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Old 01-23-2021, 08:38 PM
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Default Looking to buy a sweet corn planter.

Looking to buy a sweet corn planter and I was wondering what others used. I"M most familiar with IH/CaseIH planters and have a good relationship with 2 dealers. I prefer only one row. Don't want to spend a ton of money, but want something that works well and would pay for quality.

https://rdhoutdoors.com/international-planters

I have considered RDH 185 and 800 models at the above link. Painted up well and ready to go. The deere 7000 series would be plateless finger planters. That would probably work better. Just kind of hurts my soul to get a green implement.

https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/a...266228518.html
Have also considered this. It should mount right up to my Hoe-trac tractor.

Just looking for options and Ideas. What are your thoughts.
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Old 01-31-2021, 08:37 AM
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We planted garden (lots of it) with a 4 row Deere planter from the 60's. We had plates for Silver Queen, butterbeans, and snaps. I would think any single row unit that drives from the press wheel would be adequate for gardening. IH and Deere seem to be the most common and available for parts and plates. Craigslist this time of year has lots of them, but imagine you would have to make your own tool bar to run on a Cadet.

One option that has been popular in the Southeast for 30+ years is the old horse drawn Cole planters. We had an abundance of offset Farmalls from tobacco farms that later became garden tractors. Lot of folks made a hitch to put these on those tractors, you should be able to mount it on a Cadet as well, I don't think they are too heavy.

I'll toss this out there. Guy somewhere on the net was raising vegetables using those push behind plastic and aluminum garden seeders. He planted several rows side by side and rigged up a big gang hitch under a small farm tractor. He had smooth rock free soil and it was working really well for him.
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Thanks for the feedback.

I have been looking at several older used planter options from Deere and IH. I may have a line on a IH 56 series planter that I can get a row unit off of from a friend of mine. Knowing him he purchased at an auction for almost nothing. He's a Deere guy, if he bought an IH I doubt he paid much for it.


Any opinions on the Earthway and Jeng style planters. Or other options in the 100 to 200USD range?? I found a 4 row Deere 7000 locally, but not looking to pay almost 2,000$
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I once built a sleeve hitch for an old IH row unit for a friend. He pulled it with a Cub 100. I’m not sure what model of planter it was from but it had a round fiberglass hopper.
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I once built a sleeve hitch for an old IH row unit for a friend. He pulled it with a Cub 100. I’m not sure what model of planter it was from but it had a round fiberglass hopper.
You don't happen to have a photo of that per chance??
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CC yard cart
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I don’t, sorry. If I remember correctly, it was simply a C shaped piece cut from a piece of 4”x1/4” wall square tubing and a couple pieces of angle iron welded to the C that bolted to the planter.
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Found this.

https://www.onlycubcadets.net/forum/...ad.php?t=10349
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3165 with CC Snow Blower, Front blade, Sims Cab
3185 with 3pt hitch, it runs now. But not well.
48in and 52in mower decks
2185 with mower from my dad when I have a project for it.
Massey Ferguson Model 70 corn planter.
CC yard cart
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I have a Cole 12MX that I use both behind my 244 Compact and my John Deere 332. Plates are readily available and the planters are still available new.

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I have a Cole 12MX that I use both behind my 244 Compact and my John Deere 332. Plates are readily available and the planters are still available new.

Bill
I have look at those online as well. How good is the placement? How well does it handle other seed? Right now for this year i'm just focused on sweet corn, but would like the ability to handle other seed as well.
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Massey Ferguson Model 70 corn planter.
CC yard cart
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Old 02-15-2021, 09:22 PM
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The 12MX has a variety of plates for different seeds. I have about six or eight different plates just for sweet corn. I also have plates for beans, peas, sorghum and squash to name a few. There is no "magic" single plate. You have to match the the seed to a plate. Seed spacing is determined by changing out gears. I have all the gears. There is a chart that lists seed spacing based upon the number of cells in the plate matched to a specific gear. Planting depth is set by adjusting the amount the "foot" extends below the skid plate. The 12MX allows you to apply starter fertilizer while you plant. The fertilizer is placed in the ground below and to the right of the seed.

I also have a Brinly planter, designed specifically for garden tractors. The Brinly was made by Cole. A note of caution on buying Cole planter plates. There are at least three different types of Cole planter plates. The 12MX uses a larger 8" diameter than the dual hopper or Brinly planters. The dual hoppers and Brinly's use a smaller OR/OL marked plate. There is also an older Cole plate style.

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