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Well really, doesn't matter how many row... you can have 20row units on there if you like.... i see on the JD website there is different configurations... 48rows on 24m/80ft!!!!!

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One of the planters got stuck and is now three 16 row planters, and another one is two 24 row planters now. That was what I heard a couple weeks ago, don't know when it actually happened. Those two are within 50 miles of me. I would assume they got them fixed.
 
I know they had to do some updating on the outside folding portion because the weld was not strong enough, but had not heard they were that broken up. I'll find out eventually...not the kind of thing you call up a guys cell to ask. If it didn't I know one guy that will keep having a good laugh over it.
 
A urban legend in the making, eh? What puzzles me, is in order for this to even be true, a farmer was out planting in mud. Really? MUD?!!!

I'm no expert on planters, but I can see where they may not work too well in enough mud to cause one to get stuck. Wouldn't mud also clog the holes the seeds are supposed to come out of?

Until further research or testimony, I'll concur with Rupert on this.
 
Busting up ones planter or having a accident is nothing to ever laugh at. The stress farmers are under during seeding is intense enough without having some computer desk jockey rubbernecking around and laugh at anothers misfortune. If we see pictures of someone eles misfortune we should use the visual to remind our selves to be careful, be careful, be careful and to keep safe. You never know when misfortune might happen to yourself. Sorry for the rant and everyone be safe.
 
A lot of guys end up planting when they probably shouldn't, especially when they've had as wet of a spring as in the Corn Belt. I've even mudded in crops before. There could be several reasons why the planters in question ended up in a mud hole. Maybe there was a low spot that was wet, but the farmer couldn't tell from the tractor and ended up planting through it.

The seeds tubes don't usually plug up, the bigger problems come from mud sticking to the gauge wheels, closing wheels, and opener discs.
 
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