Great Plains | 166-486M | 2019/01/29
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Spartan
II
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Operation
Loading Seed or Dry Fertilizer
1. Securely hitch the drill to a tractor with adequate
page 101 for tractor requirements.
If a suitable tractor is not available, make sure the
tongue jack is on solid ground, and block multiple
tires.
2. Park the drill on solid, level ground.
3. Lower the ladder on one side.
4. Select the hoppers to use:
a.
Single-hopper configuration
- All materials
are delivered to the row unit seed tubes, and
are placed in a furrow.
b.
Dual-hopper single-shoot configuration
-
Either hopper may be used for seed and/or
dry fertilizer. All materials are delivered to the
row unit seed tubes, and are placed in a
furrow.
If applying the same material from both
hoppers, you can meter from both at the
same time, or from one at a time. For one at a
time metering, the unused hopper is disabled
by removing a final range gear.
Simultaneous metering avoids weight
imbalance and eliminates stopping before the
halfway point for meter change-over.
If metering simultaneously, set each meter for
one half the rate. Do not use half the
single-meter scale setting, as this is usually
not half the rate. See “
c.
Dual-hopper double-shoot configuration
-
The factory default configuration is that the
hoppers and delivery hose routing are set up
for specific uses. See the table below.
Auger discharge heights are as follow:
5. At each empty hopper to be loaded, open both
meter doors. Wipe the seal on the meter doors
and meter bottom flanges clean. Close and latch
both meter doors.
6. If the drill has been parked for more than a day,
condensation may have caused moisture to
accumulate. Run the fan system for several
minutes to blow moisture out of the meters and
seed hoses.
Hopper
Intended Hopper Use
I
Seed or In-Furrow Dry Fertilizer
II
Dry Fertilizer or Broadcast Seed
Hopper
Elevation to Flange
2890 litre
2.83m
5290 litre
2.97m
Single-hopper
Double-hopper
single-shoot
Double-hopper
double-shoot
I
II
II
I
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