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4/23/2010
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Operating Instructions
Field Operation
You may be severely injured or killed by being crushed
between the tractor and drill. Do not stand or place
any part of your body between drill and moving trac-
tor. Stop tractor engine and set park brake before in-
stalling pins.
1. Hitch drill to a suitable tractor or hitch. Refer to
“Hitching Tractor to Drill,” page 15 or your
hitch operator’s manual.
Refer to Figure 13
2. Make sure proper seed meter wheels are in
place. For information on how to change the
seed meter wheels see page 37.
Refer to Figure 14
3. Make sure all seed meter clean out doors are
closed and pinned. For more information see
page 35.
4. Set seeding rate as explained in “Seeding
Rate”, page 32.
Refer to Figure 15
5. Open and pin sliding seed tubes. For further
information see page 34.
6. Load box with clean seed and talc.
7. Raise drill. Rotate gauge wheel. Check that
seed meters, seed tubes and drives are work-
ing properly and free from foreign material by
looking for seed flow under each opener.
8. Record acremeter readout. Subtract initial
reading from later readings to determine
acres drilled.
9. Pull forward, lower drill and begin seeding.
10. Always lift drill out of the ground when turning
at row ends and for other short-radius turns.
Seeding will stop automatically as drill is
raised.
Figure 13
Seed meter wheel in place
Seed
meter
wheel
22851
Figure 14
Seed meter clean out door in closed position
18261
Seed meter
clean out door
Retaining
clip
Figure 15
Sliding seed tubes in open position
22852
Sliding seed
tubes
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