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Shop-Vac Supplies Vacuum-Power
for 2-Row Crop Planter
Jonas Shirk makes 2-row Deere planters and is experimenting with Shop-Vacs as an alternative to drive vacuum meters. The original hydraulic fan drive is an option on the 7200 and newer planters available from JM Shirk Mfg. (Vol. 41, No. 6).

However, if hydraulics are not available, the Shop-Vac equipped with an inverter provides an electric power option. “Most planters have hydraulic drives, but the Shop-Vac drive is quieter, and the components are.... Read More


 Reinforcement For 
Sprayer Mounting Arms
Small Planters Equipped With Lever-Lift System

Raising a Millwood Machinery horse-drawn corn planter is easy with the lever lift. Millwood makes 1, 2, 3 and 4-row horse-drawn planters with Deere planting units. The 4-row planter comes with 2 levers for easier lifting, no hydraulics needed. The steel wheel machines can be equipped with a variety of options, including seed firmers, dry and liquid fertilizer attachments, and point markers. Millwood also offers... Read More
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Frame Kit Evens Out Planter Weight Distribution
 Uneven weight distribution is a problem on many of today’s large frame planters, so LDM Ag Services, Grand Junction, IA, developed a special kit that spreads weight across more of the frame. LDM’s David Maach says the idea evolved because a lot of his customers have big center-fill planters where a large percentage of the implement’s weight is concentrated on the transport wheels in the middle rows, causing excess compaction in that area. The problem is magnified even more if ... Read More

 Awesome Hand-Made Toy Replicas of Real Barns
Improve Deere Grain Drill Performance

Indiana farmer David Hoar says that installing the UniForce™ hydraulic down pressure system on his 43-ft. Deere 1690 CCS drill resulted in positive and consistent down pressure across the full width of the drill and uniform planting depth. “Before installing the UniForce, the drill openers with the OEM springs looked like ... Read More
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