Deutz 385 planter

What is a Deutz 385 planter with dry fertilizer, and monitor worth?
What are some things to look for. I found one but it's about 2 1/2 hours from me.

Sorry it is 4 rows.

I have been farming with a six row with liquid fertilizer for the past several years. They are great planters . What questions do you have?

Run as fast an long as you can from it! I sidedress for a guy with one we farm side by side our Deere is more uniform. You only plant once do it right! No way to beat a finger pick up Deere.

Thanks for the replies. I'm not going to plant alot of corn maybe 5 to 10 acres but with my limited time would like a four row planter. Can't seem to find any for sale locally not alot of people raise corn near me. They are wanting $2500.oo for it.

Joe is correct. If you do not have the correct seed plate or seed selected you will have a very inconsistent seed placement. Like anything a poorly maintained machine will not work worth a darn. In their time the 385 was a top notch planter. My only complaint is the A-C fertilizer augers, not sure what they were thinking with those.

We used one until three years ago where we switched to a 5100 White. My main reason for doing so was parts availability. Parts for the 385s are getting scarce and some are becoming NLA. You also have to get parts from Landoll for the 385.

With the White you get a very similar planter and in my case parts are in good supply not only at the dealership I work at but also at several other dealers in the area.

Jim

We have a 7000 that we modified to be plateless. It works nicely. I've heard that parts on the Deutz Allis planters are hard to find, but we've never owned one.

I've heard rave reviews on the White planters if there are any near you. And, of course, there's the John Deere 7000. That's always a safe bet.

The parts on the Deutz will be a huge factor. Hoe close to a dealer are you?

Maybe Jason from near Madison will be goin.....

when the Duetz planter first came out and had been out for a couple years...I was talking to a die hard jd dude one day. he was gonna have to go buy a new planter and was looking at a 12 row to buy...we talked about the Duetz...he decided to try one and by golly he bought a new one! guess it must have done him good as he then tried a new Gleaner that fall...just to see...and by golly...he bought a new Gleaner and replaced his 1 year old jd combine! he's still running Gleaners to this day and he has replaced the duetz with a White planter! still running jd tractors...but he has seen the light that other companies do exist with better equipment!

I'm in the same exact boat, Shameless! 10 minutes standing is gonna hurt all day tomorrow!

When we went to buy our White tractor, my father was really skeptical. To him, there was John Deere, and then everybody else was bringing up the rear.

I can't speak for corn planters much, but with every other category, it seems that there is somebody who does it better than Deere does. It won't break my heart when we're Deere-free on our farm.

Once you get the blinders off and start seeing all colors, you find that there's some pretty good stuff out there!

anybody know where to get plates for these? Sounds like Landoll does not have much for them anymore either...

thru the years I've planted with deere, kinze, oliver, ac, ih, buffalo, and out of all of them, the ac did the best job and still does! yeah...it's old, but still does a great job of uniform planting! and that's all that's needed!

Joe(OH) wrote: Victory, sounds like you should take All is out of your name. If your neighbor isn't smart enough to replace worn seed pads or pick the correct plates, I could see where there would be an issue. With good pads and proper plates I will gladly plant against any 7000, for conventional or no-till.

Don't forget to check the shafts and bushings at the meters. They should spin smoothly and easily with no seed disks on. Too much play can lead to seed getting out around outer lip of seed disk. Look around bushings for badly cracked housings. Good cheap planter for the mechanically inclined. I wouldn't pay $2500 because of parts availability issues.