"Splitter" Added To 4-Row IH 455 Planter

"Splitter" Added To 4-Row IH 455 Planter PLANTERS Planters 24-3-32 Tom Burgei, Delphos, Ohio, has an older model 455 IH planter for planting corn and beans. When he decided to go to narrow row beans, he decided to figure out how to "split" the existing rows. What he did was to fasten a 2 by 5-in. bar to each end of the main planter frame. The bars run back to a 2 1/2-in. sq. bar that runs the width of the planter. Row units bolt to the bar. He curved 3-in. wide brackets off a Deere rotary hoe to make lift arms for the add-on planter units. A 1/2-in. rod runs from the planter unit lifting brackets to the main planter frame to support the lift brackets. "I shortened the planter units by 18 in. and shortened the packer wheel frame on the front planter units by 6 in. I ran a chain from the front unit's drive shaft to the back unit's drive shaft," says Burgei. "Total cost was $90 and I've used it for three seasons with no problems." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Tom Burgei, 26181 Rd. R 23, Delphos, Ohio 45833 (ph 419 453-3536).

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