VTSasquatch
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Wouldn't it be easier, cheaper and more affective to buy a bigger planter for your 55 hp tractor?
Planters small tractor or 4 wheeler
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luckyme2010
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yeah the only problem i have with that is living in south alabama i either have to buy a new 4 row is what id like which is several grand or if i buy one online for a good price the shipping eats me up theres not alot of big farms here most of the planters around here are one row and until the trees are gone which will be next year and the stumps are rotten which will be atleast 2 years all i can really use is a one row and id hate for a new planter set to sit for a couple years with no use i dunno just throwin around some ideas
We have both a ATV (Yamaha Kodiak 400 4X4) and a subcompact tractor (Kubota BX2230). I have never pulled a planter with either one, but I have worked both of them doing things like plowing snow (54" blade on the BX and 50" on the Kodiak) pulling 2 sections of drag, and also a heavy 10" X8' I beam used for quickly leveling off our old gravel driveway at our old shop.
Honestly I have found that they Kodiak will do vertually everything that the BX will do, I actually like to use the Kodiak for plowing and dragging more that the BX. The ATV is more manuverable and in low range is has more than enough power to do anything that I have ever asked for it to do, and i have worked the $&*# out of my Kodiak. Every winter it gets usually 45-50 miles put on plowing snow and being that it is 10 years old now thats 450-500 miles plowing and it still has the original belt!
I would try the ATV and if it doesn't work for you then start looking for a sub compact or older larger frame mower like the JD 400, 420, 430.
Honestly I have found that they Kodiak will do vertually everything that the BX will do, I actually like to use the Kodiak for plowing and dragging more that the BX. The ATV is more manuverable and in low range is has more than enough power to do anything that I have ever asked for it to do, and i have worked the $&*# out of my Kodiak. Every winter it gets usually 45-50 miles put on plowing snow and being that it is 10 years old now thats 450-500 miles plowing and it still has the original belt!
I would try the ATV and if it doesn't work for you then start looking for a sub compact or older larger frame mower like the JD 400, 420, 430.
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luckyme2010
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screw it i just bought a 3 row planter lol
Lets see the photos... could just be pulling our legs (just kidding)
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luckyme2010
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well teg i spoke to soon the shipping was 400 bucks originally but the guy emailed me and said he had "misconfigured" the distance and it went to 750 for shipping so he said everything will be refunded and now im back to a one row planter lol now you see where my screenname on here comes from everytime i get that good deal something happens well i tried to put a picture on here but undoubtably i dont have the brain capacity to get that done luckyme
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Lucky me; I hope I have attached a picture of a carrier like I use on my 4 wheeler. I purchased this one with the expectation I could use it with other implements such as a row cultivater and field cultivator.
blueriver
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Just plant with the 55hp and the one row. BTW there is a four row for sale in Fairhope.
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luckyme2010
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how do you put pictures on here i like that booth the one i was lookin at that kolpin makes just sits on the ball of the weeler and it stands up just like a 3ph on a tractor got a lil hydaulic cylinder that picks up looked nice got good reviews blue whered you find the listing for the fairhope planter