Just had my brother call me couple days ago asking if I wanted the drill my grandfather left on a piece of ground he inherited. I told him I did, not knowing what I would ever use it for. Didn't realize all the different seeds they were capable of putting in the ground until your video. I was a kid when I helped grandpa on the farm. When it came to the drill I was pretty much the kid at the truck there to fill the boxes with soy beans in a hurry when he started waving his arm. Ripping strings and dumping bags fast so he could get back in the dirt. Always thought it was only good for soy beans. Thanks for good information. You gave me a good reason to fix it back up, and put it back to work.
Thank you watching! Good luck getting it back in order and planting! I know that when I use a piece of equipment inherited from generations past it brings back a lot of memories and keeps those memories fresh on the mind. I bet your grandfather would be proud.
We modified my grandpa's seeder to plant field corn, since we didn't have a true corn planter. After modifying it, we then called it our corn planter since we used it for planting only corn. I'll be buying one once I find property.
We use ours for so many different things. Every fall we use ours for wheat/rye over seeding. It does a good job on mixed seed also. We have been buying a regenerative mix that is sorghum, beans, okra and a couple other species. Lays it down nicely!
@@murrayfarmranch8447 That makes a true farmer. We had another seeder that the hopper rusted out and converted into a road grader. Best of luck with your farm and farming.
you do know there is a moving seed gate at the front of the seed measuring that has 3 positions depending on the size of your seed we have cut new gears for one in our shop I would love to find some one who still sells the steel coil drop tubes when we drill it we set the drill at half rate and make 2 pass one East West and one north south and get better coverage
If you wanted to space your rows further apart is there a way to block off some of the gates? For instance, if I wanted rows 30” apart as opposed to 7-8”.
There is not a built in way to do it. The gates and disk spacing is not adjustable as far as my understanding of the machine goes. I suppose you could block the opening to the gate off from the inside. The disc is still going to be cutting but if the gate is blocked then no seed would be coming out.
I have a model B drill also. Have you ever needed replacement part? If so where do you typically get them from? Or is it just search the web and see what you can find?
Some parts are still available through John Deere parts. If you ever see a junk one you can buy for parts it’s probably worth it. Mine has been well maintained and I have not had to replace anything on it.
Does the seeder box agitator need to be lubricated? It looks like the gear box at the end of them has a cover that can be slide to the side for lubrication.
Yes I think double disc setup probably opens a little better channel especially if you were to be cutting through some leftover foliage. If you are using the drill as it was intended in a well prepared seedbed I don’t think it would matter at all though.
They will do a great job planting corn. You will need a better prepared seedbed when planting corn as opposed to say a winter wheat or rye grass which really just needs bare minimum soil contact to take off. I have used mine to plant field corn with good success. You’d want to break up the soil and then make sure the seed bed is firm but not too compact. After your seedbed is right you’d run the planter back over it. You’ll get spacing 7.5” row spacing. I mixed field corn, sunflowers, and okra for a cover crop/food plot for deer and it came out looking like a mossy oak commercial.
Absolutely. Sunflowers are not listed on the chart but I have actually planted them with mine. You’d just want to choose a gate setting for a seed listed that is of similar size.
I think it would depend a lot on the type of soil and ground cover. These were meant to be used over a prepared seedbed but I have used mine a lot without tilling first. The time I planted sunflowers I planted them in a wheat patch after it matured. I ran a light discing over it and it worked well.
It doesn’t take much at all. These were introduced at a time when there were not a bunch of huge machines. The old Ford 9n’s would handle these fine. What machine do you have?
I looked up the specs on tractordata.com. Looks like your tractor is just shy of 2,000 lbs. I can’t imagine that not being able to do work on level ground. You can modify those seeders and cut them down to 8ft and use only 1 planter box. I’ve seen people do that for food plot applications.
Thank you for watching! Another thing we do to get more out of our tractors is fill the back tires with antifreeze. Filling the rear tires on my JD 5210 added another 1600lbs.
John Deere suppliers still carry the drive chains and some may still have the gears. There are several tractor and implement salvage dealers online where you can find parts. These old planters are sitting idle and broke down in many an old man pastures. Finding one to keep as a parts machine is not a bad idea. I’ll say though if you maintain them right you rarely have to replace anything.
Just had my brother call me couple days ago asking if I wanted the drill my grandfather left on a piece of ground he inherited. I told him I did, not knowing what I would ever use it for. Didn't realize all the different seeds they were capable of putting in the ground until your video. I was a kid when I helped grandpa on the farm. When it came to the drill I was pretty much the kid at the truck there to fill the boxes with soy beans in a hurry when he started waving his arm. Ripping strings and dumping bags fast so he could get back in the dirt. Always thought it was only good for soy beans. Thanks for good information. You gave me a good reason to fix it back up, and put it back to work.
Thank you watching! Good luck getting it back in order and planting! I know that when I use a piece of equipment inherited from generations past it brings back a lot of memories and keeps those memories fresh on the mind. I bet your grandfather would be proud.
We modified my grandpa's seeder to plant field corn, since we didn't have a true corn planter. After modifying it, we then called it our corn planter since we used it for planting only corn. I'll be buying one once I find property.
We use ours for so many different things. Every fall we use ours for wheat/rye over seeding. It does a good job on mixed seed also. We have been buying a regenerative mix that is sorghum, beans, okra and a couple other species. Lays it down nicely!
@@murrayfarmranch8447 That makes a true farmer.
We had another seeder that the hopper rusted out and converted into a road grader.
Best of luck with your farm and farming.
you do know there is a moving seed gate at the front of the seed measuring that has 3 positions depending on the size of your seed
we have cut new gears for one in our shop
I would love to find some one who still sells the steel coil drop tubes
when we drill it we set the drill at half rate and make 2 pass one East West and one north south and get better coverage
If you wanted to space your rows further apart is there a way to block off some of the gates? For instance, if I wanted rows 30” apart as opposed to 7-8”.
There is not a built in way to do it. The gates and disk spacing is not adjustable as far as my understanding of the machine goes. I suppose you could block the opening to the gate off from the inside. The disc is still going to be cutting but if the gate is blocked then no seed would be coming out.
I have a model B drill also. Have you ever needed replacement part? If so where do you typically get them from? Or is it just search the web and see what you can find?
Some parts are still available through John Deere parts. If you ever see a junk one you can buy for parts it’s probably worth it. Mine has been well maintained and I have not had to replace anything on it.
What are the parts numbers for the opener discs? I'm trying find replacements for our old 167B.
Does the seeder box agitator need to be lubricated? It looks like the gear box at the end of them has a cover that can be slide to the side for lubrication.
Would a drill with double disc openers do a better than the single disc opener?
Yes I think double disc setup probably opens a little better channel especially if you were to be cutting through some leftover foliage. If you are using the drill as it was intended in a well prepared seedbed I don’t think it would matter at all though.
@@murrayfarmranch8447 thank you, we also live in Oklahoma and started our RUclips channels last year.
I will give you guys a follow fellow Oklahomans!
@@murrayfarmranch8447 awesome thank you
Would this work with corn as well?
They will do a great job planting corn. You will need a better prepared seedbed when planting corn as opposed to say a winter wheat or rye grass which really just needs bare minimum soil contact to take off. I have used mine to plant field corn with good success. You’d want to break up the soil and then make sure the seed bed is firm but not too compact. After your seedbed is right you’d run the planter back over it. You’ll get spacing 7.5” row spacing. I mixed field corn, sunflowers, and okra for a cover crop/food plot for deer and it came out looking like a mossy oak commercial.
Do you think you could plant sunflowers with this style drill?
Absolutely. Sunflowers are not listed on the chart but I have actually planted them with mine. You’d just want to choose a gate setting for a seed listed that is of similar size.
Do you think it would work without tilling or would it need to be tilled first?
I think it would depend a lot on the type of soil and ground cover. These were meant to be used over a prepared seedbed but I have used mine a lot without tilling first. The time I planted sunflowers I planted them in a wheat patch after it matured. I ran a light discing over it and it worked well.
Any idea on min hp of tractor for pulling on relatively flat ground (not much hill side)
It doesn’t take much at all. These were introduced at a time when there were not a bunch of huge machines. The old Ford 9n’s would handle these fine. What machine do you have?
Kubota l2501… a tad light but with flat land im thinking maybe…
I looked up the specs on tractordata.com. Looks like your tractor is just shy of 2,000 lbs. I can’t imagine that not being able to do work on level ground. You can modify those seeders and cut them down to 8ft and use only 1 planter box. I’ve seen people do that for food plot applications.
Thanks for the info and the video !
Thank you for watching! Another thing we do to get more out of our tractors is fill the back tires with antifreeze. Filling the rear tires on my JD 5210 added another 1600lbs.
How do you find parts for it
John Deere suppliers still carry the drive chains and some may still have the gears. There are several tractor and implement salvage dealers online where you can find parts. These old planters are sitting idle and broke down in many an old man pastures. Finding one to keep as a parts machine is not a bad idea. I’ll say though if you maintain them right you rarely have to replace anything.
What size tires is on yours?
13.6-28
Thankyou