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Midnight Harvester
Posted 6/30/2012 12:53 (#2458427)
Subject: Case IH 5400 Soybean Special Good or Bad


White Cross, NC		Looking for a 15" planter just to plant soybeans and grain sorghum and thought about a 15' Case IH 5400 Soybean special with the planter row units. How good of a job does it put seed in the ground and cover it up on No-till ground ( sod or into wheat stubble). Will it no-till without the coulter cart in front? And what do yall thank about putting the SI seed belts on it?

Thanks
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Farmer Dale
Posted 6/30/2012 13:12 (#2458442 - in reply to #2458427)
Subject: RE: Case IH 5400 Soybean Special Good or Bad



Casey Illinois		Planter units are the best on the market without adding extras,will no till without cutters. SI meters would be a plus on spacing
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IHSMOKE
Posted 6/30/2012 13:54 (#2458503 - in reply to #2458427)
Subject: Re: Case IH 5400 Soybean Special Good or Bad



LUMBERTON NC		JUNK row units on one that friend of mine had would keep breaking at the welds on the frame ......replaced 2 or 3 then just took the thing apart and rewelded the frames as they broke remember one place the welds where just on two sides of the frame not welded all the way around the 2 x 2 tube.....
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Midnight Harvester
Posted 6/30/2012 14:45 (#2458562 - in reply to #2458503)
Subject: Re: Case IH 5400 Soybean Special Good or Bad


White Cross, NC		IHSMOKE- on a soybean special? with the Case IH planter units? Everybody says they are the best thats ever been made?
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IHSMOKE
Posted 6/30/2012 18:44 (#2458936 - in reply to #2458562)
Subject: Re: Case IH 5400 Soybean Special Good or Bad



LUMBERTON NC		well two farmers i know of took brand new ones and trashed them in 3 years ........ just would not hold up to the abuse of no-till
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Pofarmer
Posted 6/30/2012 19:21 (#2458986 - in reply to #2458936)
Subject: Re: Case IH 5400 Soybean Special Good or Bad



The one I have, about all it's ever done is no-till. Never do anything but replace blades and bearings and downpressure tubes. You may have some challenging no-till, though.
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Cliff SEIA
Posted 6/30/2012 15:41 (#2458646 - in reply to #2458427)
Subject: RE: Case IH 5400 Soybean Special Good or Bad


We ran one for seven years and always had a good stand of beans behind it.  We never had a problem getting seed into hard ground with it without any coulters.  Personally I would skip the belt meters and put that money into a good population monitor and add an electric actuator to the population setting lever so you can change the population from the cab.  I always felt that the 5400 was easy to fine tune the population on compared to other drills and the chart would get you very close to perfect. 

 

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Illinois John
Posted 6/30/2012 19:55 (#2459038 - in reply to #2458646)
Subject: RE: Case IH 5400 Soybean Special Good or Bad


Crawford County, Robinson, Illinois

Cliff SEIA - 6/30/2012 14:41

.  Personally I would skip the belt meters and put that money into a good population monitor

 



I mounted my 5400 with 900 units directly on the three point, did some no till, but not a whole lot.  I used the population monitor from my 900 corn planter after adding sensors to the row units just like on the planter.  I loved that unit, only trouble I had was a sway block broke on my 7140, the wheel on the drill ruined an outside duel.  Be sure you have a lot of weight on the front if you don't use a cart, when the box is full, I had to brake the tractor around at the end, as the front was so light it wouldn't turn it.  Worked great except for hills, afraid to turn on the ends, if hill was steep, I backed around at the end so as not to lose control.  Loved the job it did on beans, I did no till a lot of pasture ground, hence the hills I mentioned.  Could put beans in fescue stubble and get them covered, even when dry.  I never broke any row units on mine. 

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Pofarmer
Posted 6/30/2012 19:24 (#2458992 - in reply to #2458427)
Subject: Re: Case IH 5400 Soybean Special Good or Bad



I have run one now for 3 years. Ran the straight drill version for a few years before that. Seed singulation won't be perfect, that's a given. But, the row units are fine, and they will no till fine. Don't turn with them in the ground. It will often leave a slightly open slot in sod, doesn't matter, they still come up fine.
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BBfarms
Posted 6/30/2012 19:43 (#2459020 - in reply to #2458427)
Subject: Haven't found any "bad" yet...


SE Michigan		Been using mine for about 7 seasons now. Will plant a good stand in the middle of the road if you wanted, with a Yetter cart if front of it.

Cannot understand what IHSMOKE was talking about, been planting in SE-MI yellow clay for years now and haven's had one issue with anything.....

Just two things to watch,,,,,,needs a heavy tractor to pull with a cart in front due to the negative toung weight, and un-hook the seed tubes over the winter when it's "UP" or they will streach out of shape.

Overall, would not want anything else for beans.....

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Jon
Posted 6/30/2012 19:57 (#2459041 - in reply to #2458427)
Subject: RE: Case IH 5400 Soybean Special Good or Bad



Callao Missouri		I have one as well. I took the markers off and widened out the drive wheels on the side so I can pick it up with the 3pt hitch of my 3594 case with duals on. It is a planting sob. I bought mine wore out and put blades boots, firming points and bearings on it. It has been trouble free for a couple years now. Jon
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catwrench55
Posted 6/30/2012 20:54 (#2459136 - in reply to #2459041)
Subject: Re: Case IH 5400 Soybean Special Good or Bad


Would it be feasable to make a twin row planter from one of these, like a poor mans crustbuster twin peanut planter. Would the SI meters flow meter peanuts without crushing?
Sorry to hi jack
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Roger/TN
Posted 6/30/2012 22:03 (#2459241 - in reply to #2458427)
Subject: RE: Case IH 5400 Soybean Special Good or Bad



Murfreesboro, Tennessee		We ran one for years. Great planter. A 30 foot one will have negative tongue weight, but overall a very good planter in my opinion.
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farmallmike
Posted 7/1/2012 07:15 (#2459593 - in reply to #2458427)
Subject: Re: Case IH 5400 Soybean Special Good or Bad


Been thinking of finding one this winter and takeing the drill box off and mounting a couple 800 cyclo hoppers on it. Put high rate sensors in all the tubes and a planter transmison and it would be a awsome 15" beanplanter.
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EH1660
Posted 7/1/2012 08:51 (#2459697 - in reply to #2459593)
Subject: Re: Case IH 5400 Soybean Special Good or Bad


I've had one for 10years & no-til in stalks with a yetter cart with coulters. I've had no weld probems. I do have SImeters on it. It probem don't space much better, but once set it on 180,000 & put any seed size in & go. I really like it.

Edited by EH1660 7/1/2012 08:53
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Midnight Harvester
Posted 7/1/2012 09:24 (#2459742 - in reply to #2459697)
Subject: Re: Case IH 5400 Soybean Special Good or Bad


White Cross, NC		Thanks everybody for your input now all i need to do is just have one sitting on my property by next spring
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Cliff SEIA
Posted 7/1/2012 10:05 (#2459821 - in reply to #2459593)
Subject: Re: Case IH 5400 Soybean Special Good or Bad


We went from our 5400 to a 15" 800 bean planter and in my opinion I'd stick with the drill box.  The population isn't quite as nice with the drill box but you just dump seed in it and drive, no plugged seed tubes or hydraulic hoses to blow. 

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