Preparing to Operate Air Drill in Field

1. Properly prepare tractor and machine. See PREPARING THE TRACTOR and PREPARING THE MACHINE sections. Check that proper connections have been made for the drill/seed cart configuration (tow-between or tow-behind). See Attaching The Machine section.

2. Place tractor transmission in "Park" and/or set brakes; then start engine.

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CAUTION: To help prevent severe injury or death to you or someone else:

Keep all persons away from machine when raising and lowering wings.

Always locate machine on level ground when raising and lowering wings.

Never raise or lower wings when moving.

3. With machine on level ground and wing area clear of bystanders, push SCV No. 2 (A) forward to lower wings until cylinders are fully extended.

A-SCV No. 2

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4. While moving forward, lower openers into the ground by pushing SCV No. 1 (A) forward into detent lock.

5. Operate machine normally over a test distance.

6. Stop machine and check seed placement.

Make opener adjustments and/or reset active hydraulic down-pressure as necessary.

A-SCV No. 1

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