Planters JD Planter Repairs
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Farmwithjunk
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SCDolphin said:
Drive chains....any bicycle shop. Yep...
Seed boxes and misc. hardware are same as just about any Deere plate-type planter. Shop for a junk/donor planter. 246/247, 494/495, 290/490, ect. I have a set of the fiberglass seed boxes and a set of older smaller steel boxes for mine. The old steel boxes are off of a 246 I scrapped out a few years ago. There's ONE box on ebay now.
Seed plates are easy to come by. Lincoln Ag sells 'em new. (About $12 each) Hundreds of 'em on EBAY. Get yourself a #71 parts manual too. EBAY again.
Many of the parts are still available through Mother Deere (at a mind numbing price no doubt) Yetter, who made the #71 for Deere, now has manufacturing rights. They sell their own rendition of the planter. I'm sure you could order replacement parts through them also. Once again, get ready for a major case of sticker shock though.
MODiesel
Silver Member
Deere has most of the smaller parts available for not too much $$. I ended up replacing a few springs and such on my two row 71, and I don't think anything was too outrageous. Oh, except for one of the gears that turns the seed plate. The one gear was something like $25 or $30!
Anyway, your local Deere parts counter should know the thing by heart. They'll be able to get you going.
- Jay
Anyway, your local Deere parts counter should know the thing by heart. They'll be able to get you going.
- Jay
I have excellent hoppers that I sell for $100 and ones with a bit of rust on them but will last for many years at $50. I have the other parts that you need too, including the chains and springs, etc. Let me everything you need and I can give you a bid.