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Post by JoshuaGA on Feb 7, 2012 18:36:58 GMT -5
Called a salesman today on one, may not buy one this year, but I am having nightmares after last year of running our KMC. Looks pretty well built to me, greasable bushings instead of pins and looks MUCH easier to set. Hopefully we can trade the difference away a bit, we'll see, but by chance anyone on here have one to comment on.
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Post by rowfarmer on Feb 13, 2012 14:13:38 GMT -5
What are your problems with the KMC?
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Post by JoshuaGA on Feb 13, 2012 19:37:18 GMT -5
Biggest thing is we bought it from the fella we got our planter from, who was adamant you had to make a wide strip for a twin row, and proceeded to expexitive up the origional unit. He welded ears on the flat steel portion of the origional frame for one, for two, unless you till ahead of it you cannot work a bed enough, it just breaks up in lumps and you cant break it up, I ran nearly every strip twice in corn except one sandy field as a result, and harrowed another field partially because of that and partially because it would not handle straw running in a double crop situation, which really sucked. Hopefully the pic illustrates some of my problem. I have since reinforced some of that, also lost the ability of returning it to origional doing that. Tore between trying to patch this up for one more year or putting a bedder on it, have to see where the money goes. Attachments:
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Post by g706 on May 27, 2012 23:26:05 GMT -5
Been running a 6 row since 2005. When ground conditions are right it does a great job, wet compacted soil not so much still leaves some big clods. Second time over helps. We're planting corn behind it and the planter is set up for no till so it works. Been trouble free, never broke anything, just replaced some bearings on the rolling baskets and a spring on the shank trips.
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Post by JoshuaGA on May 28, 2012 20:04:06 GMT -5
I still haven't decided on mine, I like the looks of the Unverferth, but I ain't forking out $9000 for it. Would like a shop right now. Saw a KMC being modified at a local welding shop sorta like I want. Got an Idea on how to rebuild mine, not worked on material costs to do it however, won't be cheap.
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