Over the last few years the trend has been clear — a growing percentage of producers are increasingly looking for more capacity in their air carts and bigger tractors with which to pull them.
To meet that demand, in February John Deere added a new, bigger air cart to its model lineup, the C1100T. It’s a four-tank cart capable of toting around 1,100 bushels.
That brings Deere’s total air cart lineup to 12 models: five tow-between versions with capacities from 350 to 650 bu. and seven tow-behind carts from 350 to 1,100 bu.
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The C1100T takes all the features available in the existing lineup, plus a few new ones, and packs them into a higher capacity cart.
“The C1100T has all the great things the 850 has,” says Anthony Styczinsk, Deere’s marketing manager for air carts and planters.
“That all carries over from the C Series lineup into a bigger cart.
“When I think about the C1100T, it’s about productivity and efficiency. It has all the technology updates we brought to the C Series in 2025 with updates.”
The C1100T has four tanks. The small product tank size has been increased to 105 bu. The three main product tanks have 325, 155 and 535 bu. capacity. Eight primary product lines carry seed and fertilizer from them out to the drill.
The new cart gets an EZ Lift elevator to lift product bags up from a truck or ground level. There is also a longer and higher capacity conveyor for filling the tanks.
“The conveyor from the 850 changes,” says Styczinski.
“We made it longer, lessening that angle really allows stuff not to roll back down that (steep) angle that you see on some of the other conveyors out there. it’s also bigger around.”
The EZ Cal calibration system that debuted on the existing model line, which allows for faster, easier rate calibration, will be available on the C1100T.
Real-time data
The John Deere Operations Centre will now have more real-time information available from the new cart. It will not only show how much product is left in the cart but will also estimate the number of acres the cart can cover before empty.
“(Before) you’d have to make those decisions yourself,” says Styczinski.
“As a tender truck driver, you can really lock in on where you need to be. When do I need to be there to refill?
“With Operations Center Mobile, you have that ability. Anybody that’s in the farm org can pull that up and see how many pounds are left in each tank and how long until they’re out. You have the desktop versions, Android or iPhone.”
To keep the cart rolling along and floating over wet ground, it rides on a set of radial 1100 tires at the front axle and dual 850s at the rear.
Deere will open its order books for the C1100T in April for deliveries in time for the 2027 seeding season.
“We’re excited about what it offers and what it’s going to bring our customers in productivity,” Styczinski says.
