Great Plains 1625AHL Operator Manual - Manual (Page 40)

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Loading Seed
Hopper Operations
Refer to Figure 23 and Figure 24
Hopper lids
:
• the lids have two spring clips, one at each end .
• there is a molded handle at the rear end of the
hopper lid (although the lid is reversible).
To open a hopper:
1. Grasp the handle and snap lid off.
2. Park the lid length-wise on the side lip of the hopper,
using the hooked ends of each spring clip inside the
lid.
The seed hoppers themselves are designed to be
removed, but are not removed for routine operations.
Loading Seed in a Hopper
3.
Install correct seed disks (page 81).
4. Check that each hopper is correctly seated and
secured:
front and rear mounting bolts secured
hopper discharge opening lined up with
seed tube
5. Open hopper lid .
6. Inspect the hopper for leftover seed and debris.
Clean out anything other than the seed to be
planted. See “Material Clean-Out” on page 103.
Figure 23
Hopper Lid
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2
3
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2
3
1
2
5
4
6
U
D
F
B
L
R
4
Figure 24
Air-Pro
®
Row Hopper
32233
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5
6
1