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north central Ohio | If not on a high speed planter where you need the capability of the extra force from hydraulics then no advantage. Just run a high enough downforce that unit is down at all times. Smearing of side walls has little to do with downforce as it does with just plain being to wet. The seed disc rotating is what smears a side wall not the downforce. I do know of a 3 year study with a split planter from a university paid for by those selling these attachments. Being it was paid for by the companies selling and not done independently by the university the university was not able to get permission to release results due to the outcome. A straight set rate high enough to meet worst conditions in field yielded the most vs the active hydraulic. What they learned was they weren’t getting hurt by to much downforce as they were from not enough. Hydraulic downforce is definitely a nice feature but weigh pins on a couple units on a planter will help you set a spring air or hydraulic planter up to do a good job and insure it is maintaining contact clear across a field. | |
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Anybody seen or done a split planter down pressure study?
