Deere Unveils New Air Planter, Combine

Deere unveils new air planter, combine COMBINES Miscellaneous 9-5-5 Deere has finally introduced its long-awaited air planter. Billed as the Max-Emerge 2, it's equipped with an optional vacuum seed dispensing mechanism, designed and developed by Deere. "It'll solve the problem some Max-Emerge owners have experienced with overplanting on steep slopes," one Deere dealer told FARM SHOW. Another felt it will be especially popular with soybean growers who feel it's important to get uniform spacing between individual seeds. The new Max-Emerge 2 will also be available with the conventional finger-type mechanical seed dispensing system used on the original Max-Emerge. Other minor improvements on the new model include narrower seed boxes which can be lined up side by side to plant 15 in. rows without having to remove the lids, a gear-driven fertilizer-insecticide dispensing system which turns on or off at the flip of a lever so you don't have to monkey with chains, a new screw-knob, dial adjust assembly for fast, easy adjusting of the output rate on fertilizer-insecticide hoppers, and quick-adjust levers for raising or lowering the furrow openers. Deere reportedly will be in full production of the Max-Emerge 2 by the summer of 1986. Also new from Deere is the 4425 combine, which replaces the 4420. "Deere officials decided it wasn't economically feasible to mass produce two similar size combine models so they elected to drop the 4420," a Deere dealer told FARM SHOW. "They opted for the 10-year-old 4425 which is a bigger seller in Europe than was the 4420 in the U.S.," explained the dealer, who felt that going with a 10-year-old model was "a giant step backward. Doesn't even have hydrostatic drive. Thankfully, it'll be the only model 25. There won't be any more, we're told, such as a 6625 or a 7725." The 4425, manufactured in Mannheim, Germany, is powered by a 359 engine, positioned about 8 ft. behind the cab. The cab is mounted dead center over the header.

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