Rate charts, small seeds box, Alfalfa, red alsike, crimson clover, Kentucky bluegrass, fescue, annual rye grass – Great Plains 3PNG15 Material Rate User Manual
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Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc.
Smalls Seeds Box Planting
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12/01/2010
202-579B
8.
Rotate gauge wheel or calibration crank one acre, as
tallied on Acremeter, or as counted based on values
from table below.
Note: These settings are based on 9.5L-15 tires inflated
to factory specifications.
Note: You can also rotate the gauge wheel jackshaft by
means of a wrench or socket. If rotating gauge
wheel jackshaft, disengage the lockout on the drive
wheel and use same number of rotations as for ro-
tating drive wheel.
9.
Check that the three seed cups have plenty of seed
coming into them.
10. Weight metered seed. Subtract initial weight of con-
tainer. Divide by three.
11. Multiply by the number of openers on the drill to
determine total pounds seeded per acre. If this figure
is different than desired, change your sprockets and
drive type accordingly.
Note: You may want to repeat the calibration proce-
dure if your results vary greatly from seed rate
chart.
Rate Charts, Small Seeds Box
Alfalfa, Red Alsike, Crimson Clover
Kentucky Bluegrass,
Fescue, Annual Rye Grass
Revolutions for One Acre
3PNG12
3PNG15
Crank: Drive Type 1
302
245
Crank: Drive Type 2
99
80
Crank: Drive Type 2A
203
164
Gauge Wheel
450
364
Small Seeds Cup Lever Setting
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
55
60
65
70
75
80
85
90
95
100
Rows
Seeding Rate in Pounds per Acre
7.5 inch
0
0
1.8
2.8
3.9
4.8
6.0
7.0
7.9
9.0
10.0
11.1
12.1
13.2
14.0
15.3
16.2
17.2
18.3
19.3
20.3
10 inch
0
0
1.3
2.1
2.8
3.5
4.4
5.1
5.8
6.6
7.4
8.1
8.9
9.7
10.3
11.2
11.9
12.6
13.4
14.2
14.9
Small Seeds Cup Lever Setting
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
55
60
65
70
75
80
85
90
95
100
Rows
Seeding Rate in Pounds per Acre
7.5 inch
0
0
0.2
0.9
1.5
2.2
2.7
3.3
3.7
4.2
4.6
5.1
5.5
5.9
6.3
6.7
7.0
7.4
7.7
8.1
8.4
10 inch
0
0
0.1
0.7
1.1
1.6
2.0
2.4
2.7
3.1
3.4
3.7
4.0
4.3
4.6
4.9
5.2
5.4
5.7
5.9
6.2
MeasuredSeed
EmptyContainer
–
3
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PoundsPerSeedCup
=
undsPerSeedCup
NumberOfOpeners
×
PoundsPerAc
=
Total Row Units
Model
Spacing
Rows
3PNG12-1410
10 inch
14
3PNG12-1975
7.5 inch
19
3PNG15-1810
10 inch
18
3PNG15-2475
7.5 inch
24