Wheel-Drive Kit For Older Deere Planters

Wheel-Drive Kit For Older Deere Planters PLANTERS Planters 24-5-27 Years of working on repairing and replacing planter clutches on 7000 and 7200 series John Deere planters prompted Bob Jamison of Colo, Iowa to design some things different. While the standard drive clutch slips into and out of gear when the planter is raised and lowered, clutch slips can leave a field looking like it has been check planted. Today most planters are going to a wheel drive. And that's what Jamison decided to put on his planter. It gets drive chains up and out of the trash and dirt, and eliminates the clutch and any need for drive chain disconnects. "The wheel drive I designed mounts above the transport wheel," he says. "When the planter lowers to the ground, the transport wheel comes up against the drive wheel. It eliminates the chains that wind around the sprocket on the transport wheel hub." Jamison's drive wheel is held in place by a bracket mounted to the existing frame with two U-bolts. A down pressure spring ensures wheel to wheel contact. A chain running from the drive wheel hub to the planter drive bar provides power. Wheel to wheel drive also meant direction would be reversed on any drive connected to the second wheel. Jamison solved the problem by welding an idler sprocket to the bracket assembly, rerouting the chain and reversing direction again. "I built the first one for myself; then a neighbor saw it and had to have one. He told others," relates Jamison. "I started building them and sold 27 in the first two years. A $1,200 kit includes everything needed. Just put the brackets on with the U-bolts, hook up the chain and the springs, and it's ready for the field." Contact: FARM SHOW Follow-up, Bob Jamison, Jamsion Ag Repair, 68664 260th Street, Colo, Iowa 50056 (ph 641 377-2627).

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