Looking for a 4-6 row planter

[pjbci]

That 1086 will pack a 8 row easy. I estimate i've planted 20-25k acres of corn with a 8 row 7100 behind a 986. You may find that a 7000 or 7100 will plant no-till without all the add on's. When we went to no-till we just used our 8 row planter for 3 years before I found a used 6 row with no-till coulters and springs. The 8 row planted great except in very hard dry soils. That was the only conditions that i saw the need for the wavy coulters and down pressure springs. I personally never saw the need for row sweepers, even in heavy corn stubble or wheat straw.

 

[2006gmcdmax]

That's what I was thinking maybe adding some tractor weights to the planter and try that. And cool deal well ill definitely try it without. And yeah an old guy I know has a 1086 he wants 7500 for the sheet metal is perfect so is the interior very nice clean tractor needs a paint job wished it was a 66 or 56 series though. Do all 7000s and 7100s have feet boxes on them or no

 

[2006gmcdmax]

Also I wonder if the kinze meters would be good to throw on the jds and maybe those keeton seed firmers would you know anything about these two item as well

 

[pjbci]

They are hard to find around here with fert boxes on em. Have no experience with the kinze meters. Tried the lil firmer things. Didnt really see any real advantage to them. Those planters do a good enough job of firming the soil around the seed without any help.

Oh yeah, that sounds like a good deal for the 1086.

 

[2006gmcdmax]

Seems to be worth leaving alone then how do you get firtilizer in the grown planting if it doesn't have any fert boxes cause feet boxes will actually be set about 2 inches on the left or right of what your planting correct?

 

[pjbci]

We broadcst fert preplant for corn and beans. Then side dressed with liquid N solution for corn. Lots of disagreement on the subject but my thoughts along with all the other farmers around me and our crop advisors is that the roots of the plants stretch well beyond the center of the row so getting the fert right next to the row is not nessacary.

 

[2006gmcdmax]

What all will I need for liquid nitrogen and usually liquid nitrogen you fo that at 4" then once again at tractor axle higth correct?also what do you mean broadcast fert with like a spreader or sprayer and is liquid fert or granular better?

 

[MHarryE]

Seems to be worth leaving alone then how do you get firtilizer in the grown planting if it doesn't have any fert boxes cause feet boxes will actually be set about 2 inches on the left or right of what your planting correct?

I think the fertilizer with the planter is just an extra starter shot. I have been trying to get started growing sweet corn. First year I used my nephew's 4 row with fertilizer and was way under fertilized. Next 2 years I backed off trying to figure out our real needs up here in the frozen north. This year I got a JD 7100 cut down to 2 rows with fertilizer. I fertilized the field heavily broadcast before planting and went with what the planter guy recommended for fertilizer rate for the side dressing. Good thing I don't depend on the corn for a living - by the time I figure all the rates out I'll drop dead.

 

[pjbci]

Broadcast granular fert preplant. And we used an 8 row liquid applicator for one application after the corn got a foot tall. It is a pull type unit that the co-op supplied to its customers. Applied 100 units of n-solution.

 

[2006gmcdmax]

I think the fertilizer with the planter is just an extra starter shot. I have been trying to get started growing sweet corn. First year I used my nephew's 4 row with fertilizer and was way under fertilized. Next 2 years I backed off trying to figure out our real needs up here in the frozen north. This year I got a JD 7100 cut down to 2 rows with fertilizer. I fertilized the field heavily broadcast before planting and went with what the planter guy recommended for fertilizer rate for the side dressing. Good thing I don't depend on the corn for a living - by the time I figure all the rates out I'll drop dead.

Haha yeah seems like broadcasting may be wasting fertilizer but **** it's there probably last 2 or three years ain't nothing a soil sample won't tell you. Basically what I plant to do which this will be my first year is I plan to kill everything with round up spread fertilizer plant corn and soy beans I guess fert again if needs and let it grown harvest and do it again