Given I am unable to plant today due to the wet weather, I figured it would be a good time to post what I have learned so far using our White 8824 planter for the first time. Once we got all the initial issues worked out it has been planting flat seed corn in the 97%-98% singulation range and rounds at 98% to 99.6%. We are using an AgLeader Integra monitor. I have been very impressed with this planter so far. Notes & Tips:
Again, overall very impressed with what I have seen so far with this planter. To get 99% accuracy out of the factory is pretty darn good. We were able to achieve that with our Deere 1760 but only through the use of Precision Planting eSet meters. Only negatives I have right now is the weight in gummy conditions and the folding mechanism. Folding can be a little tricky if you don't have a completely level area to perform it. Last, I have attached our operating sheet which we place in the tractor for this planter. If it helps anyone else out there feel free to use it.
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Earlier this year we bought a John Deere 8410 tractor from a dealer and discovered it had warrantied rear tires on it. They started failing once we removed the duals to start side dressing corn. The dealer would not do anything about it so we decided to contact Titan directly. We realized it wasn't their fault but figured it wouldn't hurt. After receiving an email and phone call from the President / CEO directly we were introduced to one of their field engineers. Never have I had a company respond to a situation as well as Titan did. Needless to say they took care of us and want to make sure the Goodyear / Titan brand is regarded highly in the agriculture market. I know all of our tires from this point on will be Goodyear & Titan. We recently rented a vertical tillage machine which was our first experience with this type of equipment. It did a really nice job preparing the seedbed in one pass; however, I am not sure if they are worth their price tag? Probably would find a used one if we ever made the investment. This one has angled gangs like a disc which is supposed to allow more lateral soil movement. Pulled it with our Deere 8410 @ 8 MPH. Anyone else noticing how much used equipment has gone up in the past year. A decent disc is now twice as much as it was a year ago it seems.
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