Massey Furgeson #39 2 row corn planter restoration

[Slim140]

Hopper repair has begun. Boss man gave me a piece of steel that's been laying around for a while. I got both ends done so far.

 

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The hopper is primed.

 

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The fertilizer box is painted.

 

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Got some bearings for the opener disc and made some new shafts out of stainless.

 

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Made some brass inserts for the gears and got them all back on, forgot to take pictures during the process. Got the hopper lid painted as well.

 

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These fertilizer droppers were ate slap up. Had them burnt off and chipped away at the rust and got back down to good metal.

 

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Had some new fertilizer opener wheels made out of stainless on a laser from a shop who does laser work for us. Couldn't find wheels that were the size I needed with the correct bolt pattern. I know these aren't as hard as what I could buy but they are better than what I had. Also made some new wear pieces on one side of the wheel and scrapers on the other. Found a parts book online that shows all the pictures and that is all I needed.

 

[Slim140]

I took some 3/4" washers and drilled them out to 1", slit one side then took the angle grinder with a cut off wheel and cut a piece of pipe (1 left, 1 right) to press the washers with a bend for the auger. I also made 2 new paddle wheels for the ends.

 

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Welded the washers on everywhere I could to prevent rust in open spaces. I also made 2 bearing holders with brass sleeves, have no idea what was there before it had all rusted away.

 

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It is done other than red paint.

 

[Mr Ziffel]

Wow, that is a great job.

 

[Bill Hudson]

Wow, that is a great job.

That is the understatement of the day. Keep up the [strikethrough]good[/strikethrough] great work.

Bill

 

[Super A]

When I was a boy, a neighbor planted all our corn--probably 50-75 acres--with a planter like that and a nearly new MF 245. You were big-time if you had a 4 row planter in our area in the early 1980s!

Al