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Marchesan Implementos e Máquinas Agrícolas “TATU” S.A.
PST PLUS
Table of contents
1. To the owner
4
2. To the operator
5 to 10
Be careful with the environment
5
Working safely
5 to 7
Truck or trailer transportation
8
Safety stickers
9 & 10
3. Components
11
4. Data sheet
12
5. Assembly
13 to 20
Drawbar assembly
13
Extensor assembly
14
Drawbar resting position
15
Hydraulic circuit (5, 7 or 8 row units)
16
Row marker assembly
17
No-till or conventional planting
18
Row unit assembly (rear part)
19 & 20
6. Working preparation
21 to 34
Tractor preparation / Hitching to the tractor
21
Planter leveling / Setting the planter to transport position
22
Adjustment of the steel cable and chains of the row markers
23
Procedures before operating the planter
24
Spacing between row units / Positioning the row units in the frame
25
Spacing tables
26
Procedures to change the spacing
27 to 30
Planning the plantation - Correct seed rate
31 & 32
Procedures before the plantation / Ideal working speed
32
Graphite powder use / List of standard seed plates in the planter
33 & 34
7. Adjustments and operations
35 to 52
Seeds distribution
35
Procedures to change the sprocket
35
Seed distribution table
36
Calculation of seeds/meter according to the number of holes
37
Fertilizer distribution / Procedures to change the sprocket
38 & 39
Safety fuse of the transmission
39
Fertilizer table
40
Practical test for seeds and fertilizer distribution
41
Auxiliary calculation for fertilizer distribution
42
Oscillating disc blades (no-till)
43
Furrow opening and fertilizer position on the soil
43
