Can't believe I did this!!

Kevin, you bought a good planter, we have used them for over 30 years.   They do look odd, though, when we have everything else orange...

Sometimes ya just gotta do what ya gotta do -----

The 7000 is a fine planter. It set picket fence and emergence standards much newer planters hope to achieve and sometimes do.

The original finger units are great for corn, the bean cups are an almost controlled spill. Kinze or Deere brush type bean units are better. That's for the plateless version. I've never seen a plate type 7000 other than in the parts books and manuals.

The common wear points are: 1: the arms for the depth control wheels. RK products has the best aftermarket repair kits. 2: The tail piece with the closing wheels. 3: The opening disks. Opening disks come in 3mm and 3.5mm thickness. The 3 mm disks are to be shimmed so there's two inches at the bottom from where you can't pass a business card, but the thicker ones that needs to be only an inch. 4. the V on the bottom of the seed tube guide.

There is continued discussion over on New Ag Talk crops and machinery forums.
http://talk.newagtalk.com/forums/forum-view.asp?fid=3
and
http://talk.newagtalk.com/forums/forum-view.asp?fid=2

There are many after market parts available from Sloan Express (www.sloanex.com) and Shoup (www.shoupparts.com).

I planted for about ten years, most of it notill, pulling a JD7000 with my MF-135.

Get an operator's manual. I may be able to supply, I overbought before I bought a planter. What size 7000 did you acquire?

Gerald J.

We got one also, good planter, and yes we also have the KINZE bean meters.  Only way to go for beans.

Seems like everyone is planting corn this year. Planters are $1-2K higher than last year and good 6 row 7000's are hard to find. They are a good planter even at 20 to 30 years old.

Heck Kevin now that you mention it I had to break down and buy a set of green drags 2 weeks ago. But...I have lots of orange paint left over so they'll match up lol.