Document Outline

• Operator Manual
• Table of Contents
• Important Safety Information
  • Look for Safety Symbol
  • Be Aware of Signal Words
  • Prepare for Emergencies
  • Be Familiar with Safety Decals
  • Wear Protective Equipment
  • Handle Chemicals Properly
  • Avoid High Pressure Fluids
  • Use A Safety Chain
  • Use Safety Lights and Devices
  • Keep Riders Off Machinery
  • Transport Machinery Safely
  • Shutdown and Storage
  • Tire Safety
  • Practice Safe Maintenance
  • Safety At All Times
  • Safety Decals
    • Safety Reflectors and Decals
    • 818-055C Slow Moving Vehicle Reflector
    • 838-266C Red Reflectors
    • 838-267C Daytime Reflectors
    • 838-265C Amber Reflectors
    • 818-590C Danger: Crushing Hazard
    • 818-557C Danger (in Spanish):
    • 838-599C Danger: Electrocution Hazard
    • 818-045C Warning: Pinch/Crush
    • 818-188C Warning: Speed
    • 818-339C Warning: High Pressure Fluid Hazard
    • 818-682C Warning: Markers: Pinch/Crush
    • 818-587C Caution: Read Operator Manual
    • 818-351C Caution: Transport Locks
    • 818-398C Caution: Tires Not A Step
    • 838-426C Caution: Pressure and Torque
• Introduction
  • Description of Unit
    • Intended Usage
  • Models Covered
    • Document Family
  • Using This Manual
    • Definitions
  • Owner Assistance
    • Product Support
• Preparation and Setup
  • Post-Delivery/Seasonal Setup
  • Pre-Planting Setup
  • Hitching Tractor to Planter
    • Hydraulic Hose Hookup
      • Current Style Color Coded Hose Handles
      • Older Style Hoses with Color Ties
    • Protecting Fan Hydraulic Motor Seals
    • Electrical Hookup
    • Hitching with 3-Point
    • Hitching with Hydraulic Tongue (Option)
      • Local Float on Hydraulic Tongue
    • Store Main Parking Stand
    • Raising/Lowering Tongue
  • Tank Cart Hitching
    • Fertilizer Connection Types
    • Making Fertilizer Connections
  • Heights and Leveling
    • Set Tongue Height
    • Checking Planter Leveling Side to Side
    • Center Section Level Check
  • Wing Leveling
    • Wing Leveling, Inboard End
    • Wing Leveling, Outboard End
  • Lock Up Fertilizer Drive
    • YP2425A serial number B1029G+
• Operating Instructions
  • Pre-Start Checklist
  • Fold/Unfold Lock Overview
  • Unfolding the YP2425A Planter
    • Unfolding, Continued …
  • Raising/Lowering Planter
    • Local Float on Hydraulic Tongue
    • Raising Planter
    • Lowering Planter
  • Folding the YP2425A Planter
    • Folding, Continued …
    • Re-phasing Fold System
    • Lift Cylinder Lock-Up
    • Re-Phasing Lift System
  • Transporting the Planter
    • Transport Checklist
  • Loading Materials
    • 82 Bushel Hopper Operation
    • Adding Seed to 82 bu. Hopper
    • Changing the Seed Box or 82 bu. Hopper
  • Auxiliary Hydraulics
    • Operating Auxiliary Hydraulics
  • Marker Operation
    • Marker Unfold (one side)
    • Row Marker Operation
    • Folding the Markers
    • Unusual Marker Operations
      • Both Sides Unfolded
  • Electric Clutch Operation
    • Clutch Switch Coverage
    • Electric Clutch Lock-Up
  • Swath Command™ Clutch Operation
  • Air System Operation
    • Air System Overview
      • Fan Circuit Operation
      • Fan General Operating Information
  • Y-Tubes
  • Monitor Operation
  • Trailer Operations
  • Field Set-Up Checklist
  • Field Operation
    • Skip and Double Checks
  • Short-Term Parking
    • 3 Point Hitch Parking
    • Hydraulic Tongue Hitch Parking
    • Either Hitch Parking
  • Long-Term Storage
    • Storage: Fertilizer Option
• Adjustments
  • Setting Material Rates
    • Planting Rate
    • Fertilizer Rate
  • Gauge/Transport Wheel Adjustments
  • Marker Adjustments
    • Marker Disk Adjustment
    • Marker Extension
    • Marker Gauge Wheel Adjustment
    • Marker Chain Length Adjustment
    • Dual Marker Speed Adjustment
  • Height Switch Adjustment
    • serial number B1030G+
  • Height Switch Adjustment
    • serial number B1029G-
  • Fan and Meter Pressurization Adjustment
    • Furrow Check:
    • Fine-Tuning Meter Pressurization
      • Alternate Skip/Double Check
    • Seed Delivery Fan Adjustments
      • Seed Delivery Butterfly Valves
  • Fertilizer Setup
    • CDS-John Blue® Ground Drive Pump
      • Liquid Fertilizer Strainer(s)
    • Fertilizer Relief Valve
    • Fertilizer Orifice Plates
  • Frame-Mounted Row Accessories
    • Terra-Tine™ Adjustments
      • Using Terra-Tines with Coulters
    • Frame-Mounted Coulter Adjustments
      • On-Row
      • Between Row (or Off-Row at least 2in)
    • Vantage I Fertilizer Adjustments
  • 25 Series Row Unit Adjustments
    • Row Unit Down Pressure
      • Adjusting Down-Force
      • Unit-Mount Cleaner Adjustments
    • Coulter Adjustments
      • Coulter Depth Adjustment
      • Coulter Row Alignment
    • Row-Unit Opener Disk Adjustments
      • Setting Planting Depth
      • Opener Disc Contact Region
      • Adjusting Disc Contact
    • Side Gauge Wheel Adjustment
      • Adjusting Gauge Wheel Scrapers
    • Seed Meter Setup and Adjustment
      • Meter Rain Cover
      • Seed Inlet Shutter Adjustment
      • Optimal Seed Pool Slopes
      • Meter Re-Fill
    • Air-Pro® Meter Disk Installation
      • Removing a Seed Disk
    • Row Unit Shut-Off
      • 1. Identify Rows to Shut Off
      • 2. Close Seed Shutter
      • 3. Install Blank Disk
      • 4. Close Y-Tubes
      • 5. Lock-Up Row
    • Seed Firmer Adjustments
      • Keeton® Seed Firmer Adjustment
      • Seed-Lok® Seed Firmer Lock-Up
      • Seed-Lok® Seed Firmer Lock-Up (older style)
    • Press Wheel Adjustment
      • Press Wheel Down Pressure
      • Press Wheel Stagger
      • Press Wheel Centering
• Troubleshooting
  • Planting Rate Problems
    • Suggested Furrow Check:
  • Seed Pool Troubleshooting
    • Seed Pool Recovery
  • Population Troubleshooting Charts
• Maintenance and Lubrication
  • Maintenance
  • Material Clean-Out
    • Air Box Clean-Out
    • Air System Clean-Out
    • Meter Clean-Out
      • Funnel Conversion
      • Alternate Meter Clean-Out
      • Seed Tube Clean-Out
  • Meter Brush Maintenance
    • Meter Brush Replacement
      • Tufted Brush Replacement
      • Strip Brush Replacement
      • Seed Drop Brush Replacement
    • Seed Disk Maintenance
      • Cleaning and Storing Seed Disks
  • Hydraulic Maintenance
    • Hydraulic Drive Maintenance
    • To change the element:
    • Bleeding Hydraulics
      • Fold System Bleeding
      • Fold Cylinder Bleeding
      • Lift System Bleeding
      • Lift Cylinder Bleeding
  • Marker Maintenance
    • Marker Bleeding
      • Marker Cylinder Bleeding
    • Marker Shear Bolt Replacement
    • Marker Grease Seal Cap
    • Wing Alignment
  • Chain Maintenance
    • Chain Slack
    • Chain Clips
  • Meter Drive Chain
  • Disc Spreaders and Scrapers
    • 25 Series Row-Unit Side Wheels
  • Fertilizer System Maintenance
    • Liquid Fertilizer Strainer
      • In Season Filter Cleaning
      • End of Season Filter Cleaning
  • Seed Flap Replacement(s/n B1002E+)
  • Seed Flap Replacement (s/n B1001E-)
  • Lubrication
    • Wing Casters: Pivot
    • Wing Casters: Parallel Arms
    • Wing Casters: Lift Cylinder Ends
    • Wing Casters: Pointing Cylinders
    • Marker Joints
    • Wing Frames
    • Rockshaft to Frame
    • Rockshaft to Link Arm
    • Lift Cylinders: Rod End
    • Center Links: Aft End
    • Caster Pivots
    • 25 Series Side Wheel Bushing
    • Frame-Mounted Coulter (optional) Hub
    • Frame-Mounted Coulter (option) Pivot
    • Hitch Parallel Arms
    • Tongue Latch
    • Tongue Slide Roller
    • Wing Transfer Drive Shafts
    • Wing Fold Cylinders: Rod End
    • Row Cleaner Bearings
    • Wing Casters: Wheel Hubs
    • Markers: Disk Hub
    • Ground Drive Fertilizer Pump (option)
    • Transport Wheels: Wheel Hubs
    • Gauge Wheel Bearings
    • Hydraulic Drive Chains
    • Meter Drive Chains
    • Seed Lubricant
      • Air-Pro® Meters (all seeds)
      • Ezee Glide Plus Talc+Graphite Mix
      • Ezee Glide Plus Lubricant
• Options
  • Hydraulic Tongue
  • Markers
  • Trailer Hitch Weldment
    • Fertilizer Carts
      • Pull-Type Fertilizer Carts
      • Semi-Mounted Fertilizer Carts
    • Ground Drive Fertilizer Pump
    • Fertilizer Manifolds
      • Manifold Selection
      • Type 2 Fertilizer Manifold
      • Type 3 Fertilizer Manifold
      • Fertilizer Orifice Plates
  • 82 Bushel Seed Hoppers
  • Seed Lubricant
  • Frame-Mounted Row Options
    • Terra-Tines
    • Frame-Mounted (Zone) Coulters
      • Vantage I Coulters
      • Frame-Mounted Coulter Only
      • Frame-Mounted Vantage I Coulter
  • Smart Box Mounting Kit
  • Unit-Mounted Row Options
    • Row-Pro™
    • Swath Command™
    • Row Cleaners
    • Unit-Mounted Disk Coulters
      • Coulter Blades
    • Gauge Wheel Scrapers
    • Seed Meter Disks
    • Clean-Out Container
    • Seed Tube Brush
    • Seed Firmers
      • Seed-Lok® Seed Firmer
      • Keeton® Seed Firmer
    • Row Unit Press Wheels
• Appendix A - Reference Information
  • Specifications and Capacities
    • Specifications/Capacities, North America
    • Specifications/Capacities, Metric Model
  • Tire Inflation Chart
  • Hydraulic Diagrams
    • Auxiliary Hydraulics (standard)
    • Fan
    • Hydraulic Drive
    • Hydraulic Tongue (Optional)
    • Lift
    • Markers
    • Wing Fold, Markers and Auxiliary
  • Chain Routing
    • 25AP Final Meter Drive
    • Hydraulic Drive Chain Routing
    • Fertilizer Pump Ground Drive Chain Routing
  • Seed Hose Routing
  • Torque Values Chart
• Appendix B - Initial Setup
  • Seed Monitor Console Installation
  • Radar Calibration
• Appendix R - Row-Pro™
  • Preparation and Setup
    • Row-Pro™ Setup (Option)
  • Operating Instructions
  • Components
    • Load Cell, DPLCM and Valves
    • Electrical System
    • Air Compressor System
      • Air Compressor
      • Air Tank
  • Row-Pro™ Adjustments
    • Load Cell Reading
    • Air Pressure Gauge
    • Check for Air Leaks
    • Setting the Springs
  • Row-Pro™ Troubleshooting
  • Row-Pro™ Maintenance
  • Warranty
• Index