Native grass meter shaft rates, Standard shaft rates, Shaft rates with seed rate reduction – Great Plains 3P806NT Material Rate User Manual

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3P806NT

Table of Contents

Main Box Rates

Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc.

151-143B

Table of Contents

Main Box Rates

2011-10-21

Native Grass Meter Shaft Rates

These charts are used during calibration. They provide
rotations of the meter shaft per acre, and are not seed
rate charts. For metric charts, see page 45.

Once the pounds per shaft revolution is known for your
seed mix, the charts provide the Transmission, Drive
Type, and Final Sprocket required.

Standard Shaft Rates

Shaft Rates with Seed Rate Reduction

The Native Grass attachment includes, as standard
equipment, an agitator.

Equipment Damage Risk:
Do not transport with seed loaded in the Native Grass box.
Load seed at field. Transport with seed loaded compacts the
seed at the meter inlets and can easily clog agitators and
meters. Drive system operation in the field can then damage
the agitator and drive components.

Seed Lubricant
Add graphite seed lubricant after loading seed in the
Native Grass box. For humid planting environments,
double or triple graphite as needed. Use

1

3

cup (80 mL)

across the top of the seed mix. Graphite part numbers:

When drilling, check the amount of seed you are using
by noting the acres drilled, amount of seed added to drill,
and the level of seed in the box. If you suspect you are
drilling more or less seed than desired, and you have
accurately calibrated the drill to your seed, change your
sprocket arrangement to compensate for your field
conditions.

Native Grass Driven Sprocket (Standard Rate)

14T

15T

16T

17T

18T

19T

20T

21T

22T

23T

Native Grass Cup Revolutions Per Acre

1

96.3

89.9

84.2

79.3

74.9

70.9

67.4

64.2

61.3

58.6

2

198

185

173

163

154

146

139

132

126

120

3

297

277

260

244

231

219

208

198

189

181

4

484

452

424

399

377

357

339

323

308

295

32343A

Drive

Type

Native Grass Driven Sprocket (with Rate Reduction Kit)

14T

15T

16T

17T

18T

19T

20T

21T

22T

23T

Native Grass Cup Revolutions Per Acre

1

54.4

50.8

47.6

44.8

42.3

40.1

38.1

36.3

34.6

33.1

2

112

104

97.9

92.1

87.0

82.4

78.3

74.6

71.2

68.1

3

168

157

147

138

130

124

117

112

107

102

4

274

255

239

225

213

202

192

182

174

167

32343B

Drive

Type

821-042C 1 pound (0.45 kg) bottle

821-060C 5 pound (2.3 kg) jug

Figure 10

Native Grass Agitator Series II

25041

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