JOHN DEERE DB80 32 Row Corn Planter 

Thank you. This is a hobby for me and it’s fun seeing these machines and talking with the farmers. I can’t imagine getting tired.

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Almost 2 million with the combine!

@@Aspire2Cycle And if you talk to a farmer, they don't make any money.... Pretty strange to invest so much money for no return???

Most farmers don’t make much with their equipment payments and up keep but with the skyrocketing cost of everything and the push to always improve the environment farmers tend to be ok with high overhead to improve efficiency and produce a healthier crop and more oxygen/greenhouse gases reduction. We use a lot of paid for multiple times over 70’s and 80’s tractors for fuel consumption reasons with newer tillage equipment to reduce passes and improve soil health which leads to better crops which leads to more oxygen being produced from said crops and less fuel used at the same time.

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Not sure where you are from, but that field is actually on the smaller side.

@@MrThisIsMeToo Northeast Ohio. There are four 5,000 plus acre farms around me but the biggest field is no more than 250 acres. Mostly a lot of smaller fields.

@@ScottPykare Got it. I think the video is from the Ohio area. I am further out West and most of our fields you cannot see trees or houses. Single sections are the smallest fields. :) If I were to guess that field would be 80 acres?

Been there Done That

It is amazing how much these planters can cover. I have a DB90 54 row 20 inch planter and DB120 48 row 30 inch planter video on the way.

@@bigtractorpower great! I can't wait it to watch it.

Very very cool. I remember the 16 row being so rare in WNY and huge. I remember when Steins got their 12 row 7000 on the 4440. It seemed so big. Drop me an email at toytractortimes@gmail.com if you get a chance.

It moves a bunch of grain. It takes allot of coordination.

Those were great times in farming. I remember when the first 12 row showed up in my neighborhood. It was an Oliver 12 row pulled by an 1850 gas. I photographed my first 24 row Kinze in 2003 pulled by a 9120. That seemed so huge at the time.

Me too, General. I haven’t watched the video, but I can’t imagine turning this thing around at the end of the row is that much faster than 6 row

Which brand was it?

Cab corn is inevitable.

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What ever Gets the Job Done

What speed can you plant at….they tell me they can now go at 10 mph?

That is a cool set up. I would like to film a 4 row.

@@observant98 they can but they won't do as good of a job if you go that fast.

@@observant98 we plant between 3 and 6 mph.

I have a video on the way featuring the DB120. It’s a monster.

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Thank you for your enthusiasm it’s fun making these videos

That’s a nice set up. Are you running 16 row strip till units?

@@bigtractorpower Yes we are, my son runs it. Works our 9560R pretty hard & it’s high flow hyd system is maxed out. This fall we’ll see how a 9570R with the twin pump hyd flow works with it.

Forgot to mention the impressive size of this John Deere flexi-planter, yes believe it or not I'll be planting 8 rows in a single pass😎

Very cool on the 18 30. I have seen that model in the planter brochure from John Deere. I think it is an Orthman built bar?

I have always wanted a garden planter like that. Very cool.

Nice planting set up. I am sure it’s a great feeling to be out planting.

Thank you for watching.

It always neat to watch equipment fold up. I have a video on the way featuring the 120ft DB 120 folding up.

Thank you for watching.

This was near Washington IN

@@bigtractorpower A big farm in Washington IN is the Boyd Farms. They are big into trucking and tractor pulling as well if this happens to be them that you where filming.

Very nice.

Not called "big tractor power" here for nuttin. No problem with takeaway capacity as far as trucks go nor a problem with storage. "Anything to drive those futures prices higher." Futures prices of everything would appear.

It is allot of acres covered in a short time.

It is neat to get out in the field and film these big new machines. I really like finding the 60s, 70s and 80s machine still hard at work.

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Thank you for watching.

👍. I just posted a 310 AFS Connect Magnum the other day. 😁

Very cool. I have a DB120 video on the way.

Thank you for watching.

I don’t think the 8850 would have the hydraulic capability to run a big DB. It is amazing how much tractors and implements have grown since 1982.

I have a DB120 video on the way that is 48 30 inch rows. Something will top that 30 years from now. It will be interesting to see where it goes.

@@bigtractorpower it sure will.... looking forward to it. Thanks

That would be neat to see.

The 7200 is one of my all time favorites.

That is a good planter. Worth rebuilding.

Thank you for watching.

You are. Thank you for your enthusiasm.

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I’m a red farm be we’ve had green drills and planters for years. One thing I like a lot about the green planters is that my 7200 has parts off a 3 year old planter that fit in with only adding a couple washers as shims. They really did themselves a favor keeping a consistent row unit main design

@@ni1469 I agree I started off with a plate IH planter used it for years until no planters came out a friend of mine was a jd tex and he convinced me into a 7000 4 row I was hooked so easy to work on parts are on the shelf even today IH planters are complicated of course the new one I have no clue about haven’t got there yet lol

@@onealfarms9967 I had quite a bit of wiring harness issues on my 7200 but I bought a 12r that had a lot of aftermarkets for $4k and the dealer warned me about it having rough wiring. Had to wait a while for the new harnesses to come in and replaced a good bit of worn out parts and it’s been a very good planter. Lots of options for upgrades and replacement parts lots of knowledge about them everywhere. Got my best bean yield of 165 bushels and acre with it so I’d say the green has treated me a lot better than the old white 5100 we were using before. I still use the white for replanting since it’s a 6 row

@@ni1469 sounds like you had lots of experience with the 7200 planter my 6 roll 7200 planter I love it we don’t have a white dealer in our woods anymore lost them in the 90s I almost bought one it was a 12 roll it folded up tight to get around better than the John Deere good to talk to you nice conversation

@@onealfarms9967 I’m still learning quite a bit about the 7200. Learned a lot the first year I got it due to all the worn out parts but spent the time fixing it up and saved a lot compared to newer planters and I learned how everything works first hand that way. Auctions are a good way to get upgrades or extra parts as well. Always enjoy sharing experience back and forth. The white is good for its time just dealers aren’t as convenient we’re in the same boat with not being local anymore and parts take longer

The seed and chemical add a bunch of weight. I think the planter is well balanced to carry the weight. If I recall my dates the DB series have had a liquid fertilizer tank option since 2007.

Yes

Thank you for watching. The liquid is Nitrogen and is in a water type form. NH3 is applied in a gas form typically 10 days before planting. NH3 needs a few days of space as it can burn the seedlings. NH3 can also be applied after the corn is growing.

The planter uses a vacuum meter. When the planter unfolds entering the field the vacuum is turned on filling all the seed tubes before the first pass is started. Each row unit is on a clutch so it will shit off it crosses an area already planted. The planter puts the seed exactly where it is needed evenly.

@@bigtractorpower Truly amazing. Thank you for answering.

Each row has it's own electric drive motor which is computer controlled. As they begin to overlap each row will shut off individually. Same on the headlands, even if the planter is not raised up in time the rows will shut off when they cross the already planted rows. Saves a huge amount of seed.

Perry covered the details exactly. The planter is set up to plant unplanted areas so if an area is down to 1 row it only plants on row.

@@bigtractorpower Awesome. Thanks for the info.

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Stay tuned. I have a DB90 54 row running it’s marker arm on the way.

What type of 4wd did you have back then? It’s amazing how tractors have grown.

@@bigtractorpower a little John Deere 2240 front wheel assist 50 horse

Edit got to the part where he explained the sizes😂

Yes the DB120 is the largest. I have a video on the way featuring a 120.

@@bigtractorpower cool

A new 2021 9620RX lists for $711,000.

It is an impressive planter.

@@bigtractorpower My guess is planting that many acres in one day with two planters they weren't spending a lot of time on the road. Operations using that size of equipment are farming large fields in close proximity to one another. Something of that size and weight would have to avoid a lot of country roads with compromised bridge capacity and size. Looking forward to seeing the DB120 in the field.

It’s not hard to jump on price. I have seen decked out 12 rows over $350,000 with all the extras added.

BTP has one of the 120DB. Should be easy to search.

I have a new DB90 and DB120 video on the way from this spring.

@@bigtractorpower Yes DB120. I am dyslexic. :)

That's profit... plus most farms running 50 million dollars of equipment are making

@@maxhallman1036 That's insane! How then they make money to buy such expensive equipments?

@@TheMatata89 have a lot of land and good yields

Thank you for watching.

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