planters come in all types of brands and price ranges, the older type plate/swords planters are very workable in tilled ground, they where designed simply and easy to maintain and built to last, the same tecnology that was used with a team planter was transfered to the tractor
these type planters where prevelant throughout the industry untill the no till planters which replaced the swords with disk openers and coulters became popular,
both the sword and no till plate planters are still used heavily today
the next udgrade was air/vacum plateless planters, these are expensive and do a beautiful job at precision planting the corn at the desired spacing in the row, but it takes a lot of crop to support the price of one of these
a two row unit will be about all i would want behind a b, a 4 row on steep ground even if the b had hyd hook ups would load it hard in soft dirt
the old ground driven planters have and will continue to provide planting chores for years to come
the things to look for, would be the following
1. does everything turn freely?
2. are the drive chains in good shape or are they about worn out?
3. are the swords ( furrow oppeners )in decent shape or worn out?
4. are there extra cogs and plates available? (the plates need to match seed size and that can vary greatly from the same seed company, from small flat to large round)
most allis planters with the adapter plate assemblies will use the b series (john deere) seed plates which are readily available
whereas the burch planters that i use are all steel plates and are not as easy to find plates for ( luckily i have every plate they made)
#2 and 3 above are not deal breakers there is a lot of old chain around and swords can be built back up easily
the muskeegon add looks very much like a old oliver 44, with large seedcans and fertilize hoppers
oliver built a great planter thru the 40's and 50's that was there model 44, these where equipped to pull with a 3 point or on a tounge so that could be pulled with horse or tractor, but plates are difficult to come up with
todays seeds are much smaller than the seed of that era so it would be hard to get a modern hybrid corn that would not double drop from the old olivers but for food plot use at a wider row spacing this would not be a great issue, back in the 50's they planted 3-4 kernals in each hill on a check pattern for easier cultivation
i sold this old oliver last spring for $100, basically the same planter in the add above but this one shipped as a manual lift tounge pull and had been converted to a 3 point version. the lift clutch mec. can be seen in center of unit
it looks rough but it worked well and the guy who bought it wanted it just for a garden and could thin out the doubledrops
planters can and do vary a great deal in price,
i have a nearbye local dealership that concentrates on ebay sales, and i sold him the john deer planter in this listing less than two weeks ago for $450.
but he does make his living at this and has a overhead and payroll to deal with and i basicly do it as a hobby, but i traded a one row burch worth 300 to the john deere so i made a profit as well
take your time i have sold 4 two row planters this year, and the most i charged for any of them was 450
good luck
Edited by ky wonder - 12 May 2012 at 3:01pm
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