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Section 2: Operating Instructions
MPS2607, MPS2609, & MPS2611 Multi-Purpose Seeder 329-301M
Table of Contents
8/8/23
How the Seeder Works
The following is a brief description of how your
Multi-Purpose Seeder works.
The power to drive the seed cups comes from the rear
roller turning against the ground while traveling. Power is
transmitted from the rear roller through roller chains to
the seed cups. Seed is metered out of the cups at a rate
proportional to the distance traveled. This ensures that
the rate applied remains constant as ground speed is
varied.
The front rollers cultivates the soil, crush clods, press
down small stones and forms a seedbed. They can be
angled from 0 degrees (non-aggressive) to
approximately 18 degrees (very aggressive).
The condition of soil and type of vegetation will determine
front roller angle. Soil that has already been
worked will not require as aggressive an angle as hard
soil or soil with unwanted vegetation. The all-seeds drive
sprocket can be locked out to allow the seeder to be used
to work the ground without dropping seed. Grass that you
plan to seed over should have the front rollers set
at 0 degrees or at a slight angle to remove thatch.
Seeds drop in front of the rear roller to allow the roller to
firm the soil around the seeds. The rear roller assembly
floats up and down to follow field terrain.
Grass Seedbox:
Refer to Figure 2-12:
Cup metering speed can be adjusted to either a high, low,
or low range reduction by changing the position of drive
gear (#12) in the grass seeds transmission. The rate
seed falls through the grass seed cups is adjustable
using the seed rate adjustment lever located at the front
left side of the seeder. See
“Grass Seed Rate
Adjustments”
on page 38
Small Seeds Seedbox:
The rate seed falls through the small seeds seed cups is
adjustable using the seed rate adjustment lever located
at the front right side of the seeder. For calculating small
seed rates, see
“Small Seeds Seed Rate Adjustments”
on page 46.
Native Seedbox:
The rate seed falls through the seed tray is adjustable
using the 4 speed gearbox and 4 sprockets located at the
back right side of the seeder (see Figure 6-1 on page 54).
For calculating native seed rates, refer to
“Native Seed
Rate Chart”
on
“Native Seed Rate Adjustments”
on
page 54.
Grass Seeds Transmission
Figure 2-12
Grass Seeds Transmission
Refer to Figure 2-12:
The grass seeds transmission shown in Figure 2-12
drives the grass seeds seedbox cup shaft.
Decal (#13) illustrates the different positions gear (#12)
can be positioned for varying the seed discharge rates.
There are three grass seeds discharge rates. They are
high range, low range, and low range reduction. Each
range and seed drop rate are explained in detail. Refer to
“Grass Seed Rate Adjustments”
on page 38 and
“Grass Seed Rate Charts”
starting on page 40.
Gear (#12) should be adjusted to neutral when not using
the grass seedbox. Adjust the gear as follows:
Refer to Figure 2-13 on page 33:
1.
Park tractor and seeder on a level surface where the
unit can be safely lowered to ground level.
2.
Shut tractor down following
“Tractor Shutdown
Procedure”
on page 21 before dismounting.
3.
Disengage the All Seeds drive lock in/out clutch by
setting the clutch to the lock-out position. Refer to
“All-Seeds Drive Lock In/Out Clutch”
on page 33.
4.
Remove knob (#4) and cover (#5) from grass seeds
transmission box (#6).
Input Sprocket
Output Sprocket
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IMPORTANT:
See Figure 4-2 on page 38.
Never operate grass seedbox with seed rate
adjustment lever set on 0.
Setting the adjustment
lever on 0 will damage the seed cups.
