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wjohn 
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Posted: 15 Mar 2026 at 1:00pm |
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Does anybody have a price list or similar document that would show the weight of a 74 row unit? I have an owner's manual and the only thing I can find in it related to weight is that the hoppers hold approximately 75 lbs. of seed.
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1939 B, 1940 B, 1941 WC, 1951 WD, 1952 CA, 1956 WD-45
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Dave (Mid-MI)
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Posted: 15 Mar 2026 at 2:23pm |
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1981 price list shows 225 lbs for complete unit with mounting hardware for 3-1/2" bar and press wheel, and and 171 lbs for unit without mountings or press wheel.
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Posted: 15 Mar 2026 at 4:19pm |
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Thank you sir!
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1939 B, 1940 B, 1941 WC, 1951 WD, 1952 CA, 1956 WD-45
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tbran
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Posted: Yesterday at 11:32am |
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Was that for a unit or a pair ? i don't think I can pick up 225 #'s but I do remember being carful not to pinch a finger and lift a unit by the front cross member an at the depth control strap w/o hopper for a moment to install the v bolts.... two people could easily load a unit.... maybe I was stronger 50 years ago than I thought...
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Posted: 15 hours 56 minutes ago at 7:34pm |
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They were sold by the pair, so I cut the published weights in half.
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Posted: 15 hours 38 minutes ago at 7:52pm |
I am a little surprised that the mounting brackets + press wheel weigh 54 pounds. I presume those were listed separately because you could select those options individually (different sized toolbars, and different styles of press wheels) from the base 74 row unit. The brackets and u-bolts can't weigh even... 10 pounds? And the press wheel can't be 44 pounds, then, to get to the 54 pound total?
Not arguing... Just wondering if the press wheels are that much heavier than I figured, or something.
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DrAllis
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Posted: 15 hours 26 minutes ago at 8:04pm |
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Sometimes a quoted weight of a part includes the package (or crate) it gets shipped in.
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