Sep 16, 2020 | Air Drills, JD 50/60/90/Pro-series drills, Newsletters
Yes, whether you call it a tab, strap, deflector or tab, preventing seed bounce is most definitely necessary. And here is why: All John Deere 50/60/90 drills use a seed bounce flap, attached to the end of the seed boot, for the purpose of eliminating seed bounce and...
Nov 19, 2019 | Air Drills, Newsletters
In today’s competitive and uncertain market, maximizing margins is vital to improving your profit potential. With so many factors affecting your yields, you can’t always control what you get out of every acre. But you can control what you put in. Have you ever...
Nov 12, 2019 | Air Drills, Newsletters
Many have fall crops to harvest yet and some are still fighting the mud to wrap up fall seeding. We are facing one of the wettest fall seasons in recent history. We, at Exapta, feel your pain—we have our own crops to get in and out of the fields. Precipitation not...
May 28, 2019 | Air Drills, Newsletters
Many of you in North America are fighting mud, and might find it difficult to contemplate needing more frame weight at the moment. But we’ve been down this road before—when it stops raining and gets sunny & hot, the soil goes from too soft to too hard in a matter...
May 22, 2019 | Air Drills, Newsletters
If you have a JD drill where the rear transport wheel frame is held together as shown in the photo, you probably are constantly replacing broken bolts. We’ve found that using a pair of shorter bolts instead of a single long bolt in those spots pretty much eliminates...
May 26, 2017 | Air Drills, JD 50/60/90/Pro-series drills, Newsletters
by Matt Hagny Quite a few people have trouble with oil overheating on their air drills (and even if it’s not overheating to the extent of shutting down the tractor, high temps break down hydraulic oil faster, and shorten the life of pumps, seals, etc — you...
