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John Deere GS40L Series Frontier™ Ground Seeders
GS40L Series
Frontier™ Ground Seeders
- Built-in seed dispersal rate chart and calibration
- High-precision metering seed cups, handles multiple seed varieties.
- 3-Point hitch compatible
- Ground driven
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Features
Front Gangs
Front Gangs
The GS40L Series offers two different types of Front Gangs, Front Notched Disc Blades and Front Spiked Rollers, making this Ground Seeder ideal for many different environments.
- Front Notched Disc Blades are ideal for aggressive tillage, or simply cutting seed openings.
- Front Spiked Rollers will create pockets to hold seed and initiate germination, aggressive angling can remove existing stands by their roots.
Spiked Drive Roller
Spiked Drive Roller
Standard equipment on the GS40L, the Spiked Drive Roller will crushes clods, pushes down seeds, and dimples soil to trap moisture.
Nylon Cultipacker for Improved Germination
To increase germination, the in-base rear Nylon Cultipacker levels and breaks up soil clods, pressing the seed into the soil for improved seed-to-soil contact, firms the seed bed, and creates furrows to trap and channel water.
Two Seed Box Options for Versatility
Making it capable of planting a wide variety of seeds over a wide range of seeding rates, the GS40L Series comes standard with a Cool Season Seed Box, with the option to add the Legume Seed Box (field installed option).
Cool Season Seed Box: Allows operators to plant anything from Rye grass and Fescue to Orchard Grass.
- Suggested Seed Types: Annual Rye Grass, Barley, Kentucky Blue Grass Blends, Fescue, Oats, Orchard Grass, Perennial Rye Grass, Snow Peas, Sorghum, Soybeans, Sunflower, Sudan, Wheat
Legume Seed Box: Can be used for seeds such as Alfalfa, Bermuda, and Clover.
- Suggested Seed Types: Alfalfa, Bahai, Bermuda, Birdsfoot Tree Foil, Brassica, Buckwheat, Carpet Grass, Centipede Grass, Chicory, Clover, Fescue, Forb, Kentucky Blue Grass, Radishes, Rape, Sudan, Switch Grass, Timothy, Turnip
Calibration Tray
The calibration tray system uses two seed cups to catch seed, that is used to calibrate seed meters and adjusts to the desired seeding rate, resulting in repeatable seed rate accuracy within 0.1 lb./acre. The calibration tray can be used with the Ground Seeder in the stationary position or pulled over a short distance in the seedbed.
*Additional chain drive kits are available through attachments & service for certain applications requiring slower seeding rates.
Scraper Kits [Field Installed]
Ideal for wet or sticky soil conditions, the optional scraper kits offered on the GS40L Series Ground Seeder will help keep soil from building up on your equipment.
- Front Spiked Roller Scraper Kit [Field Installed]
- Notched Disc Blade Scraper Kit [Field Installed]
- Spiked Drive Roller Scraper Kit [Field Installed]
- Nylon Cultipacker Scraper Kit [Field Installed]
Key Specs
| Working width | 121.9 cm 48 in. |
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Dimensions
| Working width | 121.9 cm 48 in. |
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| Overall width | 144.2 cm 56.75 in. |
Weight
| Spiked roller and primary box | 194 kg 427 lb |
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| Operational weight | All boxes with seed: 323 kg 713 lb |
Tractor compatibility
| Horsepower | 11-26 kW 15-35 hp |
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Capacity
| Hopper | Primary seedbox: 35.2 L 1 bu Legume seedbox: 35.2 L |
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Seedcups
| Picker wheels | Six |
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High carbon tapered steel pins
Flanges
Spike roller
| Front roller positions | Four positions 0-21 degree (angle) |
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| No. of roller pins (front and rear) | 144 |
| Roller diameter (front and rear) | 16.8 cm 6.6 in. |
Blades
Front disc
| Front disc angle | 0 degree (angle) 5 degree (angle) 10 degree (angle) 15 degree (angle) |
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| Disc diameter (number) | Notched: 40.6 cm 16 in. (6) |
| Disc spacing | 19 cm 7.5 in. |
Hitch
| Category | Limited Category 1 |
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| Quick Hitch compatible | Yes |
Cultipacker
| Cultipacker diameter (number) | 24.1 cm 9.5 in. (20) |
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Set-up time
| Labor hours | 1 hour |
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Warranty
| Time period | 1 year |
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Additional information
- 42255 Oberlin Elyria Road
- Elyria, OH 44035
- Get Directions
- 866-542-5625 | 440-322-7064
Or 440-322-8821 - Fax: 440-281-8768
- M-F: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
- SAT: 8:00 am - 12:00 pm

