Seed Box "Shield" Protects Drive Chains On Deere Planters
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When he first started no-tilling soybeans into standing corn stalks, Stan Schmedding had problems with the stalks getting into the seed metering chains and sprockets and throwing the drive chains off the sprockets. He solved the problem by designing and patenting a galvanized tin "shield" that bolts below the bottom of each box.
"It's designed to help prevent foreign material such as dirt and corn stalks from entering the area around the seed metering unit, sprockets, and chains," says Schmedding. "It surrounds the seed meter unit and bolts on using existing holes in the planter frame. I plan to build units for sale in the future that will be built from heavier material to withstand the abuse of corn stalks. I'm currently testing a shield designed for Deere's newer 1700 series planters."
Schmedding is looking for a manufacturer.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Stan Schmedding, Box 545, Walthill, Neb. 68067 (ph 402 846-5120).
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Seed Box "Shield" Protects Drive Chains On Deere Planters PLANTERS Planters 25-2-18 When he first started no-tilling soybeans into standing corn stalks, Stan Schmedding had problems with the stalks getting into the seed metering chains and sprockets and throwing the drive chains off the sprockets. He solved the problem by designing and patenting a galvanized tin "shield" that bolts below the bottom of each box.
"It's designed to help prevent foreign material such as dirt and corn stalks from entering the area around the seed metering unit, sprockets, and chains," says Schmedding. "It surrounds the seed meter unit and bolts on using existing holes in the planter frame. I plan to build units for sale in the future that will be built from heavier material to withstand the abuse of corn stalks. I'm currently testing a shield designed for Deere's newer 1700 series planters."
Schmedding is looking for a manufacturer.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Stan Schmedding, Box 545, Walthill, Neb. 68067 (ph 402 846-5120).
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