74 Row Unit Weight?

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.

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...

When told "it's not the money,it's the principle", remember, it's always the money..

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.

1939 B, 1940 B, 1941 WC, 1951 WD, 1952 CA, 1956 WD-45

most were shipped in cardboard reinforced boxes. That might have been 20-30#. But again i have packed many a 50# fertilizer bags, and Larry and I have picked up hundreds of 74 planter units - and my half was less than the bag of fertilizer whether picking up from the front clamps or the rear bar behind the wheel. I ask Larry just now and he said his memory agrees. We are wimps - we could not have picked up 222# units and carried them across the shop all day long. But I hope I am wrong proving what a stud I was :-) a looong time ago.

When told "it's not the money,it's the principle", remember, it's always the money..

I pulled one of the units off of the 333 planter tonight and wheelbarrowed it over to my shop on the press wheel. They're not terribly light, but not impossible to move by yourself. I would not be able to hoist one up to a ~30" high toolbar in transport position and get the v-bolt/u-bolt on by myself... but I am sure I could do it in the ~24" high operating toolbar position no problem since you're just bringing the parallel linkage bars up with the unit resting on the ground at that point.

Dug out the trusty old analog bathroom scale (got annoyed with the digital one with batteries that were always dead years ago). Managed to set the scale underneath in the gap between the disc openers and the press wheel in a spot where I could stand on it and deadlift the row unit (sans hopper/plate/etc. assembly and one of the toolbar mounting brackets and v-bolts, as I later realized).

I exceeded the capacity of the scale by about 30 lbs., so this is not very scientific, but taking that value and deducting my weight, I come up with right at 180 lbs. Add a few pounds for the hopper and missing bracket/u-bolt, and fudge a little because I was outside of the scale's range... I'd call it 190-200 lbs. Don't sell you and your buddy too short tbran!

1939 B, 1940 B, 1941 WC, 1951 WD, 1952 CA, 1956 WD-45

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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.
	1939 B, 1940 B, 1941 WC, 1951 WD, 1952 CA, 1956 WD-45

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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.

wjohn Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 19 Jan 2010 Location: KS Points: 2389	Post Options Post Reply Quote wjohn Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 Mar 2026 at 4:19pm
	Thank you sir!
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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...
	When told "it's not the money,it's the principle", remember, it's always the money..

Dave (Mid-MI) Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Hemlock, MI Points: 576	Post Options Post Reply Quote Dave (Mid-MI) Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 Mar 2026 at 7:34pm
	They were sold by the pair, so I cut the published weights in half.

wjohn Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 19 Jan 2010 Location: KS Points: 2389	Post Options Post Reply Quote wjohn Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 Mar 2026 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.
	1939 B, 1940 B, 1941 WC, 1951 WD, 1952 CA, 1956 WD-45

DrAllis Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Access Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Points: 22752	Post Options Post Reply Quote DrAllis Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 Mar 2026 at 8:04pm
	Sometimes a quoted weight of a part includes the package (or crate) it gets shipped in.

tbran Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Location: Paris Tn Points: 3627	Post Options Post Reply Quote tbran Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14 hours 54 minutes ago at 9:06am
	most were shipped in cardboard reinforced boxes. That might have been 20-30#. But again i have packed many a 50# fertilizer bags, and Larry and I have picked up hundreds of 74 planter units - and my half was less than the bag of fertilizer whether picking up from the front clamps or the rear bar behind the wheel. I ask Larry just now and he said his memory agrees. We are wimps - we could not have picked up 222# units and carried them across the shop all day long. But I hope I am wrong proving what a stud I was :-) a looong time ago.
	When told "it's not the money,it's the principle", remember, it's always the money..

wjohn Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 19 Jan 2010 Location: KS Points: 2389	Post Options Post Reply Quote wjohn Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 5 hours 32 minutes ago at 6:28pm
	Ha! I don't want to doubt your impressive strength either... But I am hoping you are right, for my sake, that they weigh somewhere south of 200 lbs.!
	1939 B, 1940 B, 1941 WC, 1951 WD, 1952 CA, 1956 WD-45

wjohn Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 19 Jan 2010 Location: KS Points: 2389	Post Options Post Reply Quote wjohn Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 2 hours 45 minutes ago at 9:15pm
	I pulled one of the units off of the 333 planter tonight and wheelbarrowed it over to my shop on the press wheel. They're not terribly light, but not impossible to move by yourself. I would not be able to hoist one up to a ~30" high toolbar in transport position and get the v-bolt/u-bolt on by myself... but I am sure I could do it in the ~24" high operating toolbar position no problem since you're just bringing the parallel linkage bars up with the unit resting on the ground at that point. Dug out the trusty old analog bathroom scale (got annoyed with the digital one with batteries that were always dead years ago). Managed to set the scale underneath in the gap between the disc openers and the press wheel in a spot where I could stand on it and deadlift the row unit (sans hopper/plate/etc. assembly and one of the toolbar mounting brackets and v-bolts, as I later realized). I exceeded the capacity of the scale by about 30 lbs., so this is not very scientific, but taking that value and deducting my weight, I come up with right at 180 lbs. Add a few pounds for the hopper and missing bracket/u-bolt, and fudge a little because I was outside of the scale's range... I'd call it 190-200 lbs. Don't sell you and your buddy too short tbran!
	1939 B, 1940 B, 1941 WC, 1951 WD, 1952 CA, 1956 WD-45