Which floating row cleaners do you guys like?

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Looking to add floating row cleaners with clean sweep to our JD 1760 with XP row units. Will be planting corn in field cultivated bean stubble and we are transitioning into no till soybeans. Will probably plant some beans into tilled corn stalks. Also would a spiked wheel be better than a shark tooth? Thanks in advance!

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Martin row cleaners are what we have used for years. I believe the make the most durable and toughest row cleaner on the market

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If you want ultimate control, add clean sweep from 20/20 Precision Planting. Or similar system. You can pick up the row cleaners, and let them float along, works beautiful.

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Really like Dawn Gfx’s.  Great control and cleaning.  Not attached to row unit to put vibration or strain on it and the bushings.

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The suncos were shark tooth
The Martin we use now are spiked wheels

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Use Dawn hydraulic cleaners.  Would only consider air if you already have air on the planter.  But still short term solution.  Hydraulic is where everything is headed.

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I have the precision clean sweep with Shark teeth and hydraulic down pressure.  Now I realize my real problem is I am not closing. Planting into corn stalks is the challenge because the residue bunches up and then can’t close the mud underneath the residue. Going to the Yetter Twister with the angler adjustment  thinking it’s better to close from the side rather than more down pressure. The clean sweep was not a great investment. Only put the row cleaners on when planting corn stalks which is a time waster. Wish they would raise higher because they plug up in residue and high humidity.

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I run some floating ones made by ****'s Repair out of Bird Island, MN. Don't think they'd work too well with clean sweep though. I've used them on no till beans on beans  and in strip tilled corn ground and they've worked great. They are nice and heavy duty, tough and pretty simple.

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***** with the two bearing hub are very durable and do a great job.  Adding a clean sweep to control them from the cab is awesome we have 3 planters set up this way.  I’ve tried yetter sharktooth and could only get 1000 AC through them before bearings started to fail

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We have Dawns, work well for no-till. Can't even tell u how many thousands of acres are on them and never have done anything but grease them once a yr. 
Looking at Precision for next yr, with option of controlling them from the cab.

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****** row Cleaners are very durable in 6 seasons I have never replaced a bearing I would stick with the standard wheels feel like they move less soil

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I have had the best luck with Yetter row cleaners that have the shark tooth cleaners with depth bands.  I use clean sweep but have not been overly impressed.  It has been quite a bit of work to keep the leaks out of the system.

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We have been running Martin row cleaners with 2 1/2 inch float for five years now very happy with the performance in all types of soil and residue conditions

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Try a good strip tiller. Keep the strip tiller and planter simple. Don't need all the extra stuff. Excellent stands are provided at less cost. The trick is no till. Been at it for 40 years and it keeps getting better

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I had suncos didn’t like how much dirt they moved switched to Martin with clean sweep there much better for me for sure in soft ground.

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Yea spiked with depth band.

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And if your in soft ground or planting high speed go with the wide depth band. Just my thought

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Agfocus with shark tooth are awesome I like the pull design

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You want the residue to be swept out of the way only rather than push a significant amount of soil and residue out of the way in tandem. Sharktooth or swept teeth with floater wheels or depth bands will do a better job at full planting speed than straight teeth do.

Personally I like the sunco SaberTooth floaters because they roll the reside out of the way rather than push it to the side because of their concave design of the wheel.  They also use bearings you can get at any John deere dealer.

In any case, floating wheels with depth bands will always do better than fixed types whether they be straight or swept teeth.

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