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NE Indiana | Never used a 5400, but a JD 750 is a great seeder if you keep it in good shape. If you get one, unless it's in unusually excellent shape, you'll want to:
1) Replace all the opening disks
2) Put in one of the seed boot kits to take out the slop when the mounting holes egg out. I like the one from Craft Air Services, because you can replace the boots and not have to redo it.
3) Replace all the seed boots. Use the JD bolts when you do it. An ordinary bolt has threads at the shear points and will break. (Been there, done that)
4) Put the closing arm kit from RK Products on to take out the side to side movement on the closing arms
5) Replace the JD firming wheels with the ones from Needham Ag
6) Put the Needham Ag firming strips on those new seed boots
7) Replace those idiotic JD cast iron closing wheels with Exapta's Thompson wheel (my first choice) or the Martin 20 pt crumblers (a close second for me)
All that renovation does cost a bit and is a knuckle-busting dirty job. But after doing it you'll get much more uniform stands which lets you cut your seeding rate and it pays for itself in a hurry.
As other posters have mentioned, you want the dolly wheels too. | |
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