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Missouri | The frame will take 6-7mph just fine. My point about not traveling that speed was planting accuracy. If you're bouncing the row unit hard enough to cause damage to the hopper boxes, think about what that's doing to the seeds in the seed tube.
As for the fiberglass boxes, well on a 2600 they are anywhere from 14 to 20-something years old now, I could see them starting to show there age. I can't say how well they hold up, because we don't sell any. People must either be buying used, aftermarket, or I have had great results using a fiberglass patch kit from napa on the only one hopper I have had to repair in 30 years.
The only strength issues we see with that frame are the one or two post castings we replace a year, and periodically an older trade in will show some stress cracks near the wing hinges, or where the top truss rail is welded to the center tube frame. I've never seen any of those get to the point of actual breakage, although it does stand to reason if they were run long enough, it would eventually happen.
1790 to 2600 is not a fair comparison. The X600 frame was updated and reinforced with the introduction of the 3600. It was updated and additional bracing added again around 2010 when ASD was added to the 3600 line. The frame also got minor updates in 2011, but I don't know if that was for structural improvement. As far as I am aware, just incorporated the weight transfer system mounts as in integral, welded part of the frame, eliminating the bolt-on brackets and related bolt on bracing.
If you're going to make a fair comparison, you need to weigh the 1790 against the 3660 | |
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Kinze 2600 Seed Box Sizes.
