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Manitoba, Canada | I guess ours would fit the category of "franken planter," took a 36r20 DB60 bought 12 more XP row units and added a second 7x7 bar that folds similar to a 1790 to make a 24r30 twin/48r15 planter. Unfortunately ours isn't set up to be timed to a diamond pattern like a monosem or great plains, the only easy way to do that is graham electric drives. As for shutoffs, I don't see why it would be any different than a 15" planter like a 1790 with every second row slightly set back (ours is just 3 section hyd. shutoffs). The only thing with harvesting that could be considered a problem is that you can't harvest as close to the ground, so chopping corn headers don't work well.
Advantages that we've noticed: faster canopy creating less weed pressure, better standability, haven't had time in spring to do any comparison trials yet though so whether it yields better or not is anyone's guess,
disadvantages: LOTS more moving parts to maintain and adjust, requires narrower tires, nearly impossible to set jd CCS system right with more than 32 row units, more power to pull, | |
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