New Yield-Pro Planter Line Redefines Versatility.
Available in three Twin-Row models, the Great Plains YP40 is available in numerous variations.
Boasting unmatched versatility via a choice of three openers and seven row spacing options, the new Yield-Pro® YP40 Series planters from Great Plains can be virtually anything customers want them to be. Even the bulk hoppers on the YP40 are interchangeable between a seed company bulk box; an 82-bushel bulk hopper, and a 150-bushel bulk hopper. If that’s not enough adaptability, a 1,600-gallon cart or a 1,600+400-gallon cart can be pulled behind the YP40 for starter and/or high-rate fertilizer.
“As one option, the 40-foot frame on the YP40 can be equipped with our 10 HD openers on 71⁄2” spacing for planting 71⁄2-inch wheat, 15-inch beans and twin-row 30-inch corn,” says Tom Evans, Vice President of Sales at Great Plains, in reference to the Model YP-4010HD. “Other configurations include the YP4020, which uses our 20 Series openers, for narrow row spacing with accurate depth control, and the Model YP4025, equipped with the 25 Series openers for row spacing as narrow as 10 inches and super accurate seed placement on any seed it plants.”
Other options that allow producers to customize a YP40 model to their specific needs include unit- or frame-mounted row cleaners, unit-mounted coulters, Keeton seed firmers, Seed-Lok® firming wheels, Singulator Plus meters, finger pickup meters and a hydraulic hitch in lieu of a 3-point hitch. Regardless of how the planter is set up, customers can depend on superior flotation, thanks to ten 15 X 16.5 skid steer tires that exert as little as nine to 11 pounds per square inch on the soil surface, depending upon the opener choice and row spacing. The “Floating Hitch” coupled with wing flex of 20 degrees up and 20 degrees down allows the YP40 to adapt to any field terrain for accurate planting in a variety of conditions.