I am looking at a white planter. 6 row has individual blowers on each run. I know nothing about planters. I do know lots of people on here do. The blowers were all rebuilt3 years ago. Been shredded forever by the looks of it. Used 2 years ago and worked well. I want to plant some edible beans( pinto) and corn and a friend wants to use it for RR soybeans. With not knowing the model and I can't get a picture on here can anyone tell me if it would work for three different types of seed. Will only be doing 20 acres a year. Thanks for now. I will try with a computer to post pic as my iPhone hasn't figured it out yet, and I never will lol.
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The boxes need to maintain air pressure to work good. The 5000 series boxes are getting old and are to the age that they leak air through the small cracks in the plastic boxes. Replacements are not available. 6000 series are much better, and 8000 much better yet. Steer clear of the 5000 unless it has ALWAYS been stored inside, and the boxes look new. If it has the electric fans make sure the wiring is good and the fans run good.
I'm thinking that's a 5400. It'll probably work for you if you're not too serious about farming. I had one for several years. The planter itself was trouble free,but I never quite got as good a stand as I wanted. I went to an Allis Chalmers with air units similar to those and get a lot more uniform stand with it.
I only farm 100 acres organic. Beans are at $1. Lbs My brother in sand is getting over 1000 lbs per acre so I thought would be nice to rotate beans in with my oats and flax rotation. Trying to get serious about farming , hard at such small scale thanks for replying
bradley martin
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I would walk away from it and find a 6000 series planter, with the central air blower. The 5000 series were not a great planter compared to either the competition or the later White planters. You will need a lot of alternator to run the 6 electric motors. IMHO, it is worth no more than scrap price.
White's numbering system is out of order. The 5400 is an older machine and based on the 543 plate planter frame. A 5100 planter is newer and has a central blower with much better row unit depth control and seed covering. I don't think the 5100 was all that bad of a planter for the time. Lots of parts out there for them. The 5400 I wouldn't bother with, even on small acres. Parts are an issue.
Despite what some have said the 5400 is a good unit, you just can't go as fast ground speed. What type of monitor does it have? There were a standard just blinking lights, and a seed count that you can pick out individual rows. If you are using conventional till you won't have too many depth issues. The row units on the 5100 had depth control at the opener. I can walk you through teething problems if you get it bought. I was a parts manager for an Oliver/White dealer and have a 5400, and used a 5100 (the countys no till rental was a 5100 they bought(leased?) from us back in the 80's early 90's). The 5400 planter was also sold by Ford as a model 354, and parts can be sourced through them as well as AGCO.
thanks for the replies. Now I am more confused than before. I expected that anyway, as everybody has an opinion and either you hate or love a machine. I also had an offer on a ih 6 row with cultivator that has drums for sunflowers and corn. Not sure what machine would be best for me. I will look them both over, do some more research, and decide which to buy. not like I need it for a few months yet.
Thanks again for the replies
Thanks again for the replies
Well the planter is an older one. If your ground is flat and your conventional tillage, not minimum tillage, they will pant OK not great but OK. You will need a good alternator on your tractor. Many of the guys that used them around here had a larger alternator they put on when planting. Each little electric motor is about the size/draw of a heater motor. So just think about six heater fan motors all pulling amperage. LOL
There are not many after market parts for them anymore and AGCO is not servicing them much either. For $750 your not going to get a much better planter than this one. It sounds like it has had good care. So if you can tinker some it would get you by until you get more established.
There are not many after market parts for them anymore and AGCO is not servicing them much either. For $750 your not going to get a much better planter than this one. It sounds like it has had good care. So if you can tinker some it would get you by until you get more established.
That is a White 5400. I run a 4rn with dry fert. I bought it in 08, or 09 for $750. I ran it for 3 or 4 years on 7 acres just like I bought it, and it did ok but it was certainly nothing to write home about. I rented 45 acres in 2011, and decided to break down, put a little time and money into her, and give it a chance to prove itself. I put new no-till openers, fert openers, and seed openers. Money well spent! You couldnt tell the difference between my field, and the adjoining field planted with a JD 7000. You cant plant at the speed of sound, but for my acreage that isnt a issue. What is a issue for me is no-till. The depth is set by the closing wheel that is about 2 feet behind the opener, and you might as well just leave the markers up, NOT a good system for no-till! For twenty acres if you can get it cheap Id say go for it, IF your going to do tillage. Mines been good to me.
I think I will give it a go. I do lots of till , I try to cultivate at least 4 times in spring and 1-2 in fall.
Harrow the feild smooth before seeding. I find I get good weed kill and better crop that way.
Sounds like it will be a good starter planter as I don't need to plant more than 20 acres and it doesn't have to be done in an hour or two either. Lol. I enjoy doing feild work and with only 100 acres total I have lots of time. Sounds like from what I hear on this site and other places on the net that this planter should work well if I go slow.
Just got offered to contract oats at $7.50 bushel. So will be doing 60 acres oats next year and a little wheat for chicken feed and the rest beans. Should keep me out of trouble for another year
Thanks again for the info.
Harrow the feild smooth before seeding. I find I get good weed kill and better crop that way.
Sounds like it will be a good starter planter as I don't need to plant more than 20 acres and it doesn't have to be done in an hour or two either. Lol. I enjoy doing feild work and with only 100 acres total I have lots of time. Sounds like from what I hear on this site and other places on the net that this planter should work well if I go slow.
Just got offered to contract oats at $7.50 bushel. So will be doing 60 acres oats next year and a little wheat for chicken feed and the rest beans. Should keep me out of trouble for another year
Thanks again for the info.
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