OC JD 7000 Planter Question

AllisFreak · May 30, 2017

My neighbor has a JD 7000 4 row planter. She plants about 80 acres of sweet corn every year. Her lead man told her that about half the seed is getting crushed or cracked. Anybody any experience like this? I put new augers from Shoup in a couple years ago. Thanks ahead of time for any insight you could provide.

JDIH · May 30, 2017

Augers?? Your not putting seed in the fertilizer box are you?

paul · May 30, 2017

Is it a finger meter setup, more common up north here, or is it a plate setup, I guess commoner in cotton regions?

'Auger' is a little odd, you wouldnt be using the soybean cups?

Paul

AllisFreak · May 30, 2017

Sorry. Forgot those where for fertilizer. Not that familiar with that planter.

Bob Harvey · May 30, 2017

Was it "Jimmy" that cracked the corn ?

rrlund · May 30, 2017

I don't care.

GordoSD · May 30, 2017

What are you putting in the front (seed boxes? Fertilizer? There should be nothing in those rear boxes.

GordoSD · May 30, 2017

? This is crazy

Dave H (MI) · May 31, 2017

Gotta love it when someone throws up a post and you get the impression they vanished and never came back to read the answers! When I got my JD 7000 the rear-most boxes, what I would call the "insecticide boxes" although I am sure they have other uses/names, were full of squash seeds. Given that those are for surface application of smaller material, I have to think they could put a serious hurt on those seeds. Never did figure out what they were trying to do there. Anyhow, metered or otherwise, the machine should not damage the seed. I know little about plate planters but if you have meters, open them up and see if the backer plates are really rough. If they get seriously corroded then your seed could be getting damaged. Mine were bad and a forum member with more experience worked on them for me. I have a pretty good handle on the operation now...it is a good system. If you are getting damage, the metering is where it is likely happening.

centash · May 31, 2017

The master's gone away.....

4520BW · May 31, 2017

Those rear boxes are not insecticide boxes they are tool and parts storage boxes.

Dave H (MI) · May 31, 2017

LOL...been known to carry odds and ends back there too! Lunchbox, thermos, tools, jacket,....

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