Veris Technologies MSP EC and pH (1997-2008 floppy disk drive 1.02E) - Operating Instructions - Manual (Page 30)

Veris Technologies
Pub. #OM MSP03-1
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2. Once unit is level, lower sampling mechanism completely, drive forward 10-20’ (3-6 m) to create
soil core. To measure depth of soil core being collected, brush away soil from cutting shoe.
Measure from soil surface to top of cutting shoe. This is the depth of sampling. To increase
sampling depth, remove cylinder stops; to decrease sampling depth, add stops. Re-leveling unit
with adjustable toplink may be required.
3. Note: if MSP is equipped with EC Module and EC data is being collected along with pH data,
adjusting the overall height of the unit will affect coulter-electrode depth. If deeper soil sampling
is desired, and removing cylinder stops would result in excessive coulter-electrode depth, remove
sampler shank pins and lower shank to lowest setting. If shallower soil sampling is required, and
adding cylinder stops results in inadequate coulter-electrode depth for EC data collection, raise
sampler shank to highest setting.
pull adjustment
pins and lower
shank if deeper
sampling is needed
(and EC coulter
depth is
satisfactory)
operate
implement
parallel to
soil
sampling depth is
measured from top
of cutting shoe to
soil surface