Seed Tube Bracket For Deere,Klinze Planters

Seed Tube Bracket For Deere,Klinze Planters PLANTING EQUIPMENT Accessories 18-1-18 After you get a look at this new add-on bracket for planter seed tubes, you'll won-der why no one ever thought of it before. The bracket attaches to the back of the seed tube and is designed to hold the applicator tube from the granular chemical box. Eliminates the L-bracket (on Deere, Kinze, and New Idea planter units) which is positioned 10 to 12 in. behind the seed tube. "Under many conditions, that's too far back. The furrow is already closing by the time you drop the chemicals, so they're wasted," says John House, Oak Grove, Louisiana, inventor of the new "Tube Alignment Bracket". He came up with the idea last year and has already sold thousands of units. Many Deere dealers have started putting them on new planters, and Deere & Co. officials took a look at the new bracket but have not yet licensed it from him. The bracket simply snaps onto the back of the seed tube using two tie straps that hold it in place. It fits over the rivets on the back of the tube. On Deere 7100 planter tubes, which have smooth backs, you can either bolt the unit in place or replace the seed tubes with new ones. The bracket is made of chemical- resistant poly. Works under any conditions. House says it's particularly handy for no-till because it won't snag on trash the way the L-bracket can. Sells for $14 a row (depending on dealer). "That's less than $100 to equip a 6-row planter. You'll save that much back right away in chemical saved," notes House. He also designed a Y-Tube that lets you combine two application tubes into one so you don't have two tubes trying to drop chemical into a single furrow. You just run the two tubes into the Y-Tube and then run the single output tube to seed tube bracket. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, M&J Cotton Farms, Inc., P.O. Box 552, Oak Grove, La. 71263 (ph 318 428-4842).

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