SR Meterbox Assembly
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material. Refer page 98 for information on
removal procedure.
Any work to the meter system must be
carried out with the bins empty to allow
removal of the metershaft assembly.
Large Seeds
The standard metershaft assembly will
meter a variety of seeds from canola to
peas. It will not however meter faba beans,
chick peas, broad beans or other large
seeds. To confirm the actual suitability of
the standard metershaft assembly it is
suggested that a small quantity of seed be
placed in the bin and that the metershaft be
turned over by hand. If excessive seed
damage, cracking of seed, occurs or if the
metershaft does not turn smoothly it will be
necessary to use a
Large Seeds / Broad
Beans
metershaft assembly.
Fig. M8 Large seeds metershaft assembly.
Contact your Gason dealer for more
information.
Fig. M9 Possible example for wide row (summer) cropping using diverter blades to direct product
down 3 of the 6 primary tubes and plugging air flow on the un-used primary delivery tubes.
