? about JD 8300 drill

[ratskinner1]

I have a neighbor who is selling a 8300 drill .my question is it is different then my 8300 drill mine has a slide gate at the seed cups to regulate the seed flow (like most old JD drills)his 8300 has some different type of seed flow system you control the seed flow with small handle on the seed cups and it looks like a wheel more than a sprocket like in my 8300 .Someone told me it was a soybean special but I don't know.
My problem is it looks like it would be easy to plug up the seed cups if there was any trash in the seed
was anyone ever one of this style and what did you think of it ?
My old 8300 is wore out and I am looking at buying it

 

[R Wyler]

Sounds like a double run feed instead of a flute feed. The double run feeds have feed wheels dish shaped and the run wheels have ridges in them. Each feed cup has two wheels for different seed sizes. One side the ridges are farther apart and the other side closer rigdes. each feed cup has a cover that goes over the side that is not used. They do work well in small grains like wheat I once had an 8300 double run. Never planted anying but wheat with mine. Dad planted alot of acres of wheat with an old steel wheeled double run Deere and double run Oliver hooked in tandem.

 

[JMS/.MN]

If I understand your question....mine has a handle on each seed cup....and not having used it for 8 years,without checking the book, the handle is to adjust for seed size. Another control on each half sets the seeding rate. Yes, I"ve used mine for barley and soybeans.

 

[Ralph Bauer]

Remember that when your adjustments wear out, duck tape over your openings will go a loooooong way....

 

[David from Kansas]

Double run drills are more popular here than the fluted feed, even though the fluted feed drill is less expensive than the double run. The adjustment handles on the seed wheels can also be used to adjust seed rate to a certain degree, but the speed, set by changing sprocket sizes, is the principle method to change quantity of seed being planted. There should be a chart on the inside of the drill box lid. Have used them all my life and they are good drills and have never had any problem plugging the seed cups.

 

[Anonymous-0]

Probably too late for help in the decision to purchase, but as others have stated your neighbor's drill with the double run feed is superior to the fluted feed version. The double run also requires some kind of transmisson; late JDs had gears/shafts in a oil filled case. The double run is easier on seed, which is particularily necessary with soybeans, and it meters more accurately.

 

[ratskinner1]

I should have said my neighbor was having a auction and I bought it 325$
now I will need a book on how too set it up for next year.

 

[Tx Jim]

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