Seeding rate – Great Plains 3N-3020 Operator Manual User Manual
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Seeding Rate
Adjusting the seeding rate requires the following:
• changing drive sprockets,
• setting seed-rate handle,
• positioning seed-cup doors, and
• checking seeding rate.
Drive Speed1
Range Sprockets
Select the correct drive speed range sprockets for
your seed by referring to “Seed Rate Charts,” be-
ginning on page 64.
Refer to Figure 23
Loosen idler bolt (1) and remove chain. Remove
retaining pins from shafts and install speed range
Driven
Driver
1
sprockets as necessary.
NOTE: Make sure the correct sprockets have
been installed in the DRIVER and DRIVEN loca-
tions as shown.
Reroute chain over sprockets and idlers as
shown. Move idler into chain so chain has 1/4-
inch to 1/2-inch slack in its longest span. Tighten
idler and install retaining pins.
Set the same drive range sprocket combination
on both sides of drill.
For correct drive type, refer to seed-rate charts
beginning on page 64. The charts list drive types
as 1, 2, 3 or 4. Refer to Table 1 for correct sized
sprocket for each drive type.
Drive
Type
Driver
Sprocket
Driven
Sprocket
Speed
Type 1
15-tooth
60-tooth
Slowest
Type 2
15- tooth
30-tooth
2 times faster than type 1
Type 3
22-tooth
30-tooth
3 times faster than type 1
Type 4
30-tooth
25-tooth
5 times faster than type 1
Table 1
Figure 23
Drive speed range sprockets
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