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APS1548, APS1560, APS1572 & APS1586 All Purpose Seeder 313-354M
10/13/11
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Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Safety at All Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Look For The Safety Alert Symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Safety Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Owner Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Serial Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Further Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Section 1: Assembly & Set-up . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Tractor Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Torque Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Sling Bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Dealer Preparations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Pre-Assembly Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Mud Scraper Installation (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Front Mud Scrapers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Rear Mud Scraper For Packer Roller . . . . . . . . . . 9
Rear Mud Scraper To Spike Roller . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Section 2: Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . 11
Operating Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Tractor Hook-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Transporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Filling the Seed Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
How the Seeder Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Operating the Seeder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Parking the Seeder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
General Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Section 3: Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Front Roller Angle Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Mud Scraper Adjustment (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Front Mud Scrapers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Rear Mud Scrapers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Special Instructions for Spike Rollers . . . . . . . . . 14
Drive Chain Engagement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Speed Change Sprocket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
High Range Set-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Low Range Set-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Seed Cup Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Calibrating & Adjusting Seeding Rate . . . . . . . . . . 18
Seed Rate Charts (English) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Seed Rate Charts (Metric) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Small Seeds Attachment (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Drive Arrangement with APS in High Range . . . . 24
Drive Arrangement with APS in Low Range . . . . 25
Small Seeds Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Small Seeds Seed Rate Chart (English) . . . . . . . . 27
Section 4: Options & Accessories . . . . . . . . 28
Small Seeds Attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Rear Rollers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Rear Spike Roller Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Rear Packer Roller Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Rear Scrapers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Rear Spike Scraper Bundle Option . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Rear Packer Scraper Bundle Option . . . . . . . . . . 29
Agitation Extension Kit (Accessory) . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Section 5: Maintenance & Lubrication . . . . . 30
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Roller Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Cleaning and Storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Lubrication Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Roller Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Feed Cup Drive Sprocket Square Bore . . . . . . . 31
Front Roller Bearings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Rear Roller Bearings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Feed Cup Drive Sprocket Square Bore . . . . . . . 32
Small Seeds Drive Sprocket Bearing . . . . . . . . . 32
Section 6: Specifications & Capacities . . . . 33
Section 7: Features & Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Section 8: Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Section 9: Torque Values Chart . . . . . . . . . . 36
Section 10: Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
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