hill drop vs drill type corn planter

[mwilke]

I am looking at an IH 250 corn planter and it is a hill drop planter. I am not familiar with a hill drop planter. Does it need seed plates and does it function differently from a JD 290.

Thanks

 

[JMS/.MN]

It uses seed plates. Hill drop means it can be set to plant several (usually 2-3-4) seeds in a group, rather than drilled one after another in a row.

 

[mwilke]

Thanks for the response. Can it be set to work like a drill planter-one seed at a time at a certain spacing? I appreciate the help.

 

[Leroy]

Should be able to. Later I can check books if you want.

 

[Farmallb]

You will have to disable the mechanism that trips it at the spaceings set IF theres NOT a setting that allows for constant drop