A person could spend a lot of money with add ons on a planter but one with the most bang for your buck are the Rebounders. Years ago when I put my first set on a neighbor ask me how I got such an even stand.
Bought a different planter last year that already had firmers so thought ok, great!
Could go into detail but long story short, from starter placement, seed placement, to evenness of emergence they are coming off and Rebounders are going on. I have Rebounders on my wheat drill also. What a great, no mess, way to put liquid starter down.
I have run the G2 system with the Rebounders for two years, going on my third. I previously ran another brand of firmers and coulter system, and wasn’t satisfied with the results. When I bought my 9220 12 row White planter I found your system and really liked the way it looked.
The first season I ran it I knew I had made the right choice. The Rebounder seed covers do a great job of sealing/firming the seed trench without any dirt buildup.
Better seed depth control, faster planting speed, lasts forever, mud doesn’t stick to it like on the firmers. This is the 4th planter/drill we have put Rebounders on. Upgrading a planter means putting Rebounders on.
Several years ago I rebuilt my six main units on my split row planter and put on rebounders at the time. After planting beans, the six rows with the rebounders came up two days sooner and had a more even stand. I’m now rebuilding the splitter unit and putting on rebounders. Thanks for a great product.
I have owned your Rebounders on two planters, and went to them because I wanted to keep all my seed in the trench but didn’t want to drag a product that would build up mud balls in less than ideal conditions. My soild change a lot in just one field, but the Rebounders allow me to never worry about them collecting a mud ball and dragging the seed.
This year I had to go around mud holes, and when I cheated in a little too much I would check my rebounders for mud and was always happy because they’d be clean.
With the price of seed I have always hated seeing any on top of the ground from planter bounce, especially in beans. The rebounders allow me to get them all in the ground at the depth I want. Thanks Paul!
I have used Rebounders on my planter now for six years. I chose the rebounders after researching other brands to place the seed firmly in the bottom of the seed trench without balling up with mud and dragging the seed in wet spots as other designs do. Using them with the why-not-splitter starter fertilizer attachment works very well. It kept the fertilizer directly off the seed. They work extremely well on my air planter which tends to have seed bounce causing unevenness in depth. All seeds are now at the same depth.
After using the Schaffert Rebounders on my IH 800 planter for two years, I decided to try them on my Great Plains No-Till Drill with coulter caddy. I am in complete no till and could not be happier with the Rebounders on the drill. It has one inch press wheels to make sure that the seed is pressed into the bottom of the furrow. An integral harrow then pulls dirt over the trench. In drier conditions the dirt pulled over the seed was sometimes dry and would dry out the seed so that it would not germinate until a rain. With the Rebounders installed, soil was pulled off both sides of the trench just before the press wheel passes by, and the dirt is usually moist resulting in good emergence in more varied field conditions. The Rebounders are a great asset.
We purchased a new Twin Row 1632 Kinze planter in 2018 with Precision equipment on it. We planted corn and soybeans and had very erratic depth control and seeds that were rolled together. It didn’t seem to matter if we planted at 10mph or 5mph.
In 2019 Precision thought they had our problems solved but throughout the planting season, we saw all of the same issues.
With 140 acres of beans left to plant, we retro-fitted Schaffert Rebounders on 4 rows of the planter. After planting at a speed of 8 mph, we dug 5 foot long trenches in the seed furrow to compare seed depth consistency. Our target was 1.5″ seed depth.
With the firmers, we found erratic seed depth varying from 1.75″ deep to on top of the ground, and some of the some seeds rolled together. The most variance found with the Rebounders was 1/4″.
Last winter you were kind enough to spend time explaining the operating principles and benefits of your 4 Link Closers and Rebounders. Having started no-tilling in 1972 (under variable and adverse soil conditions), I have a deep appreciation for products that perform under challenging circumstances.
The addition of your Rebounders and 4 Link Closers to my Case IH 800 planter resulted in the best and most uniform stand of corn that I have ever had. This was planting “green” into a dense cover crop.
Schaffert Rebounders and 4 Link Closers were 100% trouble free, and produced excellent results under difficult conditions.Thank you for your personal service and outstanding products!
The Rebounder with the Straight Shot puts the fertilizer down under the Rebounder with very little splatter. It also puts a little dirt on the seed before the fertilizer goes in-furrow.
The Rebounder does not press the seed into the hard trench, but places a little loose dirt over it. This keeps keep the seed from bouncing all over the seed slot.
We have had all the way from the original Rebounder up the recent one with the Straight Shot incorporated into it. The Rebounder wears really well. We just put our 3rd set on and each set probably went over 7500-1000 acres.
They do what Paul says they will do!!
We’ve been using the Rebounder™ with the Liquid Fertilizer Tube (Chad’s Tube). We have never seen a stand of durum wheat come up within hours, where it usually takes a couple days for the stand to establish. I’ve also attached a picture of our canola stand. Uniformity was amazing. Thanks again!
