cole belly 1 row planter for farmall 140

Anonymous-0 · Feb 19, 2012

my friend is not computer savvy and he just bought a farmall 140 and a pallet full of parts that includes a cole duplex belly planter, my questions:

do you think the cole went to the 140, what model is the cole planter? and where can we get a manual that shows what parts we need to connect it to the belly of the tractor, he also has questions about the planter plates, what plate plants what and seed spacing, where can we get this info so i can print it out for him?

mkirsch · Feb 20, 2012

Cole Manufacturing still builds planters, and they have a website. They do not have documentation available for download, but you should be able to call them and order the documentation.

Odds are pretty slim that you'll find this published on the web anywhere. Like your friend most Cole planter owners are not "web savvy" to the point where they'd build a website for the sole purpose of posting the documentation.

Mark-Mi · Feb 20, 2012

I downloaded a manual for Cole Planet Jr. units a few years ago. Manual is over at the shop. I will have to take a look and see where I downloaded from.

LMack · Feb 20, 2012

There is a number on the back of the plate. Using that number and the manual you will be able to determine the intended seed. IH plates will say something like CORN MEDIUM FLAT, CORN LARGE FLAT or PEAS. Drill spacing will be set by switching out internal or external cogs depending on the model of the planter. You will need the manual to figure this out. If no manual you can determine the spacing by experiment rolling the loaded planter over a know distance and counting the seed. If you are going to use this planter to plant garden stuff it is going to plant it too thick anyway and I would suggest a corn plate in one hopper and a peanut or large bean plate in the other. Use the corn plate to plant sweet corn which is small grained. You will tend to plant it too thick but it is easer to thin than to plant by hand. Use the large bean plate to plant anything that has to be thick in the drill such as snap beans.

screwstick · Feb 21, 2012

I would imagine that the Cole Planter is a trailing unit, not belly mount. Depending on the age of the planter, Cole had two different size plates and you will have to determine which size you have to determine the spacing. After you know this, you can look through these charts to get the seed spacing and numbers for plate identification.
[b:db845d84c4]Cole Plate Identification Chart[/b:db845d84c4]
[b:db845d84c4]Cole Spacing Chart[/b:db845d84c4]

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