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Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc.
Maintenance and Lubrication 43
03/18/2019 150-290M
Small Seeds Box Clean-Out
1. Open lid of each box and scoop out as much seed as
possible.
2. To recover remaining seed, place a collection tarp
under the small seeds tubes at the openers.
3. Raise drill.
4. Set seed rate handle to 100.
5. At left gearbox, rotate calibration crank or ground
drive wheel until no seed flows.
6. If a vacuum cleaner is available, remove any resid-
ual seed from top of meters.
Fertilizer Box Clean-Out
After applying fertilizer, clean drill boxes as soon as pos-
sible. Fertilizers often contain chemicals corrosive to
metal.
Refer to Figure 32
With a small scoop or can, remove as much fertilizer as
possible from drill boxes.
Clean-out releases material across the entire length of a
box. Have collection equipment prepared.
Release all clean-out latches on the drill, and open
clean-out door. Leave door open until after wash out.
Refer to Figure 32
Wash inside of drill boxes with water under high pres-
sure.
Let drill boxes dry before closing clean-out doors.
Figure 32
A Fertilizer Cleanout Latch
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