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What is the purpose of markers on a two row planter?? and how would you set them up for 30" rows. Thanks...
 
They were used to mark where your next row should be planted. Just mesure and adjust for the spacing you need or want. On some there is a shoe that slides along the arm, Others the arm will telliscope.
I hope this helps.
 
Reguardless of the amount of rows and spacing you need to set the markers unless you dont care about the spacing of the guess row.
 
2-row WITH TRACTOR WHEEL TRACK WIDTH SET CORRECTLY, you don't really need row markers, just follow in previous tire track. Otherwise, markers should be set to CENTERLINE of next 2 rows (center of tractor) almost every tractor I've ever been on has a hood "ornament" of some nature. That is used as sort of a "gun sight" to line up on the furrow the row marker leaves.
 
On a 4 row the marker ran were the center of the next 4 rows should be. Probably the same on a two row. Set the marker disk 45 inches from the nearest planter runner then make a few passes somewhere in hard dirt to check settings and rate of seed placement.
 
We set ours to the MIDDLE of the next pass, so our tricycle tractor straddled the row marker line. On a WIDE front, you might want to set it closer to the planter so your closest front wheel would run in the track left by the marker. Following a marker will probably result in more uniform spacing between passes than just "running in the wheel track". Father-in-law used to call the rows of two adjacent passes as "GUESSED ROWS," as there was a certain amount of guess work on the spacing, and you didn"t want to get on the wrong set of rows when cultivating - you"d loose some crop for sure!
 
DO NOT set marker so one tire of wide front runs in mark--rows will be crazy crooked. Set so mark is in dead center of tractor on next pass, and look WAY OUT FRONT if you want to keep 'em straight. Any other way and rows will be terribly crooked.

If you look just pass the hood, rows will also be fairly crooked--look a long ways out. I planted about 47,000 A in my lifetime before going GPS--no markers anymore!

Unless you are just piddling around, you might want to consider hiring someone to plant for you.
 
Set your markers so you see the mark they make dead center over the hood of your tractor when your spaced just right from the rows you've already done. You'll be surprised that with practice you'll learn to get your rows straighter and straighter by "fudging" over just a tad each round because you can see the crookedness in the fresh mark. I've always found that having the mark straight in front of the tractor centerline is easier to follow than trying to run a wheel on it even with a wide front tractor. Of course they say you get more plants per acre with crooked rows....would you "buy" that?
 
I don't like following the marker with a front wheel of the tractor. Rows usually stay a LOT straighter if not always looking down. At least they do for most people. Most tend to drift steering back and forth when watching the front wheel. Driving in an existing wheel track isn't much difference, granted, but, saves a TON of time, not messing with row markers. YMMV

Just another way to get the job done with what'cha got.
 
My experience with marker is i set them for the center of the number of row you are planting. Then look over the center of the tractor and sight down the mark do not try to follow it by watching the front wheelYou will just keep getting crooked. Kind of like sighting a gun. My dad had the most crooked rows He alway laughed and said "I get more plant in a acre that way". I did a lot of the planting after we started using the tractor
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