GP/LP 3P600 or 3P606NT user thread
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Foggy47
5 year old buck +
I have a number of good cast Iron JD weights. I think they weigh 60 or 70 lbs each. (see the pics above). I may have a dozen of those dudes.....and would sell a few if someone locally needs em. Not a give-away price....but would be reasonable. Cast iron weights are not "cheap".
At one time I used these weights to anchor my box blade when leveling some ground....but do not use them anymore. I want to keep a few (4 - for my drill).
FWIW....I often see barbell weights for sale on places like CL or Marketplace. These can be useful for our purposes....and would be relatively easy to mount on machines.
Brian662
5 year old buck +
Ok, update.
Those weights I had tipped the scale at 66# a piece which means 4 per side plus a little bracket steel comes in right at 265#, I'm willing to ride with that.
Now, the bad news and looking for input...
I mixed up a batch of -
50# rye
100# oats
50# AWP
50# winter wheat
50# buckwheat
8# radish
8# hairy vetch
Plan is to seed heavy and put that down at around 150#/acre on gear box #3 with the dial at 80, it was coming just short of that but there was a bigger problem. About every 10 cranks on the calibration wheel, the seed would stop flowing and I would have to flip the little flap between the disc openers and it would come rushing out. Seed is NOT getting stuck anywhere in the seed tubes except right at the bottom. Did I miss something in my drill setup that would stop this problem from happening or is it a seed rate problem with too much seed flowing into the opening at one time? I would hate to deal with this problem intermittently while planting, so I'm going to have to come up with something to fix it. Any help appreciated!!
Those weights I had tipped the scale at 66# a piece which means 4 per side plus a little bracket steel comes in right at 265#, I'm willing to ride with that.
Now, the bad news and looking for input...
I mixed up a batch of -
50# rye
100# oats
50# AWP
50# winter wheat
50# buckwheat
8# radish
8# hairy vetch
Plan is to seed heavy and put that down at around 150#/acre on gear box #3 with the dial at 80, it was coming just short of that but there was a bigger problem. About every 10 cranks on the calibration wheel, the seed would stop flowing and I would have to flip the little flap between the disc openers and it would come rushing out. Seed is NOT getting stuck anywhere in the seed tubes except right at the bottom. Did I miss something in my drill setup that would stop this problem from happening or is it a seed rate problem with too much seed flowing into the opening at one time? I would hate to deal with this problem intermittently while planting, so I'm going to have to come up with something to fix it. Any help appreciated!!
Wind Gypsy
5 year old buck +
I’ve not seen anything like that but that is a lot of seed too!
I seem to recall $1/lb being a ballpark # on a lot of suitcase weights when I was looking last year.
Foggy47
5 year old buck +
^^ Are you doing all that seed out of the large box? Can you split some to the small box? I suppose I have done nearly that much seed.....but have never had anything plug up. Are all the rows plugging?... or just one??
Some have said spider webs in the tubes to be an issue. Never been an issue to me. I got some long tube brushes for this purpose.....but never have used them.
Some have said spider webs in the tubes to be an issue. Never been an issue to me. I got some long tube brushes for this purpose.....but never have used them.
Wind Gypsy
5 year old buck +
I’ve had to use the brushes in mine to prevent jams if it’s been sitting a while.
Brian662
5 year old buck +
Where were the tubes clogging? In mine it is right at the bottom flapper between the double disc openers...every row.
I'm going to call GP again tomorrow to see if they've heard of this before. Hard to believe the tubes are plugged when all I have to do to release the plugging is pull back on that little rubber flapper.
Foggy47
5 year old buck +
Who do you talk to at GP on issues like this?
Brian662
5 year old buck +
1-800 customer service, I don't know. I call and ask for a service tech for the min till drills and today I talked to Doug :)
Wind Gypsy
5 year old buck +
Seemed like at the transition between the rubber tube and metal drop in the row unit. I think it was just spider web stuff there because I did not have continued issues ones I ran a tube brush through them.
Brian662
5 year old buck +
GP said that when planting in the field, the vibration/movement of those discs and the rubber flap being pulled back from soil contact should alleviate my problem. They also said that they calibrate with the seed tubes off for those reasons.
He did say I could remove or modify those rubber flaps but I'd have to take off one side of the double discs to remove that rubber piece. He said that piece is there to guide the seed into the trench and reduce seed bounce. He assured me the same seed delivery system is used on thousands of their grain drills and I won't have that problem when planting.
He did say I could remove or modify those rubber flaps but I'd have to take off one side of the double discs to remove that rubber piece. He said that piece is there to guide the seed into the trench and reduce seed bounce. He assured me the same seed delivery system is used on thousands of their grain drills and I won't have that problem when planting.
Wind Gypsy
5 year old buck +
Those rubber flaps are a great feature to combat seed bouncing out of the furrow IMO.
Foggy47
5 year old buck +
Yeah....kind of. But ahead of the rubber flap is a plastic "finger" that provides more function in this regard. I had a few rubber flaps missing when I got my drill.....and I bought replacements from Great Plains. The replacements are made to thick to fit into the slot designed for them. Expensive little dudes and they won't work. I cut some of my own out of a sheet of rubber roofing material I have.....but have not gotten around to replacing them.