Troubleshooting

Tubes and Openers Clogging.

Using trashy seed or lumpy fertilizer.

Use clean seed and dry, free-flowing fertilizer.

Stopping drill in field and letting drill roll backward, filling the bottom of boot with dirt.

Raise furrow openers before stopping drill. Do not permit drill to roll backward if it is necessary to stop without raising furrow openers.

Seed left in openers. Seeds will swell over time.

Clean out seed before parking overnight.

Mud builds up on press wheels and wheels stop turning.

Too much down pressure.

Remove spring pressure from press wheels.

Field too wet.

Wait until field dries.

Poor Opener Penetration.

Hard ground conditions.

Add QUIK-TATCH ™ weights. See INSTALLING FRAME QUIK-TATCH ™ WEIGHTS in Preparing The Machine section. Increase down pressure. See ADJUSTING ACTIVE HYDRAULIC DOWN-PRESSURE in Operating The Machine section.

Excessive down-pressure.

Decrease down-pressure if rear wheels lift off ground during operation.

Residue laying in bunches.

Spread residue evenly across field.

Excessive residue.

Adjust gauge wheel for deeper operation and/or increase down pressure. (May need to add weights.)

Dull disk openers.

Sharpen or replace openers.

Disk opener worn too small.

Replace disk openers.

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Furrow Not Closing.

Closing wheel not adjusted properly.

Reposition closing wheel laterally. See POSITIONING CLOSING WHEELS in Preparing The Machine section.

Field is wet.

Adjust closing wheel spring pressure. See ADJUSTING PRESS WHEEL AND CLOSING WHEEL DOWN FORCE in Preparing The Machine section.

Furrows covered with solid ribbon of soil.

Field is wet.

Allow field to dry. A solid ribbon of soil (instead of loose soil) over the seed will cause erratic or poor emergence.

Bunching and Skipping.

Stopping drill in field.

Stop at row ends.

Furrow Covered Too Deep With Loose Soil.

Rear openers throwing loose soil.

Decrease opener down pressure. See ADJUSTING OPENER DOWN-PRESSURE in Operating The Machine section.

Operate slower.

Raise seed boot on front rank.

Residue Buildup In Front of Openers.

Residue wedged between seed boot and disk opener.

Move boot to top hole. See POSITIONING SEED BOOTS in Preparing The Machine section.

Decrease opener down pressure. See ADJUSTING OPENER DOWN-PRESSURE in Operating The Machine section.

Uneven Opener Penetration.

Inconsistent opener adjustments.

Adjust openers alike.

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Uneven Seed Depth.

Residue laying in bunches.

Spread residue evenly across field.

Inadequate down pressure.

Increase down pressure to keep gauge wheel in contact with the ground and/or install weights.

Excessive down pressure.

Decrease down pressure if rear wheels lift off ground during operation, or install weights.

Seed boots worn.

Install seed boot in lower mounting hole for additional life and/or replace seed boot.

Plugged air hoses or manifolds.

Air volume too low.

Increase fan speed.

Ground speed too fast.

Reduce ground speed or metering rate.

Secondary hoses routed flat or uphill.

Reroute hoses correctly.

Foreign material blocking air system.

Clean air system.

Non-compatible fertilizers.

Do not mix Urea with Ammonium Nitrate fertilizer.

High relative humidity.

Use moisture resistant fertilizer.

Plugged seed boots.

Backing or turning with openers in ground.

Raise openers before backing or turning.

Boots worn out.

Replace boots.

Uneven seed distribution between runs.

Air volume too low.

Increase fan speed.

Blockage in air lines or manifolds.

Clean air system.

Variation in secondary hose lengths or routing.

Trim hoses to uniform lengths and reroute correctly.

Improper assembly of header ring or air system.

Reassemble correctly.

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Seed damage.

Air volume too high.

Reduce fan speed.

Seeds too dry.

Use fresh seeds.

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