Dallas Center IA 515-720-2463 | The links that rocknkcattleinc posted are correct.
If you want the offset covering wheels, plus the easy lever adjust the second link for the closing wheel assembly is the way to go.
I think it was about $135-
You do not need to put new Closing Wheel Arms on to use the Stud Kit. If you feel your present arms are in decent shape, you can go with the studs for about $88- per row. [ Stud kit $16- plus two wheels at $36- ea ]
The bolt type closing wheels are $6- higher than the roll pin type. [ $36 vs $30- ] I feel you will get much more life out of the bigger bearing wheel. Enough more life to more than make up for the extra $6-
Jamison Drive cost- rocknkcattleinc posted $1800- to $2000- I feel he is probably about right.
Mine was $1300- in 2004. But I also got extra stuff to build a above the bar tranny. With the price increases in the last ten years $2000- does not seem out of line.
Rawson Drive price - I feel rocknkcattleinc is low, very low. Back when I got a used planter with Rawson Drive, 2007, I was told $4300- for a single motor drive. And about $6200- for a two motor drive. That was from Rawson people.
Plus all hoses, and you will want a Wisker Switch to turn it on and off. About $250- in 2007. There can be a lot of hydraulic hose on a two motor drive.
However that is with a Rawson control box. Today many hydraulic drives are controlled by a GPS display suck as a Trimble 750, Ag Leader Versa and others. Not having to buy the control box from Rawson would cheapen it up a bunch.
But not enough to pay for the GPS display.
I fully believe a Deere 7000 can be rebuilt / updated to plant as good as the new ones.
Note: Back in the early 1960s a Deere company man at a open house said a old 490 can count out seeds just as good as a then brand new 494A.
But when it comes to attachments, the 494A has a whole lot more and better ones.
The same is true today. 35 year 7000 in Good shape vs a new Deere.
A 7000 takes a whole lot less hydraulic to run.
Pic is the Jamison Contact Wheel Drive on my 7000 soybean planter. It is a wheels in front planter. The top of the bar tranny is made from Jamison supplied parts.
The hydraulic motor and chain are for shop running only. In the field the chain is off and the hoses are not hooked up.
Edited by Bobby Greif 1/11/2013 17:02
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