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PROBLEM PROBABLE CAUSE CORRECTION
GROOVE BEHIND
SHANK NOT
CLOSING
PROPERLY
(CONTINUED)
WAVY COULTERS SET TOO CLOSE TO-
GETHER MOVE WAVY COULTERS APART
DRIVING TOO SLOW SPEED UP
SOIL TOO DRY IRRIGATE
SOIL STRUCTURE RUINED FROM COMPAC-
TION (POSSIBLY DUE TO PREVIOUS
IMPLEMENT BEING USED UNDER EXCES-
SIVELY WET SOIL CONDITIONS)
ELIMINATE TILLAGE WITH OTHER
IMPLEMENTS
PLANTER NOT
FOLLOWING
CORRECTLY
BEHIND RAPID TILL
PLANTER BAR HEIGHT SET INCORRECTLY ADJUST PLANTER BAR SO THAT PARALLEL
LINKAGES ON THE PLANTER ARE LEVEL OR
SLIGHTLY LOWER IN BACK
PLANTING IN SAME DIRECTION AS RAPID
TILL PLANT IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION AS RAPID
TILL
PULL TYPE PLANTERS TEND TO NOT PULL
STRAIGHT
ADJUST TRACTOR DRAWBAR TO
COMPENSATE FOR SIDE PULL
ROW UNITS NOT
FLOATING
PARALLEL LINKAGE STICKING DISASSEMBLE PARALLEL LINKAGE
ASSEMBLY AND REPAIR AS NEEDED
BAR HEIGHT NOT SET CORRECTLY WHEN
COMPARED TO SHANK DEPTH
SET BAR HEIGHT SO PARALLEL LINKAGE IS
ANGLE D SLIGHTLY TOWARDS THE BACK
WHEN AT OPERATING DEPTH.