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| Since 1997 we have owned a Kinze 12/23 2600, a JD 1790 16/32, a Kinze 3600 16/32, & am currently running a CIH 1240 24x20" planter. For simplicity the 2600 Kinze was the best and did a good job of singulating seeds but you had to watch grade sizes as a too large or small of bean would cause problems & you'd have to change seed plates. Same for the 3600 but it never spaced corn as accurately as the 2600 did, partly becuase of a slight change in meter design & partly because we were running a lot higher pops with the 3600, 38-40,000 compared to 32-34,000 with the 2600. The 1790 was one of the worst planters I have ever owned as far as seed spacing & was a PITA to load indivudual bags into. The 1240 does a real nice job of seed spacing & depth control, & is easy to load with individual bags. Unfortunately we have had several different issues with the planter since buying it new last year. If Kinze would have had the bulk fill planter they have now instead of what they had when we bought the 1240 we probably would have went that way instead. Seems like we are always working on the 1240. :~(. When working right it's probably the best planter on the market. If we could only keep it running. | |
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The best 15" row soybean planter is???
