John Deere Planters

[Farmwithjunk]

Deere 70/71's are just about the most flexible/adaptable planter ever made. With proper seed plates, they'll plant just about any seed (except grass/cereal grains) Many seed corn growers used 71's for years after the inception of plateless planters. During the later stages of the Deere 71's sales with Deere, they were built under contract for Deere by Yetter Mfg/ Yetter bought production rights, and continues to build #71 units. Lincoln Ag Products manufactures seed plates for the 71 and offers technical advice on such.

Deere 7100's (and all the rest of the "7000 series" planters) have the luxury of aftermarket accessory availability to make them adaptable to no till as well as conventional tillage. With the 7000 series, consistency of seed sizing isn't as critical as with plate type planters such as the 70/71 Deere, or the covington planters.

For 35+ years, I used a 4-row #71 planter to put in my corn crop every year. 2 years ago, I switched to a Kinze 8-row w/interplants. The Kinze planter is essentially the same as Deere MaxEmergeII, with a few subtle differences. The interplants enable it to plant 8 30" rows OR 15 15" rows. (I plant corn w/ 8X30 and soybeans w/ 15 X 15" rows)

Also as an option, consider IH/CaseIH "Cyclo" planters.

NO planters have the volume of available aftermarket parts and accessories as the 7000 series Deere planters though.

 

[CT230 Fan]

Deere 70/71's are just about the most flexible/adaptable planter ever made. With proper seed plates, they'll plant just about any seed (except grass/cereal grains) Many seed corn growers used 71's for years after the inception of plateless planters. During the later stages of the Deere 71's sales with Deere, they were built under contract for Deere by Yetter Mfg/ Yetter bought production rights, and continues to build #71 units. Lincoln Ag Products manufactures seed plates for the 71 and offers technical advice on such.

Deere 7100's (and all the rest of the "7000 series" planters) have the luxury of aftermarket accessory availability to make them adaptable to no till as well as conventional tillage. With the 7000 series, consistency of seed sizing isn't as critical as with plate type planters such as the 70/71 Deere, or the covington planters.

For 35+ years, I used a 4-row #71 planter to put in my corn crop every year. 2 years ago, I switched to a Kinze 8-row w/interplants. The Kinze planter is essentially the same as Deere MaxEmergeII, with a few subtle differences. The interplants enable it to plant 8 30" rows OR 15 15" rows. (I plant corn w/ 8X30 and soybeans w/ 15 X 15" rows)

Also as an option, consider IH/CaseIH "Cyclo" planters.

NO planters have the volume of available aftermarket parts and accessories as the 7000 series Deere planters though.

Wow. Thanks for the info. This is the kind of information I was looking for. Do you know if you can mount a fertilizer hopper on the 7000/7100 series planters? I do like that option that's available on the covington planters. That seems like it could save you quite a bit in fertilizer.

 

[Briar Hill Brittanys]

So what is it that the Covington does that a 71 or 7100 doesn't? I just don't know much about this stuff. Seems like I can get plates for the JD's that will do most of what I'm looking to plant, and I can always broadcast small stuff. I suppose if I were selling a cash crop I could justify $3500, but this is for food plots only.

For a food plot, the JD stuff is more than adequate. A 70/71 series can and will plant corn, sorghum, and beans. Turnips, rape, beets, and wheat can be broadcast with a $20.00 hand broadcaster. Beware of a bunch of equipment for sale out there that has been "checked over" or "gone over" and a fresh coat of paint sprayed on. Planters have parts that wear, affecting planting accuracy. Even in a food plot scenario, you want the best planting you can get to maximize your seed dollars. Check out before you buy.

First picture is a turnip patch, planted by broadcasting over a plowed and disced seed bed a couple of days ahead of a rain. Not cultipacked, just lightly disced in. Second is a pair of JD 70 Flexi planters I refurbed, new disc openers, bushings, hardware, complete disassembly, blasted and painted, and fabbed up toolbar. There's a fella east of Gallatin that sells used implements. I'll try to find his number. HTH Mark

PS.....any quail or pheasants up in your neck of the woods need pointed?

 

[cowski]

7100 3 pt hitch,7000 drawbar.if you want fertilizer hoppers get a 4 row 7000,i do not know how to cut one down to 2 row.the 71 come in pull type with fertilizer hoppers.i have a ih planter too .i would prefer the jd and covington.i do not really understand what you want ,if i was row cropping a 7100 would be the only planter on your list i would want.for 2 row food plot planter the covington or the 71 jd.the covington is a very old simple design they were matched to the 50 model ford tractors.my grandpa got one with his new 49 ford tractor.they had a neat 2 row cultivator that went with them.when farmers needed larger planters they fell by the wayside.if you want no till the 7000/7100 would be the only planter to get.how many acres are you going to plant?

 

[CT230 Fan]

For a food plot, the JD stuff is more than adequate. A 70/71 series can and will plant corn, sorghum, and beans. Turnips, rape, beets, and wheat can be broadcast with a $20.00 hand broadcaster. Beware of a bunch of equipment for sale out there that has been "checked over" or "gone over" and a fresh coat of paint sprayed on. Planters have parts that wear, affecting planting accuracy. Even in a food plot scenario, you want the best planting you can get to maximize your seed dollars. Check out before you buy.

First picture is a turnip patch, planted by broadcasting over a plowed and disced seed bed a couple of days ahead of a rain. Not cultipacked, just lightly disced in. Second is a pair of JD 70 Flexi planters I refurbed, new disc openers, bushings, hardware, complete disassembly, blasted and painted, and fabbed up toolbar. There's a fella east of Gallatin that sells used implements. I'll try to find his number. HTH Mark

PS.....any quail or pheasants up in your neck of the woods need pointed?

That number would be great. That's only about 40 miles from me.

As for the quail and pheasants, far and few between. I have a 40 acre farm that I have had for about 5 years and have never seen a quail or pheasant on it. I see a few here and there, but they are not as thick as the once were.

 

[CT230 Fan]

7100 3 pt hitch,7000 drawbar.if you want fertilizer hoppers get a 4 row 7000,i do not know how to cut one down to 2 row.the 71 come in pull type with fertilizer hoppers.i have a ih planter too .i would prefer the jd and covington.i do not really understand what you want ,if i was row cropping a 7100 would be the only planter on your list i would want.for 2 row food plot planter the covington or the 71 jd.the covington is a very old simple design they were matched to the 50 model ford tractors.my grandpa got one with his new 49 ford tractor.they had a neat 2 row cultivator that went with them.when farmers needed larger planters they fell by the wayside.if you want no till the 7000/7100 would be the only planter to get.how many acres are you going to plant?

At this point, I'm looking at about 3-5 acres. But, down the road it could be more. I don't plan on ever row cropping for profit on my place, but I could use my equipment to put in food plots in my area to make a little extra cash, so flexibility it pretty important.

 

[Tact]

That's a heck of a drive from NW Missouri

My bad. For some reason I thought Stewartsville was closer.

 

[flusher]

I bought a reconditioned two-row JD 71 Flexiplanter a few months ago. Used it to plant a few acres of bell beans and Austrian winter peas. My soil is gravely loam and the double disc openers got clogged with pebbles which jammed the discs and caused soil to pack between the discs. I removed one of the discs from each pair and planted with the resulting single disc openers (like I have on my old Minneapolis Moline P3-6 grain drill). The 71 worked OK.

The only problem was with the small hex bolts that cover the access holes on the discs (which you need to remove to get to the hex key bolts to remove the disc from the planter). The corners of those hex bolts were really worn so you couldn't get a grip with a socket, open end wrench or a vice grips. Had to weld a washer to the hex bolt to get something that a tool could grip to get the bolt removed.