We got started with our plots this week. The landowner and my buddy were at the farm on Sunday and disc'ed up some of the fields we plan to put corn and beans in this year. So today I left work a little early and went up to plant some corn.
We have two JD 7000s, a 6 row and a 4 row. I set up the 6 row. Set the 'transmission' for the rate I wanted, lubed all the chains, greased the zerks, filled the seed boxes, then headed out!
The field I planted today is a total of 9 acres. Last year 5 acres were in beans and 4 in corn. We rotate those crops, so today it was 5 acres of corn for me.
Some pics of the progress and finished product. The row markers on this planter do not work, so it got a little wavy as I worked from the center out.
We still need to get our beans and hopefully get them planed in the next couple weeks.
After I got done I headed over to another plot the landowner had hit with the disc. He said that while disc'ing he had ran over a nice shed. He saw it at the very last second and couldn't get stopped before he hit it. Thing is, he couldn't find it after he hit it!! So I went a looking. Took about 2 minutes for me to spot it. Either he is flat ass blind, or he turned it up to the top on a subsequent pass.
We have two JD 7000s, a 6 row and a 4 row. I set up the 6 row. Set the 'transmission' for the rate I wanted, lubed all the chains, greased the zerks, filled the seed boxes, then headed out!
The field I planted today is a total of 9 acres. Last year 5 acres were in beans and 4 in corn. We rotate those crops, so today it was 5 acres of corn for me.
Some pics of the progress and finished product. The row markers on this planter do not work, so it got a little wavy as I worked from the center out.
We still need to get our beans and hopefully get them planed in the next couple weeks.
After I got done I headed over to another plot the landowner had hit with the disc. He said that while disc'ing he had ran over a nice shed. He saw it at the very last second and couldn't get stopped before he hit it. Thing is, he couldn't find it after he hit it!! So I went a looking. Took about 2 minutes for me to spot it. Either he is flat ass blind, or he turned it up to the top on a subsequent pass.
