4-row planter saved from scrapper
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Topic: 4-row planter saved from scrapper
Posted By: Doug-KS
Subject: 4-row planter saved from scrapper
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2016 at 8:34pm
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I don't need a planter and wasn't looking for one but thought it looked too good for the scrappers to crush it so I bought it from them. What model is this planter? I will probably play around with it and see if I can get it going, at least get 2 rows working. Any advice? Or if anyone here is looking for one I would let it go. 
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Posted By: Auntwayne
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2016 at 8:42pm
Nice save 
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Posted By: KY poorboy
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2016 at 8:46pm
| Not sure on the model, but I had one identical to the one on the right. I used it for 4 years to plant sweet corn. It was in a barn on a farm I bought. Very simple and easy to get it going. |
Posted By: Doug-KS
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2016 at 8:56pm
| The one on the right is the same as the one on the left. Looks like two 2-row planters mounted on a tool bar to make a 4-row planter. Each 2-row section pivots separately. It has the row markers and looks to be original 4-row planter. |
Posted By: ACmowerguy
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2016 at 9:07pm
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That looks very clean! Nice find. ------------- 10 various B-series garden tractors, AC Homesteader8, 416 hydro,710 gt, 914, 916H, 917H, 920D, and many misc attachments |
Posted By: KY poorboy
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2016 at 9:15pm
| What is that on the left one, behind the drive axle? |
Posted By: Doug-KS
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2016 at 9:21pm
| They welded some scrap on there for weight I guess. I will probably cut that off when I get to it. |
Posted By: KY poorboy
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2016 at 9:27pm
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Oh, ok. When I first looked at the pic, I didn't have my glasses on. I could tell something was there, thought they were different. After getting my glasses, I still couldn't tell what it was! I guess I am blind in one eye, and can't see outa the other. LOL. |
Posted By: Unit3
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2016 at 9:39pm
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That is a great find. Thanks for saving it. We farm on a busy highway. It is a dream mine to have a planter behind the WC. Make a few passes with the Kinze, then park the WC on the marks made. Just to give passers by something to look at all day long. ------------- 2-8070FWA PS/8050PS/7080/7045PS/200/D15-II/2-WD45/WD/3-WC/UC/C |
Posted By: Scott B
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2016 at 10:07pm
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Hey Doug, If they separate into two different sections of two, I might be interested. Can't quite tell how they pull. Looks like a snap coupler hitch up there in the middle?? ------------- D17 Series 1 Allis B- 1939 Allis B- 1945 |
Posted By: SHAMELESS
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2016 at 10:14pm
| you can't get any simpler than that! at least you don't hafta worry bouts a broken wire or an air leak or lack of hyd power! |
Posted By: Doug-KS
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2016 at 7:18am
| Yes it is snap coupler hitch. If it is seperated then would have to make another hitch. Will see if i can get it going first. |
Posted By: Don(MO)
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2016 at 8:45am
They where/are a nice planter if you don't try going over 5 miles per hour. You might add some front end weight if the planter is filled up.  ------------- 3 WD45's with power steering,G,D15 fork lift,D19, W-Speed Patrol, "A" Gleaner with a 330 corn head,"66" combine,roto-baler, and lots of Snap Coupler implements to make them work for their keep. |
Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2016 at 11:36am
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Wish you were closer Doug. I'm looking for one of these! I'd even settle for a 2 row if I could find one close. You are over 500 miles away. ------------- "Allis-Express" 19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17 |
Posted By: Don(MO)
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2016 at 11:49am
Well Ted all I can say is "ROAD TRIP" lol ------------- 3 WD45's with power steering,G,D15 fork lift,D19, W-Speed Patrol, "A" Gleaner with a 330 corn head,"66" combine,roto-baler, and lots of Snap Coupler implements to make them work for their keep. |
Ted J wrote:Posted By: Herb(GA)
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2016 at 12:26pm
| Doug, Good for You, saving them from the scrappers. Herb(GA) |
Posted By: Doug-KS
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2016 at 1:37pm
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Thanks for all the interest in the planter, really glad I was able to save it from the crusher. Good news - planter is sold pending payment and it sounds like it is going to a good home where it will get fixed up and running again. |
Posted By: tadams(OH)
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2016 at 3:04pm
| It is missing the fertliizer boxes |
Posted By: HD6GTOM
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2016 at 3:41pm
| dad had the 2 row version of that he bought new with a WD in 1949. When thieves stripped moms farm 3 or 4 years ago it went with the rest of the machinery. It never had any fert boxes. I never knew the model. |
Posted By: NICKMI
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2016 at 5:04pm
| They are called drill planters or wd drill planter looks like a nice save and really a simple planter to work on hopefully somebody puts her to good use 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 |
Posted By: DakotaSteve
Date Posted: 11 Jul 2017 at 2:32pm
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Hello I am going to resurrect this thread. I was at a scrap yard yesterday and found this exact planter with the boxes mounted the boxes are rust free. I asked the guy what he was planning to do with it and he said cut it up eventually. I said I would take it in the next week or so I would be back for it. I have not seen another one like it until reading this. Are these rare? I would love to restore it and paint it. One person mentioned above that it looked like two to row planters on a toolbar. I really do believe that this was a complete planter sold like that when new. Anyone's thoughts? Oh he also has an allis chalmers hay crimper.. it has a big rubber roller and looks to be 6 or 7 ft long.... do you think that would be worth grabbing also? I worry about that rubber being rotten. I would imagine it would work darn good before a roto baler. |
Posted By: Bill Long
Date Posted: 11 Jul 2017 at 7:45pm
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I do not have Pop's Price Book with me or I could give you more information. That is the basic planter we sold for years. It fit the CA, the WD, and the WD-45, and any other snap coupler tractors. The two row planter was also used for the G. It was basically a two row planter mounted on a tool-bar to make it a four row planter. We sold it through the 50's and into the 60's. It was replaced by the "All Crop" tool bar mounted type of planter and a little later on the "No-Till" planter. Is it rare? Cannot really answer that question, however. it was the basic Allis Chalmers planter for years so there were plenty of them out there. With the advent of the "No Till" series and much larger units I would imagine most were replaced and scrapped. Worked well for us Wish I could provide more information Good Luck! Bill Long
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Posted By: JimWenigOH
Date Posted: 11 Jul 2017 at 9:02pm
Does the crimper have the swinging shield on the back of it? If so I'd be interested in them.
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Posted By: Pat the Plumber CIL
Date Posted: 11 Jul 2017 at 10:35pm
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My Dad planted our 160 acre farm with this exact model . planted corn and beans . like don said , slow and steady. It was my job to sit on the end of the field and wait for my dad to turn around . Before he set it down I would have to run up and turn the wheels a little to make sure it wasn't clogged . Poor mans dickey john monitor ------------- You only need to know 3 things to be a plumber;Crap rolls down hill,Hot is on the left and Don't bite your fingernails 1964 D-17 SIV 3 Pt.WF,1964 D-15 Ser II 3pt.WF ,1960 D-17 SI NF,1956 WD 45 WF. |
Posted By: DakotaSteve
Date Posted: 11 Jul 2017 at 10:47pm
| Very good information. Wow! A whole quarter w that! |
Posted By: DakotaSteve
Date Posted: 11 Jul 2017 at 10:48pm
| Jim, im not sure on the shields. |
Posted By: 1terrygladys
Date Posted: 12 Jul 2017 at 12:14am
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Ditto to Pat. Dad's only planter for years. Grandad also had one. Good planters for the times. Dad also added red "Gandy boxes" on the rear to apply insecticide. First planter I ever ran. Dad said to never back up with the planter down because I would plug the seed tubes with dirt. ... He was right. Had to raise it, clean out the dirt and replant those 4 rows. Lesson learned in my youth. ... I've got a 2- row for sweet corn today. But have to plant the same row twice to get population similar to what corn is used to today. ... Excellent save from the scrappers!! Terry ------------- WD-45, WD, Unstyled WC, SC Disk, JD 4430D, JD 4010D, JD B, Iowa pastor & disciple of Jesus Christ |
Posted By: CALEBnOK
Date Posted: 12 Jul 2017 at 9:37pm
| I have this planter. Bought it off doug. It is just (2) two rows mounted to a tool bar |
Posted By: DakotaSteve
Date Posted: 12 Jul 2017 at 9:47pm
| Yup. Ive seen more two rows. |
Posted By: DakotaSteve
Date Posted: 12 Jul 2017 at 10:05pm
Found some good info in a book tonight Important to read whats above the first picture..... 
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Posted By: LeonR2013
Date Posted: 13 Jul 2017 at 5:43am
| If you had good seed it was amazing how uniform the planting would be. We had a twin hyd. cylinder "C" that we bought a new one for. Had to load the front tires to keep it on the ground, but did a beautiful job. |