john deere 246 2 row planter

[mike.l]

Hi i am working on restoring a 246 planter with the round type ertilizer hoppers as far as i can tell from the parts manual
there is no method of fastening the tin hopper to the cast base can anyone shed some light on this for me please mike

 

[Randy G]

Do you mean the base that the seed plate sits in or how it mounts to the planter?

 

[Leroy]

The hopper just sets on the base and then the hopper is bent in to fasten it on, Same as the 290-490 planters, same hopper.

 

[mike.l]

Hi i was after how the tin hopper fits to the cast thanks your answer and a hunt on ebay gave me the answer . my hoppers were bad rusted in the cone shape i have made new cone shapes top was no problem to make the lip i put it into the shrinker and made the lip. The bottom was another problem as i could not find a fastening method , and knew it was not just going to sit on there filled with fert . so thanks for the conformation Mike