Great Plains
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1525P and 1510HDP
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 tractor. Stop tractor
engine and set park brake before installing pins.
1.
Hitch drill to a suitable tractor or hitch. See “
” on page 13 or your hitch operator’s
manual.
2.
Make sure proper seed meter wheels
are in place.
For information on how to change the seed meter
wheels see page 63.
3.
Make sure all seed meter clean out doors
, are
closed and pinned
. For more information see
4.
Set seeding rate as explained in "Seeding Rate",
page 53.
5.
Open and pin sliding seed tubes
.
6.
Load box with clean seed and talc.
7.
Raise drill. Rotate gauge wheel. Check that seed
meters, seed tubes and drives are working 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 9
Seed Meter Wheel In Place
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Figure 10
Seed Meter Clean Out Door
Closed Position
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Figure 11
Sliding Seed Tubes in Open Position
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