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Greg K · Apr 23, 2014

Finally had the time, OK I made the time, to pick up this planter that was offered to me over a year ago. The guy who had it knew I was working on grandpas old 490 and thought that some parts may work between them. I'm pretty sure I won't be reusing the tires however. Other than those and the seed boxes having some rust issues, it seems to all be in pretty fair shape.

ShadetreeRet · Apr 23, 2014

Judging by the pics. it does look to be in good shape. And judging by the paint, it must be a John Deere. I am not familiar with series or model numbers on equipment, never used anything larger than an old Cole planter that Dad bought new which was pulled by a horse. Anyway, you got another project, right?

Paul from MI · Apr 23, 2014

I restored my brothers old #290 planter a number of years ago. It did a good job of seed placement but even at 36" rows the highest population I could get was about 23,000, so yields were limited. Still a good old simple planter, lots easier to use than the #999 John Deere we used when I was a kid.

Anonymous-0 · Apr 23, 2014

looks like a fun project. look forward to seeing your progress.

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