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Tom in TN 02-10-2013 10:58:42 70.197.161.74 Report to Moderator	Jim, The Maury County Farmer's Co-Op in Columbia, TN rents a no-till planter. However, you need about a 5,000 horsepower tractor to pull it. My little Ford 2000 wouldn't be able to pull it across the parking lot. Tom in TN [Reply]   [No Email]
Jim SC 02-10-2013 11:04:39 70.35.64.21 Report to Moderator	Re: No Till Corn Planter Rental in reply to Tom in TN, 02-10-2013 10:58:42   WOW! I was lookin' for something a bit smaller to no-till 15 acres of long time hay field. Don't think my 72 HP Ford diesel would pull that either...hmmmm, maybe if I hooked my 8N in front to give some "real" HP? hehe Guess I'll have to plow it in this year. Thanks. [Reply]  [No Email]
jbp 02-10-2013 16:00:43 64.57.160.134 Report to Moderator	Re: No Till Corn Planter Rental in reply to Jim SC, 02-10-2013 11:04:39   Don't be scared off by those that say how hard a no-till planter pulls. All you are doing is opening a slit in the ground 1 inch wide and about 1 and 1/2 inches deep, then filling it back up for each row planted. How much power can that take? The first time I planted any no-till back in the late sixties, the largest tractor I had was a Ford 860. There was talk of how hard a planter pulled and a four row unit required a sixty HP tractor. The 860 pulled it easily in fourth gear at 1500 RPMs at four+ MPH as that was the recomended speed. I have a neighbor who uses a 4600 Ford with a six row no-til and leaves his 5000 sitting in the shed. Says he just likes the 4600 better. Joe [Reply]  [No Email]