My JD 7200 planter is set on 38" rows. The gap between my tires is only 41". When I spray or broadcast fertilizer over planted crops, it's really easy to run over one row. I am considering adjusting the planter to 30" rows. That will give me much more room for driving error and make it easier to make parallel rows. I don't have row markers on the planter and now when I turn around to make another pass, my tire track is beside the last track, not right in it. I have to sight on some spot on the loader and line it up with the drive wheel track of the last row to try to keep my rows spaced equally. With 30" rows, I'll be right in the same tire track. Closer rows might also help shade out weeds better.
I know I'll need to move nozzles around on my sprayer and if I get a row cultivator make sure it is set for 30" rows but is there any compelling reason not to go to narrower rows?
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