Great Plains 1525P Operator Manual - Manual (Page 21)

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19 Operating Instructions
Field Operation
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DANGER
You may be severely injured or killed by being crushed
between the tractor and drill. Do not stand or place
any part of your body between drill and moving trac-
tor. Stop tractor engine and set park brake before in-
stalling pins.
1. Hitch drill to a suitable tractor or hitch. Refer to
“Hitching Tractor to Drill,” page 15 or your
hitch operator’s manual.
Refer to Figure 5
2. Make sure proper seed meter wheels are in
place. For information on how to change the
seed meter wheels see page 38.
Refer to Figure 6
3. Make sure all seed meter clean out doors, are
closed and pinned. For more information see
page 38.
4. Set seeding rate as explained in “Seeding
Rate”, page 33.
Refer to Figure 7
5. Open and pin sliding seed tubes. For further
information see page 20.
6. Load box with clean seed and talc.
7. Raise drill. Rotate gauge wheel. Check that
seed meters, seed tubes and drives are work-
ing properly and free from foreign material by
looking for seed flow under each opener.
8. Record acremeter readout. Subtract initial
reading from later readings to determine
acres drilled.
9. Pull forward, lower drill and begin seeding.
10. Always lift drill out of the ground when turning
at row ends and for other short-radius turns.
Seeding will stop automatically as drill is
raised.
Seed
meter
wheel
Figure 5
Seed Meter Wheel in place
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Figure 6
Seed meter clean out door in closed position
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Seed meter
clean out door
Retaining
clip
Sliding seed
tubes
Figure 7
Sliding seed tubes in open position 18290