Finger meter rate chart, Table of contents index – Great Plains PD8070 Operator Manual User Manual
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PD8070
Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc.
401-479M
2014-07-23
PD8070 Pull-Type Planter
70cm ROWS
12 Finger Meter
ATTENTION ! ! !
(For all seed corn types)
Great Plains always recommends test stand calibration of the finger meter to the population and ground speed desired .
For Round Corn optimum meter speed is 45 to 75 RPM
( Shaded & Non-shaded areas )
For Flat Corn optimum meter speed is 60 to 75 RPM
(Shaded area)
Ground Speed
Transmission
11.3 kph
10.5 khp
9.7 kph
8.9 kph
8 kph
7.2 kph
6.4 kph
5.6 kph
Combinations
Seed
Seed
Population Spacing
Meter
Meter
Meter
Meter
Meter
Meter
Meter
Meter
Driver
Driven
(seeds/ha)
( cm )
(rpm)
(rpm)
(rpm)
(rpm)
(rpm)
(rpm)
(rpm)
(rpm)
17
28
43 522
32.8
48
17
27
45 134
31.7
49
46
17
26
46 870
30.5
51
48
19
28
48 643
29.4
53
49
46
17
25
48 745
29.3
53
50
46
Not Recommended
19
27
50 444
28.3
55
51
47
17
24
50 776
28.1
56
52
48
19
26
52 384
27.3
57
53
49
45
17
23
52 984
27.0
58
54
50
46
19
25
54 480
26.2
60
55
51
47
19
24
56 750
25.2
62
58
53
49
23
28
58 883
24.3
64
60
55
51
46
19
23
59 217
24.1
65
60
56
51
46
23
27
61 064
23.4
67
62
57
53
48
24
28
61 443
23.2
67
62
58
53
48
23
26
63 413
22.5
69
64
60
55
50
45
24
27
63 719
22.4
70
65
60
55
50
45
25
28
64 003
22.3
70
65
60
55
50
45
17
19
64 138
22.3
70
65
60
55
50
45
23
25
65 949
21.7
72
67
62
57
52
46
24
26
66 170
21.6
72
67
62
57
52
47
25
27
66 374
21.5
73
68
62
57
52
47
26
28
66 563
21.5
73
68
62
57
52
47
23
24
68 697
20.8
75
70
64
59
54
48
24
25
68 816
20.8
75
70
65
59
54
48
25
26
68 927
20.7
75
70
65
59
54
49
26
27
69 029
20.7
70
65
59
54
49
27
28
69 124
20.7
70
65
59
54
49
23
23
71 684
19.9
73
67
62
56
50
45
28
27
74 339
19.2
70
64
58
52
47
27
26
74 441
19.2
70
64
58
52
47
26
25
74 551
19.2
70
64
58
52
47
25
24
74 671
19.1
70
64
58
53
47
24
23
74 800
19.1
70
64
59
53
47
28
26
77 198
18.5
72
66
60
54
48
27
25
77 418
18.5
73
67
61
55
48
26
24
77 657
18.4
73
67
61
55
49
25
23
77 917
18.3
73
67
61
55
49
19
17
80 117
17.8
75
69
63
56
50
28
25
80 286
17.8
75
69
63
57
50
27
24
80 644
17.7
69
63
57
50
26
23
81 034
17.6
70
63
57
51
28
24
83 631
17.1
72
65
59
52
46
27
23
84 150
17.0
72
66
59
53
46
23
19
86 775
16.5
75
68
61
54
48
28
23
87 267
16.4
75
68
61
55
48
24
19
90 548
15.8
71
64
57
50
25
19
94 321
15.1
74
66
59
52
23
17
96 984
14.7
68
61
53
26
19
98 094
14.6
69
61
54
24
17
101 201
14.1
71
63
55
27
19
101 866
14.0
Not Recommended
72
64
56
25
17
105 417
13.6
74
66
58
28
19
105 639
13.5
74
66
58
26
17
109 634
13.0
69
60
27
17
113 851
12.5
71
62
28
17
118 067
12.1
74
65
31367
Note: This table applies to all
seeds compatible with
the installed meter.