Setting fertilizer transmission – Great Plains 3S-4010HDF Material Rate User Manual
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3S-4010HD and 3S-4010HDF
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01/29/2009
Setting Fertilizer Transmission
The fertilizer Transmission is a Driver/Driven pair of
sprockets located above and behind the Drive Type
sprocket.
Refer to the Fertilizer Rate Charts (pages 19, 20, 31 and
32) to find the correct Transmission (Driver/Driven)
sprocket sizes for your drill’s row spacing and target (or
adjusted) application rate.
Examine the currently installed sprockets (
,
firm that one or both needs to be changed (or moved
between shafts).
To change the transmission setting:
1.
Loosen idlers
and rotate idlers out of engagement
with chain.
2.
Remove pin from vertical storage tower
retrieve new sprocket(s) required. Return other to the
storage tree, but leave pin off.
3.
Remove lynch pins from Driver and/or Driven
sprocket shaft to be changed, and remove
sprocket(s).
4.
Place correct Driver and Driven sprockets on their
respective shafts.
5.
Store removed sprockets on storage tree.
6.
Re-install all pins.
7.
Reinstall chain and engage idlers, allowing
1
⁄
4
in
(6.4mm) slack in the top chain span.
8.
If this is the final setting, after calibration, repeat step
1 through step 7 for the center and left drill sections.
Figure 8
Fertilizer Transmission
28178
1
2
3
4
DRIVER
DRIVEN
4