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Here is a list of key points to do when setting up a new Trium or UniTrium
machine. The purpose of this manual is to explain how to properly adjust
your machine. We will detail these key points, but to get started, here is
an outline below.
OUTLINE & Key-Point CHECKLIST:
There are 12 key items for optimal machine performance--
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2) Well prepared seedling/plug/clone.
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3) Be sure you have the correct shoe size for your plugs/clones.
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4) "IN THE ROW" SPACING - Make sure the "plant-to-plant" sprocket setting is correct
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5-A) 3-POINT LINKAGE - The 3 point linkage must be either vertical OR leaning slightly
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5-B) DRIVE WHEELS - Lower or raise the drive wheels to the point where the parallelogram
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5-C) DOWN-PRESSURE SPRING FOR PACKING WHEELS
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6) TIMING - A very important adjustment on the machine
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7) PACKING WHEELS - Adjust the packing wheels
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8) PLANT DEPTH - Adjust the depth gauge - which lowers or raises the packing wheels.
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9) FRONT PRESS WHEELS - Adjust the front press wheels to where they touch ground
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10) WATER - be sure the water is hooked up to the valves on our machines and set correctly.
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11) PLASTIC GUILLOTINE - this helps the plant fall straight down and not fall over
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12) OPERATOR WEIGHT ADJUSTMENT SPRING -adjust if one row is making a deeper furrow
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toward the transplanter (NOT leaning toward the tractor).
(on each row - located close to the tool bar) is fairly level.
- tightening helps apply pressure to packing wheels
and provide some compaction.
(oil this bearing daily during daily planting season)
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- Page 1 The key is to have someone trained on your farm that becomes the Here is a list of key points to do when setting up a new Trium or UniTrium C&M EXPERT! Please read and study machine. The purpose of this manual is to explain how to properly adjust this manual to understand how to your machine.
- Page 2 We need a consistent, cultivated depth of 4”-6” for the plant to be transplanted properly and thrive. The only exception to this is when you use our Trium or UniTrium with the C&M “no-till package”. This soil has been recently tilled and prepared. The ground must be well prepared.
- Page 3 It is imperative that by the time you go into the field you have a healthy mature plug to put into our machines. Critical to the Trium is that the complete plug pulls out of the tray and that the seedlings are fairly consistent in size.
- Page 4 3) Be sure you have the correct shoe size for your plugs/clones. Shoe Size bottom size mm bottom size in Shoe Kit Part # As we have now been to many farms setting up Trium 1/3” code 500832 (narrow) we have found that tray counts are all...
- Page 5 2019 kicker, this new design has no bearing or springs. required for the 2019 kicker. An 8-row Trium unit has 4 drive wheels with rapid shift gearbox, and a 4-row 4) IN THE ROW SPACING - has 2 drive wheels, just as an example. Up to 40” plant-to-plant spacing can utilize all 10 cups.
- Page 6 5) Ensure the machine is set/adjusted properly. Here are some key points to consider (in order of importance) when putting our Trium or UniTrium models into the field: The following 3 critical adjustments all contribute to helping us close the furrow created by the shoe by applying down pressure to our packing wheels.
- Page 7 If all of your plants are not being placed in the ground, laying on top of the ground, or not packed straight up, then the likely adjustment is TIMING. 6) TIMING - critical* Perhaps the most important adjustment on the machine is the timing - located on top/center of the carousel.
- Page 8 7) PACKING WHEELS - Key Adjustments Adjust the packing wheels - this first adjust- is for positioning them closer and ment further away from the plant coming out of the shoe. A common position is where the center of the big washer is around 1 &...
- Page 9 10) WATER - If your machine has the water valves, be sure the water is hooked up to the valves on our machines. In addition to watering your plants, another advantage of the watering system is that it keeps your shoes cleaned out so it doesn’t get clogged up with soil.
- Page 10 12) OPERATOR WEIGHT ADJUSTMENT SPRING-- The best ways to apply and adjust down pressure on the This setting is less critical, however if you notice that packing wheels is to refer to page 4 and do all 3 critical one row is digging a deeper trench it could be due to a adjustments to the packing wheels (4-A, 4-B, 4-C.) If heavier operator weight on that row.
- Page 11 M A I N T A I N E N C E Keep Your Transplanter Performing! Especially during your intense transplanting time it is import- ant to grease/oil it every 50 hours. (2019 model) Also, spray oil on the kicker bearing EVERY DAY during transplanting! It is constantly moving and close to the dirt dust as you transplant-- it is critical to oil it once daily during transplanting.
- Page 12 TRIUM or Unitrium-- Part Names & Locations horizontal tray racks cup extenders & reducers carousel with cup extenders operator weight adjustment spring depth gauge tool bar down pressure spring for coulter disc packing wheels packing wheels carousel with cup extenders...