Frame-Mounted Coulters Meet No-Till Needs

Frame-Mounted Coulters Meet No-Till Needs PLANTING EQUIPMENT No-Till & Min-Till 26-1-9 No-tillers looking for frame-mounted coulters for Deere planters can get them from Pequea Planter. When Deere stopped making the popular coulters, originally built for 7000 series planters, Gideon Stotzfus started. For the past 12 to 13 years, he has made frame-mounted coulters for 7000 series conservation and standard planter frames. In the past year, he has added coulters for the 7200 series conservation and standard planters. "Springs and bearing parts manufactured for the 7200 series coulters provide the same down pressure as the 7200 series originally provided," says Stoltzfus. The rippled disk, frame-mounted coulters are especially popular with farmers in rocky and rough conservation tillage conditions. Planter unit-mounted coulters use the weight and gauging control of the planter unit itself; however, any damage to the coulter may damage the entire planting unit. With frame-mounted coulters, the planter row unit is much less likely to be damaged in rocky or extreme conditions. "Farmers who are serious about no-tilling want a frame-mount coulter," says Stoltzfus. Contact: FARMSHOW Followup, Gideon Stoltzfus, Pequea Planter, 5621 White Horse Road, Gap, Penn. 17527 (ph 717 442-4406).

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