Great Plains PD8070 Operator Manual - Manual (Page 28)

24 PD8070 Table of Contents Index Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc.
401-479M Table of Contents Index 2014-07-23
Loading Materials
Loading Seed
1. Check that correct meters are installed. See “Meter
Maintenance” on page 72.
2. For brush meters, install correct seed plates. See
“Installing Brush Meter Plates” on page 19.
Refer to Figure 22
3.
Check that hopper is correctly seated and secured:
pivot hooks engage at front,
meter clutch engages properly at side, and;
latch engaged at rear.
4. Remove lid by pulling back and up at rear . The lid
has a hook at inside center for parking it on the front
of the hopper during fill.
5. Inspect the hopper for leftover seed and debris.
Clean out anything other than the seed to be
planted. In particular, incompatible seed can clog
meters. See “Material Clean-Out” on page 63.
6. Have seed lubricant at hand:
Refer to Figure 23
7.
Add seed and lubricant:
For ordering, see “Seed Lubricants” on page 87.
Refer to Figure 24
8.
With lid tilted forward at a slight angle, hook the two
front hinge lugs under the hopper lip. Swing down,
keeping fingers clear of lug, and latch the single rear
lid lug on rear hopper lip. Check that all 3 lid lugs are
completely under the hopper lip, or the lid may come
off in transport.
Meter Lubricant Qty per Hopper Method
Finger
Pickup Graphite 5 ml (1 tsp)
Top
Brush Graphite or
Talc 5 ml (1 tsp)
118 ml (
1 ⁄
2
cup)
Top
Mix
Graphite: Fill hopper with seed.
Sprinkle graphite on top.
(If you find that the graphite is being
depleted before the hopper empties, add it
around the top edge of the seed, rather
than at center.)
Talc Fill hopper halfway.
Add half the talc. Mix thoroughly.
Fill hopper with seed.
Add half the talc. Mix thoroughly.
Agricultural Chemical Hazard:
Read and follow all supplier cautions for safe handling of
treated seed.
Do not mix lubricants into seed with hands or any part of
body.
Figure 22
Seed Hopper Mounted
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1
3
2
4
1
2
3
4
Figure 23
Adding Graphite Lubricant
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Figure 24
Hopper Lid Front Hinge Lugs
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