Planter
 

Got up and did some work this morning, got my harrow fixed where it can be lifted with the sleeve hitch and also modified this earthway to go behind my cub. Still need some minor tweaking to be right but looks like its going to work out pretty good. I need to add some weight over the back wheel or either remake the rear wheel out of steel instead of plastic. May make a steel one and cup it like the ones on the cole planters we have behind our big ford.

http://youtu.be/faUQ-ByQwXA

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I like it, might try to do one up sometime. A friend used 2 and made a 2 row planter, never saw him use it but I know he does. Hey, that top link pin looks like what I do!!

It fell out just about 30mins prior to the picture when I was harrowing and I didn't notice it till the end of the row when I went to lift. By then it was long gone so that chainsaw wrench got stuck in there as a subitute.

Great idea, maybe try and get a fertilizer hopper attached somehow, that would also help with your weight issue:beerchug:

If you move it a couple feet closer to the tractor and use non-floating lift straps so that you can put down pressure on it, you should have an easier time getting it into the ground.

I agree and am going to work toward this, I planted with it this afternoon and it worked ok. I had to go back and cover some with a rake but still beats the crap outta planting every seed with a hoe like we used to.

Any ideas on how to work a fertilizer hopper into the mix I have never really seen how they work on big planters we have an old knocker style that goes on a cultivator but that would be pretty time and labor intensive to miniaturize.

Your planter is neat! Thanks for sharing your vid with us.

they make a fert. attachment for that planter. google earthway.:beerchug:

Excellent for 35 bucks im going to pick one up what's the best fertilizer to put down when planing? I have heard not to use any nitrogen in a "starter fertilizer".

here is a link to a PDF on starter fertilizers very informative well researched piece

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...s-pHjz_g_PNrSg