RE: Controlling crop damage
yeoman, 75 bucks is a good price, no, it's a great price for a 2 row planter. but the rest of the story is that everything except the main axle was rusted together. the seed shaft, gears, and every other moving partwas rusted together. it took me 2 weeks of an hour or two every night to get it back into working order. lots of penetrating oil, wire wheel brushing, blow torching, etc.