JD 140 planting garden

[mondo78]

Thinking about maybe doing that with mine. But I have a sleeve hitch so it will have to be a little different. Just another creative way to play with those great old JD garden tractors.

[zekeasaur]

the only problem i can see with that is that the tractor is much wider than the planter (i mean you need to add more to it) its gonna be hard to plant a whole garden with that because youll be running over seed you just planted when your planting the next row. Other than that great idea!

[mondo78]

@zekeasaur Did you watch the video? Dosen't look like he had a problem with that. He was planting with a lot of room between rows. If you want it closer you can just follow the tire track from the other row. I mean how close do you plant your rows anyway?

[ChallengerMT875B]

nice where did you got the planter?

[ke5hbd]

Now I like that idea and I will use your idea to plant some this year after it stops snowing.

[bretterke]

joeng da moete pas tam voor zijn om da mee zo een prut tractuurke te doen als ge het met de hand doe is het nog sneller

[ChallengerMT875B]

what is that for a planter? where did you got them?

[sp00ktube]

Good idea, I was planing on building the one I designed but I could just buy 6 of these and link them together with aluminum angle and come out cheaper. Mine will be a pull behind with an electric numatic lift do curves won't be a problem. Probably replace the plastic wheels with some that will last longer and handle weight.

[jq730d]

Thanks.

It's not as precise a planter as I'd hoped but those units cost big $

Your idea sounds good though. Good luck with it.

[sp00ktube]

Thanks. I have one of them but like you say it's not percise but I think with adition of some better tires that would stick to the ground better maybe it wouldn't tend to skip, but as far as dropping 2 seed in one spot, I doubt any one could do anything about that. It for sure needs a lid so when the grabber get binded up it shoot see out the top lol.

[jeanrainbow]

In the Contrary Farmer the author talks about connecting 2 seeders together with 2x4's to plant his 2 acres of corn. Good exercise and a hell of a lot cheaper then a seeding attachment to his tractor.

[jq730d]

Exercise? What if you have a health problem?

[cindyandyogi]

is there a row ie next row or just guess

[jq730d]

Kind of depends on what I'm planting. I use the wheel track from the last row. Some are wider, some are more narrow. Usually drive down the wheel track and it's about right.

[DodyFarms]

Nice John Deere!

[porkchp1]

I don't comment on these things much but....way too cool! has anyone priced one of these planters lately? over $100!!!

To the ones that say "lazy" ....work smart-- not hard!

[jq730d]

I saw one at a local farm supply store with a 79.95 price on it this last week. It may have been a carry over. I bought this one a few years ago after the garden season - they threw in a complete set of plates along with the planter for a very reasonable price. Probably couldn't do that now.

[farmallBoy2015]

cool but lazy:)

[jq730d]

When you get older you'll appreciate it more. I'm planting over 100 rows and each one is over 100 feet long. That's a bit more than my heart likes.

[sricketts282b]

Thats lazy........ I love it!

[TractorWorld]

cool my grandpa has one of those planters and he uses it in his garden I help because the garden is about 1 acar

[99minerkc]

What were you planting, corn?

[jq730d]

Early stuff - lettuce, radish's, beets, stuff like that.

[MasterOptimusPrime]

awesome is it hard to make attachments for a lawn tractor , cause i want to get one

[ScottF250]

Its not hard if you have the right tools and a lil bit of common sense. Without the right tools, it can be a real PITA

[fordwillkillyou]

Nice tractor!!! =D

[CMLovejoy]

Wow!  Thats genius! Nice.

[jq730d]

Thanks - it works well - sure shrinks planting a large garden.

[wggreen]

Very slick!