PROBLEM
CAUSE
REMEADY
1.
Fertilizer
lateral
distribution
not
uniform
1.
Fertilizer deposit on the spreading
discs and the spreading vanes.
2.
Slider do not open all the way as it
is loose
1.
Clean the spreading discs
and spreading vanes
2.
Tighten the slider correctly.
2.
Too much fertilizer in
the tractor track
1.
Prescribed spreading disc speed is
not reached.
2.
Spreading vanes and outlets are
defective or worn
1.
Increase tractor engine speed
2.
Check the spreading vanes
and
outlets.
Replaced
defective or worn parts
immediately.
3.Too much fertilizer in
the overlap area
Prescribed spreading disc speed is
exceeded
Reduce tractor engine speed.
4. Hopper tips do not
empty uniformly.
1.
Bridging of fertilizer
1.
Eliminate cause of bridging
Spreading disc do not
rotating
1.
Shear bolt of drive shaft has failed
3.
Replace the shear bolt.
