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North Central Illinois | It's time to replace my very worn out IH 6200 drill. I'd like to be able to no till wheat into soybean stubble, and drill rye into lightly disked corn stalks. I'd also be planting oats with alfalfa and orchardgrass in worked ground in the spring.
There don't seem to be a lot of drills on the market very close to home. I found a 20' Case IH 5400 on a Yetter coulter cart not too far away. Would one of these be a good fit for what I want? If so, what's a fair price?
Edited by Blusteryknollfarm 11/19/2018 22:04
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| Generally speaking, they are 20 years old and have seen a lot of use. Down pressure isn't the best for no till, but they work good in tilled ground. I've had a couple the last 20 years. |
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Northern CA | I had a 5400. It was ok. I now have a Great Plains. If you can anyway afford the Great Plains, I highly recommend it. |
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North Central Illinois | There's a few Great Plains Solid Stand 1500 units for sale within a reasonable distance. Are they a superior unit? |
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| Blusteryknollfarm - 11/20/2018 00:59
There's a few Great Plains Solid Stand 1500 units for sale within a reasonable distance. Are they a superior unit? no , had lots of problems with units breaking, clutch problems also. |
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SE Michigan | Panted beans for the the last 12 years with one, excellent machine. Mine is a 15' Soy Special (Early Riser planter units at 15" spacing) with a Yetter cart in front. The Drill has been nothing but reliable for me, replace a drive chain every once and a while, but that's to be expected on anything. The Yetter cart.....that's defiantly the worst part. Bearing are way undersized on the coulters, I carry a bag of them with me in the field seem to last 50-75a at best. The only good thing is the bearing is a standard (cheap) size but the seal is specific to Yetter and sometimes a challenge to find. With that said, I think I could plant a crop in a cement parking lot with the drill, it does a great job in almost any soil condition. One other draw back, you need a good heavy tractor in front of it, negative tong weight is huge, with the cart pushing up on the tong and the drill / beans on the other side of the wheels pushing down. All in all, great machine. |
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The desert of south central neb | We had a 5400 with a Coulter cart yes it will get the job done in notill pry not the best like others said down pressure springs aren’t the best in heavy trash is where we had problems. We sold it and found a sunflower 9412 way better drill. |
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Northwest iowa | I have a 20’ 5400. It’s been a good drill for me and will do everything you mentioned. I also have a 30’ 5500 that is set up the same with 7.5 inch spacing and has the small seed boxes. I have the 5500 for sale if that interests you. It has also been a good drill, as we have updated a few weak areas that were mentioned here. I have pulled it in tilled ground with a 7410 and only needed mdwd going up some big hills. |
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| The 5400 with the Blue jet cart has better down pressure. But, all the coulter carts have the same problem with down pressure when the coulters get some wear. We can re-condition all the brands of notill coulters for about 1/3 the cost of new coulters. Our repairs make them stronger than when they were new. We are a Yetter dealer if you decide to go that route. WWW.hizeyfarmservicellc.com 740756-4810 |
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Sanilac Co. Michigan | sonic - 11/20/2018 02:05
Blusteryknollfarm - 11/20/2018 00:59
There's a few Great Plains Solid Stand 1500 units for sale within a reasonable distance. Are they a superior unit? no , had lots of problems with units breaking, clutch problems also.
Guess I don't agree with your comment. Been running a 1500 for a very long time now, like 12 or 13 years and have never had any clutch problems...and this thing had over 10,000 acres on it when I bought it. Never broke a row unit either, though I have rebushed the pivot points a couple times on the drill and bored and bushed the no till coulter arms when I first got it.
Biggest things a guy needs to keep in mind with no till drills that use this arrangement is to not run the nt coulters any much deeper than the openers, not to make sharp turns with it in the ground, and not to use them as an excavator in rocks!
Do that and they will serve you well. |
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Nw Iowa | Sent you a email. Looking for a Deere 455 but have some interest in your drill |
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| I have that exact unit, very good. Does it have grass seed attachement ?
I’m the second owner, neighbor used it for no-till, I don’t.
Let the caddy carry the drill or you will break the drive axles on the drill. |
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Deep southern Illinois | I can’t comprehend how you’d have a clutch problem with a solid stand Great Plains? On ours the drive wheel lifts off the ground when you pick the drill up. Other than being small a solid stand 1500 is a pretty good drill. Sometimes had some problems with rubber seed tubes kinking when trying to run the Coulter’s too shallow in worked ground. If you’re breaking row units off, you’re turning way too sharp. Also, you can make the row units walk down the frame, and not follow the Coulter’s causing it to drag up. And don’t forget to lock the center pivot going down the road. It’ll get wild quick. |
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North Central Illinois | No grass seed on the 5400. It's not too hard to add on, is it? |
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Ottawa . Ca | And don’t forget to lock the center pivot going down the road. It’ll get wild quick. ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ Ain't no better way to tell the integrity of your undies than forgetting to pull down the locks and feeling the impending freak-out @ road speed. |
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| I have probably one of the cleanest 20ft 5400's you'll find anywhere that I might consider selling. Has a Yetter coulter cart, markers, SI Belt meters and a 4 bar coil tine harrow. Located in Northern Iowa |
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| Blusteryknollfarm - 11/20/2018 09:40
No grass seed on the 5400. It's not too hard to add on, is it?
Might have a hard time finding one. |
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Northern CA | Blusteryknollfarm - 11/19/2018 23:59
There's a few Great Plains Solid Stand 1500 units for sale within a reasonable distance. Are they a superior unit?
I have a Great Plains Solid Stand 1300 and it is a great drill. Pretty much the only drill sold new in this area is GP. One guy bought a JD, sold it after the first year and went back to GP. There isn't really a "clutch" on mine, just a sprocket that the hub separates on when you raise it up. Virtually the same setup as on the 5400 I sold. |
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