What is the best high speed planting system, John Deere's or Precision Planting? Pro's and Con's?

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We put speed tubes on but were limited to 7 mph because of fertilizer pressure before this year. Did some checks this year at higher speeds, and was surprised but happier with the 9.5 mph stand than I was with 5. I ran out of gears in C at that point on my 7730 so I didn’t try anything faster. 4mph through the rocky areas is all I will do but there’s no reason not to push it up there in the smooth ground.

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I really think you should give the new high speed system from Ag Leader consideration. We walked fields this summer all planted with Deere planters,  one field was planted with the new Deere high speed at 10 mph, we walked a field planted with the Precision high speed with speed tubes at 8 mph and we walked a field planted with the new Ag Leader high speed planted at 12 mph. we did standard deviation checks for each high speed system. Hands down we were the most impressed with the Ag Leader Sure Speed high speed system, it was planted the fastest and it had the lowest standard deviation. One thing I learned this summer is don’t believe your monitor when it comes to spacing, walk your fields and check the deviation with a tape measure to know what you actually have for good spacing

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I haven’t seen a lot on those, how are they on soybeans? Have not heard much on the soybeans with them.

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We set up a John Deere DB60 24row with precision planting 2 years ago. Have delta force wave vision seed tubes, v set meters, v drive. Was interested if speed tube was worth adding over the wave vision tubes. Dealer gave us 2 speed tubes to set up 2 rows. I planted 450 acres At 6.5 mph and I saw virtually no change in the stand. Now if you are wanting to go 10 mph maybe it’s worth some more investigating. I would hate to hit a rock with my planter going that fast. Smooth ground with no hills and mud holes also.

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John Deere’s looks identical at 5,6,7,8,9 or 10 mph. Limiting speed factor is how well row cleaners work. We run mostly @7.5 no till into bean stubble.

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I wouldn't be scared at all to plant my soybeans faster with the wave vision, but i can't tell you for sure if the stand in corn will be alright at 7.5 just because i haven't tested it. I thought there would be a noticeable difference just jumping from 5mph to 6.5mph between the speed tube and the wave vision and although i was disappointed there wasn't a noticeable difference it really is a good thing. Showed the wave vision although cheaper than the speed tube still performed awesome. We also run hydraulic dawn row cleaners with yetter shark tooth blades. The shark tooth blades are a game changer when planting into corn trash, compared to the dawn fingers we had before. When switching speeds make sure you have a good fertilizer system if you apply starter in furrow. That's where I think I would rather spend my money after planting this year rather than on speed tube. We figured we over applied $6000 worth of starter fertilizer even tho the monitor was applying it right. Section Control on an in furrow starter might be a must if its saving you that much each year, just my thought.

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