Great Plains YP2425F-2470 Material Rate - Manual (Page 2)

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Table of Contents
Introduction .................................................................. 1
Covered Models ........................................................... 1
Document Family ........................................................... 1
Setting Planting Rate ..................................................... 1
Setting Liquid Fertilizer Rate.......................................... 1
Singulated Planting Overview .................................... 2
Singulated Rate Setting Overview.............................. 2
Hydraulic Drive Meter Rate ......................................... 3
Checking Planting Rate............................................... 4
Checking Singulated Rates........................................ 4
Singulated Seed Spacing ............................................ 6
Singulated Spacing: U.S. Customary Units................ 6
Singulated Spacing: Metric Units ............................... 7
Singulator Plus™ Meter Planting ............................... 8
Reading a Singulated Rate Chart ............................... 8
Singulator Plus™ Charts............................................. 9
Cotton, 120 Cell Wheels ............................................ 9
Milo, 102 Cell Wheel ................................................ 10
Milo, 135 Cell Wheels .............................................. 11
Milo, 270 Cell Wheels .............................................. 12
Soybean, 100 Cell Wheel ........................................ 13
Soybean, 110 Cell Wheels....................................... 14
Finger Meter Planting ................................................ 15
Reading a Finger Meter Rate Chart .......................... 15
Charts: 6-Finger Meter ............................................. 16
Charts: 12-Finger Meter ........................................... 17
Finger Meter Adjustments......................................... 18
Finger Meter Brush Adjustment ............................... 18
Finger Meter Inserts ............................................. 19
Sprocket Indexing (Stagger) ..................................... 20
Sprocket Indexing Charts......................................... 21
Indexing Fine Adjustment..........................................23
6-Finger Meter Stagger Adjustment..........................23
12-Finger Meter Stagger Adjustment........................24
Volumetric Meter Planting .........................................25
Calibrating Volumetric Rate Spreader Constant .....27
Reading a Volumetric Chart ......................................29
Volumetric Charts.......................................................30
Barley........................................................................30
Oats ..........................................................................31
Rye ...........................................................................32
Rice...........................................................................33
Wheat (Hard Red Winter) .........................................34
Wheat (Soft Red Winter)...........................................35
Singulator Plus Volumetric Seed Wheel Data..........36
Liquid Fertilizer Rate ..................................................37
Setting Liquid Fertilizer Rate .....................................37
Orifice Plate Selection................................................38
Determine Orifice Size..............................................38
Strainer .....................................................................39
Ground Drive Fertilizer Rate ......................................40
JohnBlue Pump Rate................................................40
CDS-John Blue
®
Rates, 720 inch Swath ..............41
CDS-John Blue
®
Rates, 705 inch Swath ..............42
CDS-John Blue
®
Rates, 1820 cm Swath..............43
Hypro Pump Rate .....................................................44
Hypro Pump Fertilizer Rates: YP2425-2430,
YP2425-3620, YP2425-48TR ...........................45
Hypro Pump Fertilizer Rates: YP2425-4715.........46
Appendix .....................................................................47
Seed Lubricants .........................................................47