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Grain Tubes and Furrow Openers Clogging.
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Using high residue 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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Lower openers to clean out seed before parking overnight.
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Mud Builds Up on Press Wheels and Wheels Stop Turning.
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Field too wet.
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Allow field to dry.
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Poor Opener Penetration.
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Hard ground conditions.
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Add QUIK-TATCH
™
Weights. See INSTALLING FRAME QUIK-TATCH
™
WEIGHTS in Preparing The Machine section.
Increase down-pressure.
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Excessive down-pressure.
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Decrease down-pressure if left-hand rear wheel is lifting 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 QUIK-TATCH
™
weights.)
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Dull disk openers.
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Sharpen or replace disks.
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Disk opener worn too small.
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Replace disks.
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Furrow Not Closing.
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Closing wheel not adjusted properly.
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Adjust closing wheel laterally. See POSITIONING CLOSING WHEELS-1560 ONLY in Preparing The Machine section.
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Field is wet.
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Allow field to dry.
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Problem |
Solution |
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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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Poor Seed Placement When Drilling Soybeans After 30 In. Corn While Following Old Corn Rows.
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Opener gauge wheels ride directly on the row (over the corn butts) causing opener to bounce.
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Use alternate opener pattern. See USING ALTERNATE OPENER PATTERN in the Service section.
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Residue Blowing After Drilling.
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Opener gauge wheels ride directly on the row, causing cutting and loosening of the residue.
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Use alternate opener pattern.
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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 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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