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Tubes and Openers Clogging.
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Using trashy seed or lumpy fertilizer.
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Use clean seed and dry, free-flowing fertilizer.
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Stopping drill in field and letting drill roll backward, filling the bottom of boot with dirt.
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Raise furrow openers before stopping drill. Do not permit drill to roll backward if it is necessary to stop without raising furrow openers.
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Seed left in openers. Seeds will swell over time.
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Clean out seed before parking overnight.
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Mud builds up on press wheels and wheels stop turning.
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Too much down pressure.
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Remove spring pressure from press wheels.
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Field too wet.
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Wait until field dries.
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Poor Opener Penetration.
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Hard ground conditions.
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Add QUIK-TATCH
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weights. See INSTALLING FRAME QUIK-TATCH
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WEIGHTS in Preparing The Machine section. Increase down pressure. See ADJUSTING ACTIVE HYDRAULIC DOWN-PRESSURE in Operating The Machine section.
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Excessive down-pressure.
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Decrease down-pressure if rear wheels lift off ground during operation.
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Residue laying in bunches.
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Spread residue evenly across field.
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Excessive residue.
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Adjust gauge wheel for deeper operation and/or increase down pressure. (May need to add weights.)
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Dull disk openers.
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Sharpen or replace openers.
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Disk opener worn too small.
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Replace disk openers.
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| Symptom |
Problem |
Solution |
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Furrow Not Closing.
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Closing wheel not adjusted properly.
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Reposition closing wheel laterally. See POSITIONING CLOSING WHEELS in Preparing The Machine section.
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Field is wet.
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Adjust closing wheel spring pressure. See ADJUSTING PRESS WHEEL AND CLOSING WHEEL DOWN FORCE in Preparing The Machine section.
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Furrows covered with solid ribbon of soil.
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Field is wet.
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Allow field to dry. A solid ribbon of soil (instead of loose soil) over the seed will cause erratic or poor emergence.
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Bunching and Skipping.
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Stopping drill in field.
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Stop at row ends.
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Furrow Covered Too Deep With Loose Soil.
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Rear openers throwing loose soil.
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Decrease opener down pressure. See ADJUSTING OPENER DOWN-PRESSURE in Operating The Machine section.
Operate slower.
Raise seed boot on front rank.
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Residue Buildup In Front of Openers.
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Residue wedged between seed boot and disk opener.
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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.
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Uneven Opener Penetration.
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Inconsistent opener adjustments.
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Adjust openers alike.
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| Symptom |
Problem |
Solution |
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Uneven Seed Depth.
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Residue laying in bunches.
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Spread residue evenly across field.
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Inadequate down pressure.
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Increase down pressure to keep gauge wheel in contact with the ground and/or install weights.
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Excessive down pressure.
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Decrease down pressure if rear wheels lift off ground during operation, or install weights.
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Seed boots worn.
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Install seed boot in lower mounting hole for additional life and/or replace seed boot.
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Plugged air hoses or manifolds.
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Air volume too low.
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Increase fan speed.
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Ground speed too fast.
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Reduce ground speed or metering rate.
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Secondary hoses routed flat or uphill.
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Reroute hoses correctly.
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Foreign material blocking air system.
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Clean air system.
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Non-compatible fertilizers.
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Do not mix Urea with Ammonium Nitrate fertilizer.
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High relative humidity.
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Use moisture resistant fertilizer.
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Plugged seed boots.
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Backing or turning with openers in ground.
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Raise openers before backing or turning.
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Boots worn out.
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Replace boots.
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Uneven seed distribution between runs.
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Air volume too low.
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Increase fan speed.
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Blockage in air lines or manifolds.
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Clean air system.
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Variation in secondary hose lengths or routing.
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Trim hoses to uniform lengths and reroute correctly.
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Improper assembly of header ring or air system.
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Reassemble correctly.
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