6080 pull a 12 row White?

Currently looking at a 12 row White 6182 front-fold planter. Plan would to be pull it with my 8050, but if i get in a pinch would my 6080 be able to drag it down the road and through a field? I know i'd have to have a PTO pump for the blower. Our ground is relatively flat without any steep hills, and primarily no-till. Also not looking at too many acres, only around 100 acres this year. I don't have any duals for the 6080, and no front weights as it has a loader mount, but i imagine i could fab up a weight bracket if needed.

Considering White because i have excellent dealer support, 4 independent Agco dealers within an hour. One is even a Ford/New Holland dealer so its a one stop shop for all my equipment. Also like the idea of the White meter system, seems simple and reliable.

With that being said my next options would be a finger pick-up Deere or Kinze. Just depends on what i end up settling on for price/condition. This will be my first planter so looking for something reasonably priced and easily serviceable.

What's wrong with a Deere vacuum?  Betting you have Deere dealers around also.

Edited by jvin248 - 20 Feb 2023 at 4:18pm

I really doubt it would- luv the 6080,s but dang they just dont seemed balanced to be gin with and you can weight it down , but it would be working the snot out of it

Taking it down the road would be the issue. No till mostly flat without any fertilizer you may actually prefer the 6080. Hydraulics may be slow and turning on the ends the 6080 may want to slide especially if no extra weights but pulling it through the field I think you’ll be fine.

Buy the white planter. I bought a new one 1998 and the only parts I have to buy were new openers, still use it to plant all my corn. Three years ago  I bought a new 9523 white to plant my beans. Thousands of acres of trouble free planting  and no costly meters to rebuild every year or so.

That planter will be too much for a 6080 in transport, and quite a bit of weight in the field. And buy anything besides one of those. The fold system where the wheels pivot around from plant to transport is a junk system. If you like tracing wiring and jumping solinoids and adjusting micro switches instead of planting by all means buy it. I would prefer the vac or finger units instead of a white positive air system. In notill trash would plug the fan intake screen and not move enough air and the outside units population would start to fall off because it wouldn't blow enough to keep seed on the disc. The screw adjust depth is a joke also. There is a reason those planters are cheap. Look at a 1760 or 2210 kinze. They are lighter, simpler and better planters.

Been no-tilling with White Planters for 25 years and had none of that crap with trash or   population variations. Corn plants look like a picket fence. 6080 is too light for any brand of  12 row planter.