New John Deere 1745 8 Row Planter, First Thoughts

Old planter is gone. New planter is here!
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Russ Thomas
33 Russell Thomas Rd
Leoma, TN 38468

[@gregrhodes8451]

Yes sir!!!! Congratulations Russ.

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Thanks Greg

[@soilfarm1100]

We have one of these but an 8/15 with heavy duty down springs. It did a great job for us putting our beans in!

[@Thomasfarmstn]

I’m gonna plant corn and soybeans on 30” rows.

[@TheOldSwedesFarm]

That's a big machine with lots of bells & whistles! Get that manual out and you'll know it backwards & forwards by spring. Have a great week, Russ!

[@Thomasfarmstn]

It’s actually smaller than my old one. Yeah I’ll get it figured out by Spring.

[@jamesmorrison1884]

Good morning Russ nice intro. Planter looks great now going to be alot learning but time your in the field you will know it in your sleep. All is well here have a great day

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Hello James, how is the wife?

[@turbo5488]

The only people in my family who liked green was my dad and my uncle Jack but me and my grandfather liked international tractor's before case bought international and that's how it got its name CaseIH but most of international tractor's came from Canton Illinois most of them and that's where the 5 millionth tractor the 1066 rolled off the line over in Canton Illinois have a great night Russ

[@jamesberg3106]

Beautiful rig

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Thanks!

[@brianhomolka4570]

They are all good as long as you can get service. I hope you have really good luck with this planter.

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Yes I think I’ll get better service. I liked my old one and it was a good one until I started having electronic problems. That’s where a good service dept would of been nice.

[@gleanerk]

A new planter and intro ,well done cousin Russ ! I do hope it’ll work well for you. Knowing you I think you’ll have it dialed in to your liking!

[@Thomasfarmstn]

None of the electronics is here yet. I have a few months to learn that. The dealer techs are gonna go out with me on the first day of planting.

[@Doug-In-TN]

Hey Russ, Nice new intro. All the supply chain issues..John Deere came thru for you. Lookin good.

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Everything isn’t here yet for the planter Doug. I have a few issues get to resolve with the dealer.

[@luisnunes7933]

Hello, Russ! Congratulations for a fine purchase. Good luck with it...

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Thanks Luis!

[@luisnunes7933]

@@Thomasfarmstn 👌

[@dionwadefarmsllc]

I see ya Russ ❤ good job my friend

[@dionwadefarmsllc]

10-4 on the intro like 👍🏽

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Thanks!

[@Thomasfarmstn]

I accidentally deleted the old intro.

[@shaneholst6940]

You ??? Bought another John Deere piece of equipment? You are coming around !👍🤣😂 Not to poke to hard on you but I definitely understand the situation about no service for the other dealers? Definitely hope you have good luck with your new planter ! Definitely an up grade! Hopefully all is well with family! Cheers Russ!👍🍻🍻🍻🍻

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Shane I am looking for a mint 1086 to pull it, lol!

[@shaneholst6940]

@@Thomasfarmstn mint? They didn't even come from the factory mint!!😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@TheGhostOfLuciasClay]

I was surprised this spring to see three of these on a dealer lot and how different they were equipped. One was dry fertilizer, 3 bushel boxes. Another was liquid fertilizer mounted on tractor, commodity tanks, and vaccumt interplant 15 inch rows. The last was dry fertilizer along with liquid micro nutrients/starter fertilizer tanks, and 2 bushel boxes. One thing I found interesting with the dry fertilizer boxes they didn't have augers to meter the fertilizer but meters like grain drill. The bodies were transparent to see if its feeding but I have a feeling that that might be a higher maintenance issue. I have some pics on my Instagram.

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Was the planters ones that the dealership ordered or farmer ordered? Yes these things can be equipped anyway you want, simple to complex. Not much liquid or dry fertilizer applied with a planter in this part. So I opted out of those options. Hit me up on Instagram. I’ll follow back.

[@TheGhostOfLuciasClay]

@@Thomasfarmstn the various way equipped and the way the economy is I'm pretty sure they were farmer orders. This dealer has 20 stores in NY, PA, and OH. The 3 stores within 50 miles of me have had next to nothing in inventory on the lots this year. The one with commodity tanks and 15 inch rows was hooked to a farmers tractor being set up.

[@TheGhostOfLuciasClay]

@@Thomasfarmstn I also have a vid walking around the dealer lot on my channel I mainly post content on. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4GqdYRtptV3qNk

[@Thomasfarmstn]

@@TheGhostOfLuciasClay yeah I’m subscribed to Lucius Clay

[@TheGhostOfLuciasClay]

@@Thomasfarmstn 👍sweet..... Small world 🤣🤣

[@danaedwards5464]

looking forward to seeing you work that planter nice and shiney for now

[@Thomasfarmstn]

I’m gonna try to keep it nice and shiny. It’s got to last me awhile, lol!

[@gordonbright7106]

Nice unit Russ looking fwd seeing it next Spring. Like your new intro ole 5088 looks sharp in it

[@Thomasfarmstn]

I accidentally deleted my old intro, lol!

[@gordonbright7106]

@@Thomasfarmstn hey I like the guitar in this one nice 👍👍👍

[@maxwelldrebenstedt1619]

One major weak point in a John Deer planter is the parallel arms. The steel and cast is softer than the bushings inside an they will wear out quickly. There is a bushing kit you can buy an it will save your parallel arms because the bushing is softer than the steel and cast and bolt. You just have to replace the bushing when it wears out. Saves lots of dollars! Just a tip, both 16 rows we run have been converted drilled out an had the bushing kit put in. Take care, enjoy it and that was just a head up, nice looking planter!

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Thanks Maxwell, probably when that time comes I’ll look into Norseman parallel arms. One reason I went with Deere is the aftermarket options.

[@griggsfarmsllc]

Nice Planter! Do not run both those cast iron wheels. You’ll pack seed in ground way too hard and get poor emergence. Been down that road before. One cast and one rubber or spiked works well. With rubber/spike wheels and no cast you’ll need to run in the second or 3rd notch for downpressure. You’ll love those spoked guage wheels. I’ll never replace another guage wheel with a solid. Greenstar isn’t hard to install in your tractor. We’ve installed it in our blue ones. Just gotta get the wiring harness and figure where to hide the excess wire. You should even be able to tie into a non Deere receiver. Just have to configure it right. You’ll love running the planter off the 2630 monitor much more than the Pro 600/700

[@Thomasfarmstn]

I will probably go with one spike wheel. It was a different closing system but I had spikes on my 1200. I’ve never like the Case monitors, in fact that’s the only thing wrong with my old one was it needed a new monitor. I like the guy who is installing the Greenstar so far. Several phone calls and text to make sure the right harness is being made. I’ve got all winter to get this rig like I want it. I may start adding Precision to it next year.

[@terryhobdy5727]

Good looking planter. I think you will be happy with it 👍

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Hopefully I will Terry!

[@coreytrout3857]

Congratulations on the new planter. Looks like it's well put together.Ulless it's wet the solid casts are fine we switched to s i finger-tills a few years ago they are a cross between a cast and a spike, but copperhead cruisers are good also

[@Thomasfarmstn]

I’ll probably go with a spike on one side. I’ve got to see what works and what I need to upgrade.

[@nikphoenix]

Hope you like it and works good for you. All equipment breaks and if you dont have a dealer that supports you when you need it. Its just an expensive weight.

[@Thomasfarmstn]

And expensive bills when they don’t know how to fix it.

[@pcl598]

Congratulations Russ, You gonna like it, good planter. Coming from a red Guy 👍

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Oh I’m gonna nit pic it and find everything wrong with it.

[@pcl598]

And good to

[@ronphillips1437]

Good evening Russ. Nice planter

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Hello Ron, thanks!

[@koolman2021]

Congratulations and good luck 👍

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Thanks KM!

[@mcdowellfarm23]

That's a very nice planter..can't wait to see it in action.

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Thanks Anthony!

[@randy2283]

Good video Russ good to see you

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Thanks Randy!

[@ncpanther]

Upgrade looks good. Happy for you and hope you have good service from it. At a toss up between a kinze 3505 bulk fill, jd 1745 or a well kept 3600. Thanks for the content!!

[@Thomasfarmstn]

What I liked about this one is you can get it anyway you want. I didn’t ask about special ordering a Kinze but did price one.

[@Pennies_on_the_dollar]

Man yeah, that's awesome Russ!! Sounds like a few things you like, some you.are you in the air about. Looking fwd to seeing how things go in the spring😁 That's wild it defaulted back to vacuum with hay row command but no one knew 😳 LOVE the new intro and tunes!! Esp the 5088, man that thing is nice!!! Look fwd to seeing what's next, congrats my friend!! 😁😁😁🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👍

[@Thomasfarmstn]

I accidentally deleted the old intro, lol! I did find something wrong with it this afternoon. Minor fix but funny.

[@Pennies_on_the_dollar]

@@Thomasfarmstn The intro or planter? 🤦

[@MrTonyharrell]

Funny thing, while you were talking a Case Can Do commercial popped up in the middle of the video.

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Cool, Case isn’t my problem, it’s the local dealership.

[@69druth]

Well Christmas is close so the colors will go well. Too bad dealer sucks they lost some coin there. Looks good. Mostly Kinze up here and most have one for beans and one for corn. I running a IH 400 dad bought in the 80's would like to go to a six row some day. Cheers

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Ain’t nothing with an old planter. You can rebuild them. Kinda the same reason we have some older tractors. We can work on them.

[@edmondgarcia7432]

Yes sir congratulations long as it does a job that's all that matters

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Thanks Edmond!

[@TAHDAHFarm]

You know the colors on my farm, it is what works best for me. Cost and availability are the top decision makers for my farm. I think that you will like it once you get it all figured out. Hopefully green will have better support.

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Well there is a few things that I didn’t mention I didn’t like. But they have time to redeem themselves.

[@Jtwes]

Fine looking Planter.

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Thanks!

[@brianreichenberg1941]

Very nice upgrade sir it will see r you well congrats 🎉🎉

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Thanks Brian

[@farming4g]

Those spoked gauge wheels must perform better in sticky conditions? Even though I run an older 7300, I think JD makes some good planters... looks like you have a lot less electronic controls on it, should be a solid unit! Don't worry about the vacuum system, it should perform good.

[@Thomasfarmstn]

If mud is sticking to the gauge wheels I’m not gonna plant. Here we do have wet spots in otherwise dry fields. Mud does eventually get packed up behind the gauge wheels. Open like these are that is less likely to happen. But the main reason I like these is a couple times a year I get a rock or corn stalk root ball stuck behind the gauge wheel. A lot easier to clean out like this. Plus it’s cool. It’s like having custom wheels on a car or truck, lol! Just wait a week or 2. The monitors haven’t showed up yet.

[@crslyrn]

🤔 Looks to be pretty well built as far as the frame & the row assemblies. 👍🏻 Hopefully once you get thru the setup & debug stage it'll make for a pretty good planter for you guys. Now we know how you ended up with the free John Deere hat. 😂 Take care.

[@Thomasfarmstn]

That actually was an expensive hat.

[@crslyrn]

@@Thomasfarmstn I'm sure it was. 😁

[@cubcadetsteve4148]

Very nice planter.. You'll definitely notice a big difference

[@cubcadetsteve4148]

You'll have all winter to get familiarized with it..

[@Thomasfarmstn]

There is a lot of stuff that is similar to my old one. Just got to figure out what is different.

[@farmingforfunandprofit940]

We bought a used 1750 wide row as our planter and an 8row unverfurth strip till rig removed the outside till units put a drawbar on to pull the planter and pulled it with an 8950....We swapped the whole rig to the farmer we bought the rebaling operation from for a 459 silage special Baler.......

[@Thomasfarmstn]

An 8950 Case IH is what I think you are referring to. If so and it in good shape it would sell more now than what a new baler would be.

[@farmingforfunandprofit940]

@@Thomasfarmstn The planter rig was what we swapped the tractor wasn't ours, it belonged to our cohoot...we both used the rig

[@roziershaun7243]

Good luck brother!

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Thanks!

[@Onealfarm9967]

Russ you didn’t go wrong I love jd planters but I only plant 20 acres only thing I heard about the new ones is get extra sensors in stock because it might take a few days to get them in and plug ends and sensors is the biggest problems they have but on the other hand what planter doesn’t have sensor problems lol I would have thought you would went with a white

[@Thomasfarmstn]

The White dealer I don’t think took me serious.

[@michaelwallace7352]

Way to go looking good

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Thanks Micheal!

[@jameslcoble248]

My old neighbors were die hard caseih farmers. They have recently started using green equipment. They have honestly said they prefer the green tractors over the caseih tractors.

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Not switching tractors James.

[@jackbraithwaite8345]

Absolutely understand why you changed colors, it's a shame you had to. Hope all goes well and you won't "need" service anytime soon, but if you do, I hope you are taken care of. I can here Dylan and Robert gigglin', clear up here in Ohio. 🤭 Happy for Ya 👍🇺🇲👏😉

[@Thomasfarmstn]

They have known about it all along.

[@johndycus6468]

You’re going to like the GreenStar, super easy to operate

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Yep that’s what I hear but I’m gonna fuss about anything green, lol!

[@craigadair128]

Beautiful planter I’m sure it will be great for you. If you don’t mind me asking what percentage were you able to get off list price if any?

[@Thomasfarmstn]

None, it was made to order. I think about all planters and other stuff is made to order and a premium.

[@samtalley791]

I’m very interested in how well you like it. Most of my experience is with kinzes. A neighbor guy built a planter that lifts very similar probably 20 years ago before Deere thought about it. Did you price one with splitters or price one against a Kinze speced the same? Just curious how deeres price compared.

[@Thomasfarmstn]

I didn’t price but one Kinze. It 8 with 8 splitters, just a plain planter. The splitter units from deere was gonna be 30k more than what I got.

[@richardehringer1426]

Nice planter Russ. Now you need to replace the seed tender

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Nah, the seed tender gives me something to fuss about.

[@digginfarmer5104]

Looks like it will be a nice planter..

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Hopefully it will.

[@turbo5488]

Not unless that dail is for maybe how much corn and soybeans it put down on the ground controls the seed that it puts out on the ground

[@Thomasfarmstn]

I think it’s to adjust the vacuum.

[@timr9358]

Nice Planter! nothing wrong with John Deere, it’s about people if the local dealer treats you good it worth it. Why wouldn’t you pull that with your 5088?

[@Thomasfarmstn]

The 5088 is the backup tractor. The 8940 is just more modern and I like the creature comforts it has. Air ride seat, Bluetooth radio, monitor bracket, better A/C etc. More on that in a later video.

[@jedcorlew147]

Nice looking planter. I got your call if I remember I'll call you tomorrow.

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Anytime after 1. I got a Dekalb/Asgrow meeeting at Striker’s Steakhouse at 11, lol!

[@TheGrumpyFarmer]

Doubt the frame is heavier than Kinze that’s usually why guys leave John Deere and go to Kinze

[@Thomasfarmstn]

About the only guys around here that run Kinze also run Gleaners, lol!

[@LampleyBrothersFarming]

Looks good

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Thanks!

[@sew1194]

Nice planter. I'm sure it will serve you for many years. Too bad about your Red dealer not giving you good service. I'm a Red guy myself, but I don't have anything against John Deere personally. It seems the corporate level should know if a dealership is not taking care of its customers properly. Have you thought about reaching out to them?

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Yes I have complained as well as others. The regional Case guys are aware of my frustrations and aware of this channel and they know they are not the problem.

[@sew1194]

@@Thomasfarmstn would be nice if they would sanction a dealership. If they do something that's grossly negligent with service. That will cut some of that stuff out

[@onehappyfarmer3461]

Nice looking planter, its gonna stick out like a sore thumb on your farm...

[@Thomasfarmstn]

The red tractors are safe on the farm, lol! Too bad our local Case dealer bought the local New Holland dealership. So blue is out. Fendt and Class is coming an hour away. If I ever hit the lottery I might try one of them.

[@evanturner7450]

I’m in west Tn, not real far from you. I know your dealer. I worked for CNH. I had a territory rep that had been with CNH for 25+ years tell me that CNH and other brands don’t want mom and pop dealerships anymore. They want multi-state dealers so the parts/service price is the same for 500+ miles in any direction. Mr. James that owned the Trenton/Newburn Tn dealerships was a thorn in the side of the current dealership. He was selling combines 10:1 against them. I can give you a whole lot of info about a lot of the goings on that subject. I’m die hard red myself. We still have the first tractor ever bought on this farm. 1945 H Farmall. All the way up to 1466. Looking for a 5488 FWA

[@Thomasfarmstn]

I complained about our local store to a case rep at the Memphis show. He admitted there was a lot of discontent with farmers. Makes you wonder why Case allows it. It hurts them in the long run.

[@evanturner7450]

From what I gathered they don’t care about the smaller farmers. That’s just about any dealer now. I run a older Kinze planter and I’ve had good luck with parts and such. But all our equipment is older and I do 99% of all maintenance and work on them. Besides the kinze and 1 kubota tractor everything else we run is IH.

[@TheGrumpyFarmer]

Kinze that’s all I’m saying 😁

[@Thomasfarmstn]

I figure you would say that!

[@GosselinFarmsEdGosselin]

Sweet 👍😁

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Thanks Ed.

[@walterlaubscherjr2011]

Nice upgrade

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Thanks Walter, give me a holler sometime.

[@walterlaubscherjr2011]

@@Thomasfarmstn can do I’ll be hauling grain all winter

[@Thomasfarmstn]

@@walterlaubscherjr2011 I’ve got a few loads to haul next week.

[@walterlaubscherjr2011]

@@Thomasfarmstn been back between beans and corn between Indiana and Illinois everything is full

[@drknockers5716]

Russ say it not true green on the farm

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Still red tractors

[@chipps1066]

Don't blame you a bit,you'd think by now dealerships would have learned that every dollar spent with them 50 cent is for good service.That dealer doesn't deserve your business.

[@Thomasfarmstn]

They don’t appreciate the hands that feeds them. We will see how this place works out.

[@johnnybaker317]

Don’t be scared to run up to 300 lbs on the down force when no tilling if you have to and we remove our scrapers and put some seed firmers on it

[@Thomasfarmstn]

I’ve heard start with 250lbs so 300 probably is the magic number. What firmers did you go with. That’s definitely on my list.

[@johnnybaker317]

@@Thomasfarmstn not sure of the brand but they are just Polly strips I think we got them from jd

[@johnbritt8800]

OH NO !!! A GREEN KINZE.

[@Thomasfarmstn]

JD rips everyone off but didn’t Kinze first rip them off? Or was it the other way around, lol!

[@johnbritt8800]

@@Thomasfarmstn well you may have a point, not sure how they both wound up with finger pickup. Neither invented it Eugene KEETON, developed that. GOOD LOOKING PLANTER. Just remember. JD motto WE DONT INVENT WE IMITATE...OR BUY YOUOUT. AXIAL FLOW ALL YEARS AHEAD OF JD.

[@mattthescrapwhisperer]

I’m so used to red on this channel that seeing green will take some adjustment. I get it though; your local CaseIH dealership didn’t do you any favors.

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Who know Matt what color you will see from now on. The tractors we own now are all safe though.

[@Pennies_on_the_dollar]

😁😁👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@Thomasfarmstn]

10-4

[@tomharrington1393]

👍👍

[@Thomasfarmstn]

10/4

[@kentuckyfarmer2192]

I don’t know what happened with your case dealer but it’s a shame that it happened

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Big multi store corp bought the local guys out. Too big for their britches and can’t manage the stores right.

[@kentuckyfarmer2192]

@@Thomasfarmstn H&R?

[@Thomasfarmstn]

@@kentuckyfarmer2192 I’m not saying but it’s based out of Kentucky.

[@Husker3435]

💪🏻😎👍🏻

[@Thomasfarmstn]

10-4

[@ozz5350]

👍👏👏👏

[@Thomasfarmstn]

10-4

[@BenWinborn]

Yea that star fire 6000 system gone make u pay 😂

[@Thomasfarmstn]

You gotta spend $ to make $!

[@jasonwoods3384]

Thats the right color. Lol

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Ha, already found things wrong with. TikTok’s are already in the plans, lol!