Great Plains YP825A Operator Manual - Manual (Page 30)

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Loading Materials
Hopper Operations (s/n B1017S+)
Refer to Figure 21 and Figure 22
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 (see Figure 24 on page 28).
The seed hoppers themselves are designed to be
removed, but are not removed for routine operations.
Loading Seed (1.6 bushel hoppers)
3. Install correct seed disks (page 76).
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 97.
Figure 19
Hopper Lid
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D
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Figure 20
Air-Pro
®
Row Hopper
(serial number B1017S+)
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