I'm looking at buying a row planter but know nothing about them. The only thing I know so for is my budget it set at $1000 max and I would like a 2 row but not a must. I'm wanting it for corn and beans. I'm going to be planting about 1ac but going up to about 3-4ac in a few years. I see a few 1 row planters on CL for about $3-500. I have also found this one that I really like but I have no idea if it's any good. Looking for any advice that's going to help me decide.
Looks like a toy. You can do that much with a set of bed springs and a seed spreader for under $100. If nothing else run a "WTB" ad in the local papers for an old John Deer 2 row planter or an old 56U international plate planter. There's a million of them around people have forgotten about. The International planters are my preference. Rupp seed company still sells plates if needed. I need to start building and selling two row planters for food plotters, lol. I probably have enough parts around to build 10 of them.
I'm in no rush so I will just keep looking. What should you say the price range would be on the 2 planters you mentioned?
6434009220. Look this # up, English. This is the 56 that Covey is talking about. It's showing on CL out of KC, under farm in garden. I agree with Covey, I wouldn't buy that "toy" at all. We bought an old JD 7000 last year. Granted it was a little higher than your budget but it is a tank!! That old Iron is some pretty good stuff.
I just looked at CL Columbia. There are several on there in your price range that are 4 and 6 row. If you get up to 3-4 acres, you'll be a while planting that.
If you're a little handy with a torch and welder you could buy a 4 row, cut it down and make two, two row planters with it and sell the extra one. If you're creative and work hardy, you could probably do it with a drill, grinder, cut off wheels and bolts.
I'm talking about the part about cutting equipment apart and bolting it back together................Oh wait, that's our operation..........
Well it'd be pretty rough trying to make a 4 row pull type planter into two-2 row, 3pt planters without tearing the crap out of it first, lol. The 3 point hitches have to be added and the planter drive assembly altered to work for a 3pt planter. I don't do a lot of cutting and welding on my stuff these days. I've upgraded to the point where most problems are fixed with new parts and a BFHammer.
I was wondering if you still had that BFHammer!! I just about fell out of the chair laughing at that. I can just imagine the wreck of metal that would be left after the attack of the BFHammer!!
If you're impressed with BFH then you should see my BFP (pipewrench) and my BFCW (crescent wrench). There's always a bigger tool. In every sense of the word tool.
Like mentioned, if you're handy or know someone that is, go any buy a 6 or 8 row for not much more than people are selling 2 row planters and make yourself one and a couple for profit.
Thank you for all the advice. I'm a handy guy but I think cutting them up is above my skills. Based on the width of the 4+ row planter they will be to wide for where I will be going so a 3 row planter is going to be the max.
