Had this delivered this week. Good 2-row planters are hard to find! Everything I could find around here is rusted junk or antiques. I've been looking for a year or two, and finally decided to get one from out of state and have it shipped. Found a couple different places that were building 2-row planters out of JD 7100/7300 row units. The best/most affordable was a guy out of Indiana who buys bigger planters, takes off the row units, and rebuilds them. He offers them in a few different varieties with and without fertilizer boxes, no till coulters, completely or partially rebuilt.
This one is JD 7100 units, partially rebuilt without the fertilizer option, but does have new openers and precision meters on it for planting sunflowers and sweet corn. Now I've just got to figure out how to change the settings. That part is new to me. Going to plant a mix of corn and sunflowers for the doves. I'm hoping it will get more consistent results than the way I've been planting them. Might try a little corn at the deer property too. Surprisingly, it was only $150 to have it shipped.
This one is JD 7100 units, partially rebuilt without the fertilizer option, but does have new openers and precision meters on it for planting sunflowers and sweet corn. Now I've just got to figure out how to change the settings. That part is new to me. Going to plant a mix of corn and sunflowers for the doves. I'm hoping it will get more consistent results than the way I've been planting them. Might try a little corn at the deer property too. Surprisingly, it was only $150 to have it shipped.
