Finally got my planters mounted

I bought these Jang Automation seeders from Columbus Irrigation Compant in Ashland, Ohio. Got to see one first at the Farm Science Review last summer and ordered these two a couple days later.This is the JP-1 model, here is their website. http://www.mechanicaltransplanter.com/seeder.html

Edited by Warren(Oh) - 07 Nov 2012 at 3:03am

Interesting to see.  Thanks for the pics and the link.

It looks as though your rig is sitting up on a porch of a house? Why is that? Is it in town? But still, why up on a porch???


Edited by Redpower1456 - 17 Mar 2012 at 6:28pm

HAHA, yeah, you must not have been on the forum when I first joined and posted pix of my 'Porch G'. You can find a picture of it while still being restored on Tony Carbaugh's site, here's the link. http://www.tonystractors.com/allis_chalmers.htm Yes, I live on the edge of town, less than .25 acre lot. I take the tractor to my Aunt's farm 6 miles out of town and work it. Cultivating and bush hogging. I have a 4 foot ATV bush hog I pull with it. I can seem to find the picture with the bush hog. Yes, the porch is dry, for the most part.

Looks like you did some nice work mounting them. I wonder if it would help you some to put the mounts closer to the front, since that is where the drive tire is? Seems like that would help some with tracking. Put a little pressure on the drive tire and rig the lift handle to "float" up or down over rough ground. You would have to leave off the lift assist spring(if the G has one, i'm going on B hand lift knowledge.) and find a way to lock the lever latch open, but that might help. Just a thought. Might not work at all. You have a better view of things. Very nice work.

As I see it, unless you add some cross bracing they will always twist, and that may still not stop it, anytime you push something through the field, it is going to want to twist when it hits a tough spot, even though your tool bar is ahead of the planter unit, it looks like you are mounted to the planter behind nearly the whole thing.  If you can, find a place to mount the horizontal bar stock, ahead of the opener, but behind the drive wheel, and I bet you see a huge difference.  You will still need cross bracing on the vertical pieces, and maybe even on the horizontal ones.  Almost every planter I have seen, uses parallel linkage to keep the unit from twisting, that would allow for good float control as well.

Still only lets me post two pix at a time.

Edited by Warren(Oh) - 22 May 2012 at 6:31pm

Warren,

Like the planter setup on the G - little more tweaking and it will be just the thing. Hanve to think about that for my G -- good idea.

I mounted a Jang seeder on my Allis G today and just ran across this post this evening.

Yes, I have the JP-1 also, but I haven't used it yet.  I used this one to plant a variety of green and dry beans, peas, sweet corn, and squash.  I planted about 2 acres pushing it, but unless the soil is worked up perfectly it tends to a have a mind of its own as to which direction it wants to go.  I have another one and a half acres of squash to plant so I figured I'd mount it and hopefully make things a little easier.

Yes, more float between the units. I simply didn't allow enough. The short vertical piece at either side of the front wheel is only 4" long and the corner of the bracket sticks down a good inch, so only 3" of travel each. Many times when one was down working, the other was either in the air or being mashed and dragging the wheel.

That's good to hear Mac, glad it worked out. I use the creeper gear for most everything in the garden. I'll be getting the double disc openers before next spring, pricey little things but if they work, it'll be worth it.