Great Plains PTO Kits Single-Section - Manual (Page 21)

Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc. Table of Contents Index PTO Operation 17
2014-06-16 Table of Contents Index 401-885M
Setting Meter Pressurization
General Steps for all Kits
Refer to Figure 15
Meter pressurization is set as for a standard planter,
using the PTO kit valve
rather than a lever for a tractor
hydraulic remote. This adjustment is normally made with
the seed meters full of seed.
Consult your planter Seed Rate manual for the correct
seed disk, meter inlet shutter setting, and recommended
initial pressure as reported by the Magnehelic
®
gauge .
1. Check that the Inlet Butterfly valve handle is set
to 30
°. If not, loosen the pivot bolt, reset handle, and
Re-secure bolt.
2. Mount the PTO pump (page 11).
3. Shut off the tractor and remove the key.
4. Consult your planter Seed Rate manual for the
intended crop, noting:
• Range and Transmission sprockets required,
• correct Air-Pro
®
seed disk (not shown),
• initial inlet shutter setting (not shown), and
• initial meter pressurization.
5. Install seed disks. Leave rain covers off meters.
6. Set meter inlet shutters per the Seed Rate manual.
7. Open any slide gates under hoppers.
8. Load enough seed to completely fill the meter inlet
tubes, and at least partially fill every hopper.
9. Set out containers, under row unit seed tubes, to
collect seed metered during setup.
10. Clear the hitch area of non-essential persons.
Check essential personnel for long hair, scarves,
cords, frays, loose flaps and anything else that
might get entangled. Clear the area of dangling or
loose wires, straps, cord and other lines that might
become entangled and pull someone in.
4
1
Entanglement and Crushing Hazard:
Use extreme caution in the hitch area when the PTO is
operating.
Figure 15: YP625A
Meter Pressure Adjustment
29842
25137
34626
90
60
30
0
848-020C
2
3
1
2
3