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Post by austin7930 on Jan 26, 2012 14:29:08 GMT -5
I have all but signed the papers on a 95' 7200 16 row conservation planter. After talking to a few people about it and saying i would be running it with a 4440 a few guys said it would never be able to run it, some guys said it would have its hands full but it would do it, and some said it wouldn't have a problem. I would get a PTO pump to run the fans so i am not concerned about hydraulic capacity, but from what I've been told a 4440 isn't heavy enough to pull it. I'm not sure where this is coming from since I've pulled a 12 row 7000 with it for years and the 4440 doesn't even act like anything is back there.
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Post by PAChad on Jan 26, 2012 14:58:08 GMT -5
We have a 79 4440 that's been turned up to 150 hp. It would know that 16 row is back there for sure IMO. If you don't have a lot of hills, you might be fine. How much dry/liquid fert are you going to have on the planter?
200+hp is more of what I see out here in PA on 16 row planters.
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Post by austin7930 on Jan 26, 2012 15:27:10 GMT -5
We have a 79 4440 that's been turned up to 150 hp. It would know that 16 row is back there for sure IMO. If you don't have a lot of hills, you might be fine. How much dry/liquid fert are you going to have on the planter? 200+hp is more of what I see out here in PA on 16 row planters. 0, all it will have is the 1.6 bushel seed hoppers, we are also going to take off the insecticide boxes in the back. |
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Post by TwoTone on Jan 26, 2012 16:47:29 GMT -5
Ive seen one pulled by a 4240 so I think you will be fine
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Post by 70ds on Jan 26, 2012 21:03:46 GMT -5
I think you will be able to do it. I think it will have it's hands full though.
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Post by austin7930 on Jan 27, 2012 1:03:21 GMT -5
We have two fields with some decent hills, but most of our ground is decently flat.
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Post by jfs209 on Jan 27, 2012 11:42:27 GMT -5
If your ground is mostly flat you won't have any problems. I'm assuming you are a no-till or min-till operation? Also are you running radials and duals?
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Post by austin7930 on Jan 27, 2012 11:48:24 GMT -5
If your ground is mostly flat you won't have any problems. I'm assuming you are a no-till or min-till operation? Also are you running radials and duals? we are conventional till, our 4440 has dual 18.4 38's |
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Post by Chris Colflesh on Jan 27, 2012 11:57:26 GMT -5
i'd make sure you got some wieght to it because i know a 4440 is a light tractor compared to a case of similar power
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Post by CRFarms on Jan 28, 2012 15:41:42 GMT -5
Our friend ran a set-up like that and planted some of our land when we were farming. He was putting out 160 hp put it would still grunt hard. We had moderately hilly land though.
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Post by AgriKing on Jan 28, 2012 21:00:22 GMT -5
We pulled a 12 row with a 100hp 1070 Case for many years, with liquid.
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Post by Chris Taylor on Jan 29, 2012 10:34:59 GMT -5
A 4440 will handle it no problem at all.
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Post by austin7930 on Jan 29, 2012 12:27:15 GMT -5
A 4440 will handle it no problem at all. Hopefully cuz I sold my old one. I think ill be ok. I have a set of wheel weights and front weights I could put on to fatten her up also if need be. |
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Post by Chris Taylor on Jan 29, 2012 13:11:45 GMT -5
I have a nieghbor that runs a 4455 on a 16r and one that has a 4630 on a Kinze 16r with interplant. You are gonna run the fuel through it but it should be find with it just being a 7200 and not something with splitters.
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Post by 774630 on Feb 1, 2012 23:37:12 GMT -5
I think you'll be fine, especially if your ground is flat. We rented a 16r 7200 one year when our 8r broke down and pulled it with our 4440 and we're really hilly and it grunted allittle but pulled fine. The only thing I would have done differant is put alot more weight on the front.
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