New Skip-Row Planter

New Skip-Row Planter PLANTING EQUIPMENT Planters 1-4-2 Speediest system we've seen for replanting skips or misses in corn, soybeans, sorghum or other row crops is the new Skip-Row planter introduced by the West Plains Co., Plains, Kan. Here, according to Warren Priest, inventor, is how it works: You buy the tailor-made 3 pt. hitch toolbar which is split in the middle with each half independently controlled by a hydraulic cylinder. You hang a planter unit of your choice on each side of the "split" 2 1/4-in. diagonal toolbar. It'll work with twin-row type planters and with most plate-type planters, and with air planters with an independent air supply and/or vacuum for each row. Simply adjust spacing of the two planter units to correspond to the row spacing of the planted crop and you're all set to replant skips and misses. As you drive down the field, you hit the right or left control lever to independently raise and lower each planter unit as needed to replant missed areas. You can also use the toolbar planter as a two-row planter to finish off odd-shaped areas on the sides and ends of a field. The toolbar adapts to category II or III 3 pt. hitches and retails for $595. "You could hang cultivator shanks on it and use it behind the tractor to take out wheel tracks," says Priest. He's field tested several prototypes and was finalizing plans to have the patented toolbar custom manufactured as this issue of FARM SHOW went to press. For more details, contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Warren Priest, West Plains Co., Plains, Kan. 67869 (ph. 316 563-7212).

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