corn planter

[Farming guy 123]

does anybody have a corn planter for sale im located in northern NJ

 

[Bob Bancroft]

What size?

 

[Timmycornpicker]

Check with Everitt Equipment in Ringoes NJ.

 

[tomstractorsandtoys]

You need a subscription to the Lancaster Farming newspaper. In a few weeks there will be plenty listed. Tom

 

[Farming guy 123]

4 to 6 row

 

[Bob Bancroft]

I have an immaculate 6 row for sale in central NY.

 

[Farming guy 123]

How much are you asking I only have 500$

 

[Kdilch]

Try JM Equip. he has 3 of them

Jason Martin

[email protected]

(610) 223-8510

Location

1270 Route 183 South

Schuykill Haven Pa 17972

 

[Don-Wi]

For 500, your best bet is find a 4 row wide planter at auction, something like a deere 495A. An Oliver 540 would be a good planter too, but some parts can be harder to find.

Donovan from Wisconsin

 

[Leroy]

Never saw a 495A here in Ohio, the planters were all the 494A or 494 models. The early 4 didget models were the same as the 484A if a plate planter but also avaible with a plateless setup. Had several of the 494 series.

 

[J.Wondergem]

There is a 495A on Tractor House for 688.00. now.
OOPPPS. It was sold in 2020.

This post was edited by J.Wondergem on 02/13/2022 at 07:46 am.

 

[Timmycornpicker]

Unfortunately, in New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania, a lot of that old but usable stuff has ended up being scrapped lately, so he's going to have a hard time finding something.

 

[VicS]

A planter is your most important farming tool
That said. Move up to a 7000 JD. Or a Kinze 6 row 30 unless you are planting food plots. Then 20 bushels to the acre don't make any difference.

 

[Timmycornpicker]

Back in November, a beat-up, non-functional 7000 6 row narrow sold for $1700 at a Blairstown NJ estate sale. A good plateless four or six row planter is going to cost several times his budget, unfortunately.

 

[NY 986]

An IH 400 cyclo would fit the budget plus have the capability of a plateless planter. No planter is really fill the hopper and go but a basic understanding of mechanics and physics would help in operation of a 400 planter. Simply air pressure loads the seed into a metering drum then disperses the seed through tube to the row units. An AC Air Champ planter would fit the budget but also requires the understanding of basic automotive electrical systems. Also, the AC is plateless as it does not require graded seed to operate. Either would give you a good spacing in the field with an eye focused on the planter while going through the field. Even the JD and Kinze can give headaches if the planter was not serviced ahead of going to the field or using worn or inferior parts.

 

[NY 986]

While it is easy to think that all shoe type openers are long gone disk type openers are far superior for good depth plus the start for closing the seed trench. V type closing systems along with covering disks are what is preferred to firm the soil around the seed but add greatly to the cost of a planter. If you are on very loamy or sandy soil having those features are far less critical to have good seed to soil contact. In the old days some farmers used a cultipacker or roller to firm the seed bed but care had to be taken not to do it while the soil was moist in order to avoid compaction.

 

[VicS]

Corn is worth $6.00 a bushel. Even 5 bushels to the acre. Is $30.00. X 20 acres is $600.00 @ In one year!

 

[Timmycornpicker]

Fertilizer has doubled, fuel has almost doubled, chemicals have skyrocketed, seed is up. I don't want to discourage the guy but this might not be a good year to try to start growing corn on a shoestring budget.

 

[Leroy]

On clay soil we never had to resort to anything like that if the soil was in conditon we wanted to plant in. On notill I can see that but not in properly worked soil as the press wheels will cover the seed and the distance from sed drop to press wheel if soil will be as should be you will have no difference in depth planted. If I was still farming what I would still want is what I had a JD 494A or a JD 694AN. Or the next number equivilent to them that I think was a 1200 model.