Precision 342103 PopMax Planter Seed Meter Backing Plate

This replacement backing plate has four big advantages over metal plates:\n\nThey are flatter -- eliminating the skips that occur as fingers rock and roll over the warped spots on stamped metal plates. \nThey last longer -- metal plates can wear out in just 60 hours. Population Max is injection molded from Kevlar impregnated poly with a reinforced wear strip to extend the life. \nThey match seed size -- just swap inserts and you can change the aggressiveness of the backing plate to match flats and rounds. \nThey reduce ricochet -- the smaller exit hole reduces the chances that seeds can ricochet back into the meter.\nLast three times longer.\nPopulation Max is a specialized poly backing plate that replaces the metal plate in your current meter. Population Max uses a special Kevlar impregnated poly to produce a flatter, more consistent platform for finger sets. Not only is Population Max flatter, it will last longer than metal plates because of an exclusive high-tech wear strip that is molded into all the wear surfaces of the backing plate.\nFlatter is better. Stop doubles or triples. A flatter backing plate provides a solid base for fingers. In these photos, a warped metal backing plate allows fingers to hold onto a group of seeds. The result in your field is a double or triple.Stop skips due to ricochet. The large exit hole in metal backing plates allows seeds to bounce back into the meter. The Population Max exit hole is the same size and shape as the finger. So the finger effectively closes over the exit hole preventing seeds from bouncing back into the meter. Your PopMax plate will come with an ''A'' insert. That insert, when used with the adjustable brush, will plant almost every commercial corn seed we can find. So it is the dominant insert used today.