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Alton, Ia | I've planted with White, Deere (1760), Great Plains~1625) and now Case 2140. We feel the Case row unit is by far the best design. The pulled gauge wheels work well, the offset disks do very well in no-till or even regular till with the occasional residue in row. Much easier to slice something with one cutting edge, whereas two edges can and will push it down along the furrow. The closing system works very well, we have the air closing pressure system, so we can easily adjust it if desired. It's surprising, but we usually just tweak it one or two psi at a time. You don't want the closing wheels running lower than the seed, they can lift soil up when that deep and ruin seed depth. You don't need to run the disks anywhere near that deep to get good closure. It is annoying trying to dig for seed though, there is usually no evidence of a trench left behind, it's all nice mellow soil. With the other closing systems, we could always find the trench sidewalls, even if they weren't hard or smeared, there was still evidence. 95% of the time, we do not see that with the Case. Like I said, sometimes it's very frustrating to find the damn seed!
The 2000 series has a very nice depth adjustment system, you can fine-tune each row off-season, so zero= zero, and then all the rows are spot on. We plant corn at 2.25, and every kernel I've dug with this planter has been exactly at 2.25" deep. Same with beans, 1.25" and every one is where it should be. We notill 20" beans into 20" corn and the planter handle the residue fine.
IMHO, Precision's Furrow Force is a copy of the Case, but don't say that to a Precision person at a farm show, unless you want fireworks.
Case has some very good videos on Youtube about the planter design and performance.
For the negatives:
The row unit parallel arms fasteners could be better. There is slop in the frame hole and from the bushing to the bolt threads, so basically you are relying on the bushing being clamped tight between the flange nut and the frame weldment for "tightness". A little wear, you get row unit wiggle. There is a plastic bushing that wears, and the recommendation is to replace before it is worn all the way thru, so evidently Case does not feel row units have to be that solidly mounted. Maybe they are right. Don't know. There is aftermarket, such as Precision Planting Solutions, that have kits, but maybe not necessary.
The hydraulic valves have a tendency to stick the first couple days in Spring. Sitting for 11 months isn't good for valves I guess. We've had it a couple springs now, after a few hours the kinks are out and away we go, but they do stick at first.
The factory hydraulic hoses, at least on ours, were bought from some Chinese back alley clown. Have had a couple fail due to weathering, so check any used machine over carefully.
Otherwise, planter works great.
Edited by Oliver1 5/14/2025 16:50
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