JD 1240 Plateless

[Lowly]

Any opinions on the JD 1240 plateless corn planter? Neighbor has one for sale that they have outgrown. Seems in decent shape, they used it last year. They converted it to liquid fertilizer a few years ago. Did they really have plateless planting figured out and working well that long ago? I know there are parts availability issues, I just went on JDParts and found that the bottom pieces of the seed hoppers are no longer available.

Thanks for any input.

 

[Anonymous-0]

I've got a single unit planter with the same finger pickup and it works OK but the updated version introduced on the 7000 series was much better. Likely more accurate than an IH 400. If only planting a few acres I would buy it and be content.

 

[Fergienewbee]

Are these wheel or ground driven units--like the JD 71s?

Larry

 

[DeltaRed]

You must have the '#80 plateless' unit planter.Now,correct me if i'm wrong,the 1240 is a pull type planter with a common drive off the wheels.

 

[Fullers Farmalls]

I just bought one. Have yet to try it but do a searching the past archives. you'll see it does pretty well.

 

[Fullers Farmalls]

You sir are correct. it drives off of the two drive wheels.

 

[Lowly]

I guess I'm going to let the parts availability problem scare me off. Thanks for the help.

 

[Ty Kolbe]

I plant 20-40 acres a year with one and its been a good planter. Mine works best with larger seed sizes. I clean it out after done planting and store it in a dry place. I found that taking the finger units apart every other year for cleaning and inspection. The bushings need a little grease so it turns freely. Parts are expensive but I have found a lot of like new parts at the salvage yard and stock up on alot of wearable parts.

 

[jd70diesel]

i have lots of parts for these older units if anyone is looking.