Aug 31, 2020 | JD 50/60/90/Pro-series drills, Newsletters, No-till Drills
What are the most important items to repair and/or replace when the budget is tight? While Exapta has a multitude of solutions to completely rebuild and transform your JD openers for improved seeding performance, we understand sometimes the budget requires a...
Aug 10, 2020 | Newsletters, No-till Drills, Opener Design
On JD and CIH P-500/NH P-2080/85 single disc drills (with 18″ blades), blades should be replaced at 17 3/8″ diameter or sooner. At Exapta, we encourage blade replacement sooner rather than later, because at this point over half the bevel is gone and very...
Feb 6, 2020 | JD 50/60/90/Pro-series drills, Newsletters, No-till Drills
Because there are several bushing kit options marketed, we field this question often, âWhich bushing kit is the best fit for me, and why?â Of course, we should factor time (of the repair/job and maintenance), price and quality. Exapta delivers qualityâwith every...
Apr 2, 2019 | JD 50/60/90/Pro-series drills, Newsletters, No-till Drills
by Matt Hagny If you notice a lot of wear on the depth-adjustment mechanism (the plate with the notches in it, as well as the knob), itâs probably a sign youâre not running enough downforce on the openers. If you donât have enough downforce (whether thatâs OEM or with...
Mar 30, 2019 | JD 50/60/90/Pro-series drills, Newsletters, No-till Drills, Trading Planters or Drills
by Matt Hagny Weâve been waiting decades for Deere to come out with improvements to their 90-series no-till drill openers. Now that itâs finally happened, itâs mostly a yawnâalmost everything has already been surpassed in aftermarket products. For instance, Deere is...
Sep 26, 2018 | JD 50/60/90/Pro-series drills, Newsletters, No-till Drills
JD 50/60/90/Pro-series drill rebuilds and upgrades Donât have the time or inclination to crawl around on your drill doing the necessary maintenance? Wanting UniForce, but hesitant to deal with the install? Give us a call, and we can recommend air drill rebuilder...
