I've wondered about this as well Wiil. I can't see why it wouldn't. Obviously you would have to defuse the air, but I can't see how it would get too uneven too quickly. It would also allow to put starter fert on with the air cart as well, providing you have a dual shoot system.

 

I think a guy would have to turn cart fan and clutch on intermittently to make it work good, the prob I think would be metering it from the cart at the same rate as the planter so I think I would go a little overboard on the meter on the cart and just turn run it till the boxes are full and shut her down till boxes get down around a 1/4. I have seen some set up that way with like old prasco and concord carts but still ain't sure exactly how they went about doing it

 

Yea Will it work we have it set up on our 12 row 1720 with a front mounted airseeder.
I just wack the pipe in the top set it on a high rate a turn it on every now and then.
Works well for what we do do it with mungbeans and forage sorghum.

 

Flexicoil had a meter that allowed them to feed corn planters. It was available for the 40 series tanks I believe when they built their corn planters (9000 series). It basically turned their tank into a nurse tank like on the central fill planters.

It can be found in their parts, but that would probably be extremely costly to piece together.

 

bleeding air

you could use the Dutch Airguard to bleed the air from the line prior to the seed box.

 

Thanks guys. I'm not hearing that it's impossible so might give it a try.

I have read about the flexicoil type meter. If it's the one I think it is I'm still not sure how it doesn't just plug the lines. In any case I'm not keen to alter the air cart too much as we will still be using it on a drill.

Thanks

Will

 

I believe the case 1245 early riser planter works on the same principal as you are wanting to make. The nurse tanks feed the hoppers and the air just goes to the next seed box and keeps them full. I think you could use a cart like you suggest if you have a look at they do it.

 

Thanks. I'll have a look

Will