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Start the tractor again.
Close all the doors and windows in the cabin.
Switch the control box on.
Press on the input field for the required application rate.
Key in the new value on the popup keyboard.
The new value is on the screen of the keyboard.
Confirm it or cancel it with the OK or cancel key.
The working width and the selected driving speed, if the tractor is
equipped with a speedometer, are entered in a similar manner.
It is recommended that an application rate of at least 222 lbs/acre is
entered with the selected driving speed.
Switch the right spreading disc off by pressing close key in the
main screen. The right dosing unit remains closed.
Switch the automatic calibration off by pressing the manual/auto
key in the main screen. A hand will begin to flash in the screen on
the right below the spreader.
Engage the PTO shaft. The correct RPM of the spreading discs is
the value given in the relevant spreading chart less 25%, e.g. 950
RPM/min. - 25% = 715 RPM/min.
If you want, you can choose to accelerate so that you are driving at
the same speed as during full field spreading.
Start driving along the field edge. The distance between the border
and the middle of the tractor must be 7 ft.
Open the dosing unit a few feet before driving over the middle of
the first bowl by pressing the start key.
Drive over the middle of the first trough and only stop spreading
once you are at least one working width from the trough (e.g. 59 or
78 ft.). This is because the spreader distributes roughly even to the
back, front and to the side.
Close the left dosing unit by pressing the stop key.
If you set an application rate of less than 222 lbs/acre, drive over
the same tracks in order to collect sufficient fertilizer in the troughs
for a good comparison.
Maintain the same distance with opening and closing the dosing unit.
Keep to the same driving speed and PTO shaft rpm!
Empty the troughs with a funnel into the graduated tubes.
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