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Grain tubes and furrow openers plug.
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High residue seed or lumpy fertilizer.
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Use clean seed and dry, free-flowing fertilizer.
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Bottom of boot fills with dirt.
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Raise furrow openers before stopping drill. If it is necessary to stop without raising furrow openers, do not allow drill to roll backward.
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Seed left in openers. Seeds 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 QuikTach
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Weights. See INSTALL FRAME QUIKTACH WEIGHTS in Prepare 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 field residue.
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Adjust gauge wheel for deeper operation. (Add QuikTach™ weights as required.)
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Increase down pressure
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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 POSITION CLOSING WHEELS in Prepare 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 causes erratic or poor emergence.
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Poor seed placement when drilling soybeans after corn while following old corn rows.
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Opener gauge wheels ride directly on the row (over the corn root balls) and cause 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 old row, loosening 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 ADJUST OPENER DOWN PRESSURE in Operate 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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Decrease opener down pressure. See ADJUST OPENER DOWN PRESSURE in Operate Machine section.
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Uneven seed depth.
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Residue laying in bunches.
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Spread residue evenly across field. (Gauge wheel gauges from top of residue encountered.)
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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 QuikTach™ weights.
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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 or install QuikTach™ weights.
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Seed boots worn.
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Install seed boot in lower mounting hole for additional life or replace seed boot.
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