I wasn’t able to find much information on how the 1240 functioned when I was looking for a 1240 planter, I hope this is helpful to anyone looking for basic function information
Really interesting and helpful. I remember seeing these in use when I was a kid following my dad, who taught vo-ag, to various area farms. Good memories!
I remember my grandpa saying his dad payed 1200$ new for one of those planters. We still have it today in the back row and hopefully it will be usable next spring.
I wondered what the cost was new. My brother worked at a Deere dealership and would set these up for delivery but he didn't remember the cost.....I'm glad to know, and thank you!
I remember when these came out, the plateless model was $600 extra, big farmer for the time said he could change a lot of plates for $600. But wasn’t 2 years until he had a plateless planter.
Thanks for the explanation Steve! I had wondered how the plateless units worked, that's pretty slick. Glad you can still get those stainless pieces from Deere. I saw a few 1240's for sale when I was looking for a planter but I was kind of intimidated by them so I stuck with a 494A. And I already had a bunch of plates. Thanks again for the video, hope you have a good weekend!
Thanks Evan. I’m not really sure why I chose to go with a 1240, dad has a bunch of plates at his place I could have used. Maybe it was meant to be that I challenged myself with a plateless planter. You have a great weekend sir!
Dad had one just like it. I remember turning those dials from corn to beans. We still have the fertilizer boxes that are in good shape. I was always going to make a toy box out of one of them.
If it wasn’t such a drive I’d buy those boxes so I wouldn’t need to fix these. They aren’t shot by any means just a few annoying holes. Thanks for watching
@@AnglesideFarm he cleaned them out and oiled them so they wouldn't rust. When he got a 7000 he ended up using the fertilizer augers out of the 1240 because they weren't rusted up.
I had a JD 494 planter that I used up until 10 years ago when I bought a White 5100 air planter. The JD was a great planter and probably planted thousands of acres. I sold it to my friend, who still has it.
Never had any luck with those planters. We used one when I was a kid used it only 2 years. Thought I would try a different one again 10 years later same results. Great explanation on how it works.
Thank you Mr Steve, had no idea honestly!! That is a pretty slick setup honestly!! Very good explanation and in detail of the motions!! So pennies on the dollar huh!! 😁😁😁 Thank you very much for doing this one, learned alot!! Good to see ya, and look fwd ri whats next!! 😁😁😁🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👍👍🌽🌽🌽🇺🇸
Hey Nelson thanks for the push to make this video, it’s been on my mind to do it just needed time and motivation. Thanks for watching and your continued support
I believe the 1240 paved the way for the JD 7000 planter, ours had the finger units like the 1240's just configured differently.@@Pennies_on_the_dollar
Great explanation! I feel like I could operate one. I’ve always liked figuring out the mechanisms behind farm equipment. The engineering on this JD is very cool and Definitely a step up from my old IH two row and bucket of plates😊.
Thanks As always looking back on a video I think of ways I could have improved it. It really is not hard to use this planter, however it’s a stepping stone to a JD 7000 if I ever find one....
Good afternoon Steve. Great explanation! The older equipment was simple, compared with most new equipment. Always nice when you make a longer trip and the seller makes it more worth your while 😉
Howdy Ed! Thanks, I like simple it doesn’t make my head hurt! Yeah he shaved off $200.00 which made it worth cleaning up and fixing what needed fixing.
Thanks Terry I like the old stuff too, I keep looking for a 7000 4 row for here but even if those are now considered old they sure are highly sought after.
Thanks so much! I have an international 56 I bought last year for sweet corn on our truck patch operation, needless to say I've not been happy with the plate situation. It's either skipping like crazy, the only option is to use bigger holes in the plates, but then there's two and three seeds per drop. I'm going to have to sell it and get a 1240 or a finger pick up 7000. I was able to find out that apparently the sh2 hybrid corns are partially tricky with plate planters because of the variance in size and uniformity, which is pretty much all I plant.
@@AnglesideFarm yeah I hope you don't regret it either. Best of luck. I'm sure you are busy, but it'd be cool to see a run down on your experience with the 7000. Have you used it yet?
Thanks Bryce, I have been absent for a while. So much going on right now that RU-vid has had to take a backseat on a very long bus. I sure haven’t been a good supporter recently of so many others.
I got the strips at my local Deere dealership I don’t remember the part number, just asked the parts guy to bring up the planter unit on his computer and a little searching he had the schematic on the screen and it had the part number
Hi Steve my name is Jason I recently bought a 1240 in super nice shape unfortunately the gentleman that owned it before passed away. There are wires and that go to each box and a plug 🔌 to plug power in to what does that do ?
If the wires go to each of the seed tubes it is for a monitor to make sure seed is going down each tube. This planter had them at some point in its life, but not when I got . Good luck on your planter, sounds like a nice one!
