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7/1/19
NTS2507, NTS2509, & NTS2511 s/n+ 2019+ NTS Seeder 313-900M
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Table of Contents
Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Safety at All Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Look for the Safety Alert Symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Safety Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Section 1: Assembly & Set-up . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Tractor Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Quick Hitch Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Torque Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Dealer Preparations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Sling Bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Flex Guard Hose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Small Seeds Zero Adjustment Set-up . . . . . . . . . . 13
Tow Hitch Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Acremeter Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Hydraulic Plumbing For Tow Option. . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Purge Hydraulic System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Section 2: Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . 19
Operating Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Tractor Shutdown Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Hook-up 3-Point Seeder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Check LED Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Check Tractor Clearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Unhook 3-Point Seeder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Hook-up Pull-Type Seeder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Store Park Jack on Seeder Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Unhook Pull-Type Seeder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Install Transport Locks & Spacers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Transporting with Seeder Attached . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Level Seeder With 3-Point Mount. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Level Seeder With Pull Hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Filling Small Seeds Seedbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Filling Grass Seedbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Filling Native Seedbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
How the Seeder Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Lockout Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Drive Sprocket Engagement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Operating the Seeder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
General Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Section 3: Roller Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Section 4: Grass Seed Rate Adjustment . . . . 34
Grass Seed High/Low Range Set-up . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Low Range Reduction Set-up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Return to Standard High/Low Range . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Grass Seed Cup Gate Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Grass Seed Rate Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Grass Seed Rate Chart (English) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Grass Seed Rate Chart (Metric) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Section 5: Small Seed Rate Adjustment . . . . 44
Small Seed High/Low Range Set-up . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Small Seeds Seed Rate Adjustment. . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Small Seed Rate Chart (English) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Small Seed Rate Chart (Metric) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Section 6: Native Seed Rate Adjustment . . . . 52
Native Seed High/Low Range Set-up . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Native Seed Rate Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Native Seed Rate Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Section 7: Options & Accessories . . . . . . . . . 54
Section 8: Maintenance & Lubrication . . . . . . 55
General Chain & Sprocket Maintenance . . . . . . . 55
All Seeds Drive Chains #3, #6, & #9 . . . . . . . . . . 55
Grass Seeds Standard Chains #12 . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Small Seeds Drive Chain #15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Native Grass Seeds Seedbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Roller Chain Part Numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Small Seed Roller Chains & Grass Seed Standard
Roller Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Front Spike Rollers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Rear Packer Roller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Long-Term Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Ordering Replacement Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61