Great Plains 3S-3000HDF Operator Manual v2 - Manual (Page 40)

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5. To avoid unnecessary wear, remove all three fertil-
izer Range drive chains.
Fertilizer Box Operation
The 3S-3000HDF models are equipped with a fertilizer
compartment capable of planting seed only, or seeding
and applying fertilizer in the same field pass.
Use only dry, granular fertilizer in the fertilizer box.
Seeding and applying fertilizer
1. Clean any seed or debris from fertilizer compart-
ment. See “Fertilizer Box Clean-Out” on page 67.
Refer to Figure 30
2.
Adjust dividers between seed and fertilizer compart-
ments to desired capacity.
The standard fertilizer dividers partition the drill
boxes into:
60% seed : 40% fertilizer, or;
100% seed : 0% fertilizer (see page 35).
The optional offset dividers partition the drill boxes
into:
68% seed : 32% fertilizer,
55% seed : 45% fertilizer, or;
100% seed : 0% fertilizer (see page 35).
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Figure 29
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Figure 30
Seed Box Divider
27003
60%
Seed
40%
Fert.
68%
Seed
32%
Fert.
55%
Seed
45%
Fert.
Offset Divider
Configurations
Standard Divider
Configurations
100%
Seed
0%
Fert.