John Deere Corn Planter Overview and Repair

[@RCAFpolarexpress]

Happy New Year Mon Ami, You Are The Best History teller and writer Sir !!! Cheers

[@tractorman4461]

OMG !! If it ain't ol' DAVE !! It sure is good to hear from you mon ami. It sure has been busy down this way and I'm sure you're still way up North teasing all the ladies in your spare time. Good to hear from you and I swear I've just GOTTA stop by your shop for a visit. Every time I talk about buzz saw safety I think of you!! I do hope the New Year treats you with all the benefits of a healthy, wealthy and wise life.

[@Will45ACP]

Heck of a good little history lesson there Sir, really enjoyed that.

[@tractorman4461]

Well, thanks for stopping by for a quick looksee !! I still. have a little more updating to do on this one, but the video was already too long.

[@HODGEPODGEDODGEGARAGE]

It's crazy to think how someone thought up all of those functions back then 😎👍 Nice job on the fabrication, Wendell 🔧

[@tractorman4461]

Thanks Zane. This one didn't take much to make it better but I still have to eliminate the chain down the center. Its going to get two 3/8x2 flat irons from the top link to mid frame to minimize the stress on the weaker center portion of the planter. That was part of the makeshift 3 pt change years ago. I told the Missus a few hours ago that its about the time you got to get out on the roads. Are you expecting to have to go out yet tonight ??

[@HODGEPODGEDODGEGARAGE]

@tractorman4461 I was out today and the roads were bad. Tomorrow morning, the roads will be treacherous my way 🥶

[@tractorman4461]

@@HODGEPODGEDODGEGARAGE I've been watching some KC videos. They got it bad out there too. Well Zane, no matter when you're out again, be careful and stay safe my friend !!

[@HODGEPODGEDODGEGARAGE]

@tractorman4461 thank you, Wendell 😊👍

[@daviddesilva4971]

Thanks for taking us back in time. Thxs for the vids, Tractorman44!

[@tractorman4461]

You're welcome and it sure doesn't seem that long ago for me to be riding our old planter with the old man on the tractor !! Thanks for stopping by today David.

[@Dave_Smith_1958]

Wendell, I learn something on every single video you post.

[@tractorman4461]

Well by golly Dave, thank you for making such a nice comment my friend. Heck, I just make it up as I go along don't ya know.... LOL. Thanks again for another visit.

[@akquilter3519]

Up until now I never gave a thought on how a corn planter worked. I will say your explanation was very informative. Enjoyed your video.

[@tractorman4461]

This one is a bit different from the old one back home for sure. But they all do basically the same thing, just in a different manner. We were lucky the Much Older Brother has a selection of the drive chain to get the parts to drive all the hoppers. Thanks for watching.

[@tractortalkwithgary1271]

Enjoyed the full watch Wendell

[@tractorman4461]

Good Morning buddy and thanks for the visit. We're getting snookered with a little ice and snow right now. I think you guys just north are out of the band of bad weather, but you may still be getting a little snow....??

[@leonardryan8723]

Nice little makeover on 3 point hitch from old to new now . 😊

[@tractorman4461]

I still have to eliminate the makeshift chain. I'm going to replace it with two 3/8 x 2 flat irons from the top of the upper link connection to the mid frame section Leonard. That way it won't have any undue stress on the weak joint the way it is now.

[@tractortalkwithgary1271]

Good evening Wendell!

[@tractorman4461]

Always something to work on ain't there Gary. LOL

[@tonyjones9715]

Another great video. Thanks 👏👏

[@tractorman4461]

Good Morning Tony. I guess you guys up there have pretty well missed the band of snow and ice that's hitting us down here in Middle Earth right now.

[@Tony2tall]

Amazing sharpness of drill bits.

[@tractorman4461]

Thanks, I try to keep 'em in pretty good shape. I'm not a pro but I have a good enough technique for home shops and farmers. Others are much better at it than I am though. This is one of my first videos on you tube: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pX3UdaGplJ2fjKs if you've an interest.

[@richardjacques6370]

You have a welt of information, keep it coming

[@tractorman4461]

Good Evening Richard. I'm not so sure you are right about that...we just take things as they come and do what we gotta do to make it to suppertime. LOL. Thanks for stopping in on another one my friend.

[@mattthescrapwhisperer]

That's a sweet old planter Wendell.

[@tractorman4461]

It was pretty much all there except for the missing drive chain too. It took a bit of wire wheel and WD40 to make all the parts go in and out and up and down. The end result is very acceptable Matt. Thanks for watching.

[@tomfillmore9710]

Thanks for sharing buddy we never had a corn planter but we had a grain seeder remember riding on the back of that with Dad we always planted oats there was a compartment for grain and one for the grass seed I remember the big lever on the back that’s how you would engage it . The only planter that I sat on was back when I worked in the tobacco fields in Prince Edward Island I was Fifteen the first year I went there to pick tobacco and went back in the spring to plant and then we stayed and worked building a barn and was suppose to stay until the fall and pick tobacco again but I came home and went to work for coop in the feed mill a couple years later they were looking for a drive for the bulk feed truck and that’s where it all began my truck driving career lol sorry for the long winded story take care and have a great week

[@tractorman4461]

Hey Tom, good story and you don't ever have to apologize for a long replay. Oats is one crop we never messes with but I'm assuming it was a grain drill you rode to sow it with. If so I rode many a mile on our old Massey Harris 10 foot grain drill as well. Walking back and forth on the rear step to knock a dirt clod loose from the shoe and to keep an eye on the fertilizer and grain hoppers. Tobacco is another item I have virtually NO knowledge of. So between me and you we've been around the block a time of two....LOL

[@denislosieroutdoors]

Man that planter is cool... now I want one lol... thanks for sharing there eh!

[@tractorman4461]

There seems to be quite a few available on Marketplace. I even have one in my front yard but it too far gone to be good for anything other than a flower pot holder. Its an IH so most all the parts will not interchange. Well, the wheels might. Ain't quite a buzz saw but its still an old farm tool. All is good. Thanks Denis for watching another one.

[@bluegrallis]

I have my Great Uncle's JD 999 planter that he converted to 3 point back in 1948, when he bought the 8N, his first tractor. Dad's 999, that my grandfather also used, is still in the barn with a shortened tongue so Dad could pull it with the CA Allis. I believe, that fertilizer attachment may be a generation or two newer than the planter. Somewhere around the farm, is a roll of wire to run the trip on those planters for 'check row planting', and I have 2 sets of stakes for that wire.

[@tractorman4461]

We never had to use the trip wire set up on our old one back home, but the Much Older Brother has our old roll of it. The fertilizer hoppers are in a lot better shape, but I was thinking its because the planter was always stored under roof and kept blown out. I am not a JD guy, so I don't really know for sure though.

[@1lilfarm]

They might have used chain for the top-link. I have seen that done more than a few times. We never had a corn or grain planter like this. Most of our crops were transplanted tomatoes, peppers and eggplant. That transplanter was a two row and seats for two people on each row putting plants in the arms that placed them in the ground. It moved a lot slower than any seed planter. I only rode on it a couple times when it was turning around. That was a wild ride. The marker arms were right next to the person on the outer seat and once the planter threw me sideways and I hit my head on the raised marker. I never needed to do that ride again. 😂😂😂

[@tractorman4461]

Well now, a transplanter is something I've only seen in videos. I don't think it'd be a good day for me either to have to work one of them. Corn was all we row planted, the rest was all drilled and cultipacked....milo, soybeans, wheat, barley. Thanks for tuning in for another one my friend.

[@rickburris6164]

It's to cold to plant corn today!

[@tractorman4461]

Just a tad too cold Rick....hahahaha. But by golly when it IS just right to plant, we will be ready and waiting in the wings to get to it !!

[@RetiredCanadian]

Great content Wendell. Hope to see You "upgrade" your video, up from 480 to 1080 so that We can get a much clearer view.....cheers

[@tractorman4461]

Yeah, it was a bit dark with the roll up closed. I didn't realize how dark it was until editing time. Sorry. 1080 is a lot better though.

[@nigelgwillim644]

tickety boo

[@tractorman4461]

Good Morning Nigel. How's thing way across the pond today..? I hope you've gotten the old MH 55 sorted out for spring.

[@nigelgwillim644]

@@tractorman4461 the 555 pump is in pieces water got in it been cleaned up needs new filter can get easy in uk

[@jayortiz1741]

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[@tractorman4461]

Thanks for watching...I hope you enjoyed it.