John deere planter ID and opinions.

I could be wrong, but I think the reason there is no number on the frame is because that is an aftermarket or home made frame. Somebody has come up with a clever way to make an old 7x00 planter a narrow transport because that is likely necessary in Europe?

DDF said:

I could be wrong, but I think the reason there is no number on the frame is because that is an aftermarket or home made frame. Somebody has come up with a clever way to make an old 7x00 planter a narrow transport because that is likely necessary in Europe?

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Thanks for your help

That's a good point, now you mention it it does have a home made look to it and that would explain why I haven't been able to find one like it. So if its a 7x00, its going to be from the 1990s or something like that?

We are lucky in France that we can legally go to 3.5m which is about 11ft without an escort on the road though even that width is tricky in some places. Some places in europe you have to fold to below 10ft. When I see things like field cultivators that are 20 ft wide or more folded up I wonder how you cope. .

How does the mechanical metering work on these JD 7x00 planters and will it handle sunflowers as well as corn?

Looks like well made folding hitch, but 11 rows seems odd.

I think some of the 7000 planters were from the '80s or later '70s.

It looks like 7000 planting units so like redrivereast said, it will be from the 70's or 80's.
Nothing wrong with mechanical drive, unless you want to do variable rate.
I actually miss the simplicity of mechanical drive sometimes.
Read the seed population charts in the book, change the top and bottom sprocket, choose high or low range and away you go. On older planters like this you will want to inspect all the mechanical drive components for wear, to see how much you will need to put into it once you get it home; drive chains, sprockets, finger pick ups, etc.