Planter Plates?

[rabbit-1]

Hey gang, I have a 39 massey planter we have used for sweet corn. We may want to plant a few acers of feed corn this year. How do I go about choosing the right plates? Thanks And have a Great day

 

[donjr]

First, try to get graded seed to match a set of plates that you have. Or get the sized seed, and ask if the dealer hs a set of plates to fit it. Or get the seed, look at the recommended plates, and order a set from your implement dealer. They are not very expensive.

 

[mudcreek183]

On the plates try lincoln ag products.

 

[DeltaRed]

Look at the sack.On one end it will tell you seed size.On the back,it will have a chart to advise on plate size.Talk to your seed dealer...

 

[Leroy]

That planter tool an odball plate no seed dealer stocked plates in there day and Lincoln Ag never made a plate for that planter and if you could even get plates yet from Agco they would cost an arm and a leg for one plate. His best is to find a different planter that plates are avaible for.

 

[Leroy]

Do you have any plates now is the big question? If not forget about getting any plates, you might get lucky with national ads for plates but it would be 75+% against finding any. That planter took an odball plate that was never made as a plastic plate and there were not enough ever made that the seed corn companys ever invested in the costs of getting the corn graded to their size and number plates let alone wasted space on the small tag for that information.

 

[Tim(nj)]

Leroy, under "other plates" button, Lincoln still has 3 sizes of MF round-cell plates listed.
Lincoln Ag products

 

[Anonymous-0]

I have a set of plates that I was told was Massey, but I have no idea if that is correct or not. They are a lg. flat and have the #245 510B. Appears that it could possibly could be a Massey #. ???????

 

[Leroy]

The last list I had was a few years old and at that time they did not have them, under other was just adapting parts. Must have just started making them. That planter should take the same plates that my Ferguson did and they did not have them then.

 

[rustyplow]

I"ll have to look at my book for sure, but that sure looks like an oliver #

 

[Tim(nj)]

Here's a link to the picture of Lincoln Ag's MF plate. Someone who happens to have an 'unknown' plate can use it to determine if what they have is an MF plate.
Picture of MF plate

 

[Errin OH]

Thats an Oliver part number. If they look like this they fit the 540 and I think 543 models. There was a White model they fit as well but I do not know the number. Problem was the planter was developed just as plateless came out so it was limited to a few years and not used wide spread model wise. The 245-510B is probably one of the more common plates I have about 10 of them. If you have any others I would be interested in the model numbers. I am always looking for 540 plates.

 

[Anonymous-0]

That is the only set i've got. Thanks for the info.

 

[Tim(nj)]

My White 543 has a plastic hub adaptor in it that allows it to use JD 'B' plates . . . I wonder if that would work in an older Oliver planter?

 

[garyinky]

Looking for 309 ford planter plates and seed tubes