fields.

 

[smstonypoint]

We run a 16 row planter and plant soy beans at 5.5 mph and corn at 5.25. The limitation is the planter not the tractor. Plant too fast and you mess up the seed population. And just want to say there's more too it than set rpm and go. Don't get me wrong the auto steer is great but you still have a lot to do. .

I remember watching a show on RFD-TV that discussed JD planters that were capable of "high" ground speeds. A Google search turned up this article: John Deere Planter Answers Need for Speed.

Steve

 

[kevin37b]

Around here they run 8-10 mph with 24 - 36 even 48 row planters . Quite impressive to see 120 ft. of planter coming at you . The seed spacing and germination are perfect . These planters cost more than a nice house .

 

[bigtiller]

I think it must be harder to tell exactly where the end of the planter is because it is so far away from the operator. The first row seams to be a little further away from obstacles like the fence, power poles and tight corners.

 

[ovrszd]

My large farmer friend uses all JD GPS guided planting equipment. They have experimented a lot with speed. They are at 4.5mph. Best seed placement at that speed. Not quite as critical with beans as it is with corn.

Here's a Drone shot of their planters at work planting beans. They should finish this week. Planted 10,742 acres of corn. Not sure what the total is on beans but will be around 17,000 acres.