New ProSeries opener for John Deere 750A drill

Anyone ordered a new drill JD 750A with pro series openers and if so have you got it yet,
just wondered if there are many about this spring or not delivered yet. pics anyone

Big-Al said:

Anyone ordered a new drill JD 750A with pro series openers and if so have you got it yet,
just wondered if there are many about this spring or not delivered yet. pics anyone

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There’s a 6m down in cork ready to roll

@Big Al I know of a 4m ready to go to work near Brigg, Linc's, it's just waiting for the weather to improve.

AF Salers said:

@Big Al I know of a 4m ready to go to work near Brigg, Linc's, it's just waiting for the weather to improve.

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Who's is that?

Jd sell a kit with all the new parts to upgrade each unit to do a 6m drill is about NZ$17000 .

Jon Boy said:

Jd sell a kit with all the new parts to upgrade each unit to do a 6m drill is about NZ$17000 .

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have you a link or part number?

AA98693 is the kit for 2 openers 1 left 1 right , AA97392 is the kit for 8 openers 4 left 4 right.

kit is alot cheaper in the us than europe, https://www.ahwllc.com/assets/Uploads/pdfs/JD-Parts-Catalog-Spring19.pdf

marco said:

kit is alot cheaper in the us than europe, https://www.ahwllc.com/assets/Uploads/pdfs/JD-Parts-Catalog-Spring19.pdf

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Been into local depot, parts chap had this up and then priced the same part numbers, almost double the price!! Someone on another thread mentioned buying and importing JD bits from USA, looks like the way to go.

RFR said:

Been into local depot, parts chap had this up and then priced the same part numbers, almost double the price!! Someone on another thread mentioned buying and importing JD bits from USA, looks like the way to go.

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Shipping from the USA is not cheap. Its really dear in fact.

Needham Ag will send you anything you ask for for the drills from the States but air freight is a killer

They have a farmer agent here in Australia. They get a container sent over once a year , if you want anything, you have to pre order it.

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Deere ‘Pro’-series NT drills: Worth it?



by Matt Hagny



We’ve been waiting decades for Deere to come out with improvements to their 90-series no-till drill openers. Now that it’s finally happened, it’s mostly a yawn—almost everything has already been surpassed in aftermarket products. For instance, Deere is very proud of their new seed-bounce flap that’s triangular on the end to fit the furrow better, and also a bit thicker. But this style seed flap is entirely obsolete—our Ninja flap, with its flexible and forward-bending features, will handily outperform anything made from semi-rigid plastic, and our Ninja will never break, bend, and appears to last indefinitely (we still don’t know of anyone who’s worn out a set).


Deere makes a big deal about their new firming wheel—but it’s still a rubber-tire wheel, essentially identical to the old Needham V8 (his V8s are now urethane—but not designed nearly as well as our DuraLoks). So, again, Deere’s latest-and-greatest is already obsolete. Note that this ‘upgrade’ of Deere’s still doesn’t solve the problem of the rubber tire pulling out of the rim, among other things.


Same goes for the Pro-series’ serrated or notched closing wheel. It’s still tremendously heavy, and thick, so it’s terribly inferior to the best spoked closing wheels on the market, such as our Thompson wheels. Not only does it do too much packing of the soil above the seed, and fills up with mud, but also bounces a lot more than closing wheels that positively engage the soil (i.e., penetrate more because of thinner spokes). Why Deere went with this inferior design is probably mostly due to cost—those cast wheels are very cheap to manufacture. And also they’re probably still compromising the design for no-till by trying to make it also work decent in tilled seedbeds.


Deere probably did make a significant improvement by going to a new style of bushings (fiber-wound) and seals for the closing arm pivot—these look eerily similar to what Aricks of Australia has engineered (Exapta is the exclusive distributor for these in North America). We shall see if the quality is as good as Aricks’.


One item that might be a substantial improvement is the Pro-series seed boot, which is dramatically narrower than the 90-series boot. It certainly stays in the shadow of the blade much better (i.e., doesn’t bulldoze the sidewall) which will actually let it go down in the furrow if need be (depending on adjustment). However, they accomplished this by narrowing up the exit channel drastically—this might not matter for wheat, but looks almost certain to cause problems for garbanzos or oats. Should the Pro-series boot prove to be superior, it retrofits onto 60 & 90-series openers.


So before you get too excited and think that a Pro-series drill is a must-have, consider that most of the Deere upgrades are already surpassed in the aftermarket sector. In most cases, you’d be better off rebuilding your current drill (or other used drill) with premium aftermarket upgrades rather than trading ‘up’ to a Pro-series. Or if you do trade, opt out of the OEM closing wheels and firming wheels—might as well go with the best available, which is aftermarket.


And if you’re serious about getting better performance out of this type of opener, you’re still missing out if you don’t have our UniForce hydraulic downforce. Getting rid of the springs on these swing-arm type of openers is vastly more advantageous than getting rid of springs on parallel-link openers. Going to UniForce is a much better use of dollars than ‘upgrading’ to a Pro-series drill—and I’d be saying this even if it wasn’t our product. Using a ram instead of a spring has been what these openers have needed all along.

Simon Chiles said:

I don’t think they’re on the uk system yet, if you want the new pro series boot, press wheels and gauge wheels you’d be best to wait until they become available as an upgrade kit. The pro series boot part number is A109343 for LH and A109344 for RH. You’ll need AA93793, flag pin and R557817 screw to go with those. The seed tab A105410 and N283976, N10216 nut and screw are also required. I think the new press wheel is AA88056 ( don’t hold me to it ) and the new closing wheel is A105391 or N105392 though I can’t work out why they are handed.

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You need to correct this Simon [emoji106][emoji106][emoji6][emoji6]

RFR said:

You need to correct this Simon [emoji106][emoji106][emoji6][emoji6]

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Yes, thanks. As we have just found out you don’t need the flag pin and securing bolt ( it bolts to the coulter and not the boot ) for fitting pro series boots to 60 and 90 series openers, you have to use the original nut and bolt. Sorry if I’ve caused some confusion.

Simon Chiles said:

Yes, thanks. As we have just found out you don’t need the flag pin and securing bolt ( it bolts to the coulter and not the boot ) for fitting pro series boots to 60 and 90 series openers, you have to use the original nut and bolt. Sorry if I’ve caused some confusion.

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is the narrower exit channel likely to cause a problem for beans- the 90 series does with some winters already!

shakerator said:

is the narrower exit channel likely to cause a problem for beans- the 90 series does with some winters already!

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I was thinking that. But then JD surely know these drills sow a lot of beans?