Will WD pull JD 7000 planter

Oh, it will probably pull it.  Hydraulics would be my question.

It will pull it, you only need to get to about 5 mph for good planting. Lifting is simple effectively single ended cylinder for the lift and absolutely for the marker. I've planted about a decade pulling a 4 row 7000 with my MF-135 geared up and running about 1600 rpm, fast idle for that tractor. Its not a heavy load for it even notill with straight plow coulters, Dawn trash whippers, and carrying my three point sprayer to supply 32% to the ammonia knives mounted behind the (allis) plow coulters. I separated the marker from the lift so I could get the marker down quicker. It doesn't need 3000 psi hydraulics either, 2250 is what it was built for. The marker won't shorten enough to reach the center of the tractor, you set it for the far tractor wheel, and its easy to keep a front wheel in the mark for very accurate guess rows. Have you a manual, its critical for proper setup?

Gerald J.

Not in this case. Often the marker is set to 1/2 the planter width plus half a row from the outside row so the mark gets centered under the tractor. In the 4 row narrow JD planter the marker is set to half the planter width plus the tractor tire track. E.g. from the outside row for 30" rows with the tractor wheels on 60" centers, its 45" for half the planter width (3 spaces each 30") plus 60" for the tractor width.

Or by JD's measure the disk is 13 inches from the end of the marker tube. or 12" for a 36" wide row. The frame's are different length, my planter was converted from wide to narrow, so I measure from the outside row to the disk and that's 105" then JD says, "The front tire farthest from the last pass will run IN the marker disk furrow." And I find that to be way more precise than looking over the tractor hood.

You need a planter manual to make good use of the planter. I used to have a spare, but I think I sold it. I'll go look some more later.

Gerald J.

Thanks Gerald that makes sense for 30's, but I missed the part anywhere about 30" rows?

Thanks for the replies. So the only the only thing i would need to use hydraulics for would be the markers correct? 

We planted alot of corn with a D17 and a JD 7000 you can get by just fine.  Had the hydrualics rigged up so only had one hose going to the tractor. Having the markers seperate from the lift is very nice but for the 12 acres you are looking at it is not neccessary.  For 12 acres you could not get a better planter than a 7000 JD.  Had a bleeder on the return side of the cylinder.

Put an AC lift cyl from the the early years on my 6-30 7000 and tee'd the marker hose to it. Works great.  WD45 is the planting tractor. You won't have a problem with a WD on a 4 row.