Great Plains 80403P Operator Manual - Manual (Page 24)

8-Row 36", 38", 40" & 10-Row 30" 3-Point Wide Row Planter 401-020M 8/1/01 22 Great Plains Mfg., Inc.
Section 4 Adjusting Planting Rates
Transmission
Sprockets
Planting
Population/Acre
Planting
Population/Acre
Planting
Population/Acre
Planting
Population/Acre
Recommended
Speed Range
(mph)
Average Seed
Spacing
(inches)
Drive Driven
25 26 28754 23961 22700 21565 4 to 7 7.3
26 27 28796 23997 22734 21597 4 to 7 7.3
27 28 28836 24030 22765 21627 4 to 7 7.3
23 23 29904 24920 23608 22428 4 to 6.5 7.0
28 27 31011 25843 24483 23258 4 to 6.5 6.7
27 26 31054 25878 24516 23290 4 to 6.5 6.7
25 24 31150 25958 24592 23362 4 to 6.5 6.7
24 23 31204 26003 24635 23403 4 to 6.5 6.7
28 26 32204 26837 25424 24153 3 to 6 6.5
27 25 32296 26913 25497 24222 3 to 6 6.5
25 23 32504 27087 25661 24378 3 to 6 6.4
19 17 33422 27852 26386 25066 3 to 5.5 6.3
28 25 33492 27910 26441 25119 3 to 5.5 6.2
27 24 33642 28035 26559 25231 3 to 5.5 6.2
26 23 33804 28170 26688 25353 3 to 5.5 6.2
28 24 34888 29073 27543 26166 3 to 5.5 6.0
27 23 35104 29254 27714 26328 3 to 5.5 6.0
23 19 36199 30166 28578 27149 3 to 5 5.8
28 23 36405 30337 28740 27303 3 to 5 5.7
24 19 37773 31478 29821 28330 3 to 5 5.5
25 19 39347 32789 31063 29510 3 to 5 5.3
23 17 40458 33715 31941 30344 3 to 4.5 5.2
26 19 40921 34101 32306 30691 3 to 4.5 5.1
24 17 42217 35181 33329 31663 3 to 4.5 5.0
27 19 42495 35412 33549 31871 3 to 4.5 4.9
25 17 43976 36647 34718 32982 3 to 4.5 4.8
28 19 44069 36724 34791 33052 3 to 4.5 4.7
26 17 45735 38113 36107 34301 3 to 4.5 4.6
27 17 47494 39578 37495 35621 3 to 4.5 4.4
28 17 49253 41044 38884 36940 3 to 4.5 4.2
Planting Rates
30" Row Width
Planting Rates
36" Row Width
Planting Rates
38" Row Width
Planting Rates
40" Row Width
IMPORTANT: See “Planting Rates” and “Checking Planting Population”, on page 14 for additional information. Al-
ways check seed population in the field to ensure planting rates are correct.