Table Of Contents - Land Pride All Purpose Seeder APS1548 Operator's Manual

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Safety at All Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Look For The Safety Alert Symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Safety Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Owner Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Serial Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Further Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Section 1: Assembly & Set-up . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Tractor Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Torque Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Sling Bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Dealer Preparations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Pre-Assembly Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Mud Scraper Installation (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Front Mud Scrapers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Rear Mud Scraper For Packer Roller . . . . . . . . . . 9
Rear Mud Scraper To Spike Roller . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Section 2: Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . 11
Operating Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Tractor Hook-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Transporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Filling the Seed Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
How the Seeder Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Operating the Seeder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Parking the Seeder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
General Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Section 3: Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Front Roller Angle Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Mud Scraper Adjustment (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Front Mud Scrapers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Rear Mud Scrapers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Special Instructions for Spike Rollers . . . . . . . . . 14
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of the information contained herein. Land Pride reserves the right to revise and improve its products as it sees fit. This publication describes the state of this
product at the time of its publication, and may not reflect the product in the future.
APS1548, APS1560, APS1572 & APS1586 All Purpose Seeder 313-354M
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Drive Chain Engagement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Speed Change Sprocket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
High Range Set-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Low Range Set-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Seed Cup Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Calibrating & Adjusting Seeding Rate . . . . . . . . . . 18
Seed Rate Charts (English) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Seed Rate Charts (Metric) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Small Seeds Attachment (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Drive Arrangement with APS in High Range . . . . 24
Drive Arrangement with APS in Low Range . . . . 25
Small Seeds Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Small Seeds Seed Rate Chart (English) . . . . . . . . 27
Section 4: Options & Accessories . . . . . . . . 28
Small Seeds Attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Rear Rollers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Rear Spike Roller Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Rear Packer Roller Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Rear Scrapers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Rear Spike Scraper Bundle Option . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Rear Packer Scraper Bundle Option . . . . . . . . . . 29
Agitation Extension Kit (Accessory) . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Section 5: Maintenance & Lubrication . . . . . 30
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Roller Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Cleaning and Storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Lubrication Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Roller Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Feed Cup Drive Sprocket Square Bore . . . . . . . 31
Front Roller Bearings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Rear Roller Bearings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Feed Cup Drive Sprocket Square Bore . . . . . . . 32
Small Seeds Drive Sprocket Bearing . . . . . . . . . 32
Section 6: Specifications & Capacities . . . . 33
Section 7: Features & Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Section 8: Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Section 9: Torque Values Chart . . . . . . . . . . 36
Section 10: Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
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