Summary of Contents for GREAT PLAINS PLANTER PL5805
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Table of Contents Index Great Plains PLANTER SEED AND FERTILIZER RATE CHARTS MODEL PL5805 421-057B Original Instructions Read the operator manual entirely. When you see this symbol, the subsequent instructions and warnings are serious - follow without exception. Your life and the lives of others depend on it! Illustrations may show optional equipment not supplied with standard unit.
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Trademarks of Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc. include: AccuShot, DrillCommand, Max-Chisel, Row-Pro, Singulator Plus, Short Disk, Swath Command, Terra-Tine, Ultra-Chisel, and X-Press. Registered trademarks of Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc. include: Air-Pro, Clear-Shot, Discovator, Great Plains, Land Pride, MeterCone, Nutri-Pro, Seed-Lok, Solid Stand, Terra-Guard, Turbo-Chisel, Turbo-Chopper, Turbo-Max, Turbo-Trill, Ultra-Till, Whirlfilter, and Yield-Pro.
Hill Drop Cotton Meter RPM Limits ..82 Hill Drop Cotton Ground Drive Seed Rate Charts 83 Volumetric Seeding ..... 84 Great Plains | 421-057B | 08/21/2024...
40-foot ® (12 m) two-section PL5805 Planters with Yield-Pro Meters. To assure the most accurate seeding rates, Great Plains recommends checking singulated rates, and calibrating for fertilizer application rate at the time of planting. Great Plains | 421-057B | 08/21/2024...
1.25 8500 to 7000 seeds/lb (18 700 to 15 400 seeds/kg) Sunflower 1.75 7000 to 5500 seeds/lb (15 400 to 12 100 seeds/kg) 2.25 5500 and less seeds/lb (12 100 and less seeds/kg) Great Plains | 421-057B | 08/21/2024...
Measure the center 17 ft 5 in Seeds counted For populations above 100 000 seeds/acre, use a sample size of 1/1000th acre. For populations below 100 000 seeds/acre, use a sample size of 1/200th acre. Great Plains | 421-057B | 08/21/2024...
Sprocket indexing may be performed with seed present and disks installed, but if so, perform step 8 (chain tight check) by rotating the drive shaft forward to remove slack. Reverse meter rotation with seed present is not recommended. Great Plains | 421-057B | 08/21/2024...
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10. Repeat step 4 through step 9 for each row pair. chain. Row drive systems must be in reliable working 11. Reinstall seed disks and meter covers. order for effective sprocket indexing. Great Plains | 421-057B | 08/21/2024...
Seeds Per Rev seed disk cell count Disc Low Limit rpm from chart Disc High Limit rpm from chart High Pop Alarm 20% is suggested Low Pop Alarm 20% is suggested Prod Level Alarm Great Plains | 421-057B | 08/21/2024...
2. Select an available default “MATRL” to redefine, customary units and metric units (mph and kph, or select an existing named material. seeds per acre and seeds per hectare). 3. Touch the material icon and enter desired name. Great Plains | 421-057B | 08/21/2024...
Remove the lynch pins from the driving (3) and foreign material. driven (4) shafts. 5. Check that tire pressure is set to the values in the planter operator manual. Great Plains | 421-057B | 08/21/2024...
(Twin Row 91 4cm) shutter is to the right of the crop name. CORN Seed Inlet Shutter Setting: Air-Pro Meter Ezee Glide Plus Required Twin Row 30in Twin Row 36in (Twin Row 76.2cm) (Twin Row 91 4cm) Great Plains | 421-057B | 08/21/2024...
Planter Control Material Name Canola Control Mode Auto Drive Freq. 100 Hz Input Filter Gear Ratio 1.900 Sensor Constant 360 Pul/Rev specific to planter model and active row # Seed Rows pattern PreCharge 0.0 Sec Great Plains | 421-057B | 08/21/2024...
Planter/Drill Control User Level 2 and 3 Manuals. specific to planter model and active row ROW WIDTH pattern AUTO UPDATE normally Enabled IMP WIDTH calculated if Enabled ON/OFF PTN EVERY ROW ON POP/BLOCK PTN EVERY ROW BLOCKAGE Great Plains | 421-057B | 08/21/2024...
3. If the planter is ground driven, press the Work Screen softkey. a. Press Row Monitor. b. Change the Material Name to the recently created material name. 4. Press the Work Screen softkey. Great Plains | 421-057B | 08/21/2024...
2.5 inches of water for soft red winter (SRW) Do not operate below 2.0 inches of water. 31552B 1. Remove the strip and block brush assembly. Save the washer for reuse in step 3. 2. Remove the 5/16 inch bolt and discard. Great Plains | 421-057B | 08/21/2024...
See the DICKEY-john Quick Start Guide for your planter model and row spacing. Sensor Constant # Seed Rows planter specific Use the number of active rows. Channel Width planter swath Active row spacing times active row count. Precharge Great Plains | 421-057B | 08/21/2024...
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1 lb/bu. RowsSampled 14. Check the rate chart for the crop (page 89). Note the allowed meter rpm range for the intended 10.88 lb 84.32 ------------------------------- seed wheel and planting speed. AmountDispensed 84.32 lb Great Plains | 421-057B | 08/21/2024...
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PL5805 Planter Table of Contents Index Volumetric Seeding 20. Perform a Ground Speed Calibration procedure. 21. Refer to “Furrow Checking Rate” on page 88 to verify seed rates. Great Plains | 421-057B | 08/21/2024...
3. Prime the meters. See the planter Operator’s the chart. Manual for information. Your own rate records may also be approximate. The same seed variety planted at a different date can Great Plains | 421-057B | 08/21/2024...
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6 177 500 5 559 750 4 942 000 One Row of 4 324 250 Twin Row 70 cm or 3 706 500 35 cm Rows 3 088 750 2 471 000 1 853 250 68304J Great Plains | 421-057B | 08/21/2024...
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Soft Red Winter Meter Pressure: 2.5 inches of water Planting Maximum Minimum Speed seeds/lb: 14192 lb/acre lb/acre lb/bu: 56.3 pounds per rev 0.045 seeds/kg: 31288 kg/ha kg/ha kg/liter: 0.7235 kilograms per rev 0.023 11.3 68283M Great Plains | 421-057B | 08/21/2024...
0.080 in 3.24 mm² 832-059C 0.098 in 4.87 mm² Great Plains recommends checking with your local * Sizes standard in many fertilizer bundles. 29993 agronomist as soil conditions vary. Soil conditions in Check your accessories before ordering. your area may need less or more amounts of fertilizer than represented in the charts in this manual.
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14 - 23 22 - 37 36in Rows 68292L * These sizes standard in most Great Plains fertilizer systems. Metric units Orifice Plate Size Recommended Rate Range in Liters per Hectare. Pressure is 15 - 40 PSI (Values based on: 8.0 kph, 1.28 kg/liter Fertilizer solution density)
Go to step 2 and A plugged or partially plugged screen will starve the repeat the steps. pump, resulting in a reduced application rate. Mesh sizes from smallest to largest: 100, 80, 50, 30 Great Plains | 421-057B | 08/21/2024...
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4. Loosen the idler (7) and remove the chain (8) from the lower jackshaft (1). 5. Select the new sprocket from the storage shaft (9). 6. Remove the pins and exchange the sprockets. Store the removed sprocket on the storage shaft. Great Plains | 421-057B | 08/21/2024...
(or more) per 2 bushels or units (335 ml per 100 liter) of seed. For canola or mustard, 1 cup (240 ml) per 30 lb (13.6 kg) bag is a minimum starting value. Mix the Great Plains | 421-057B | 08/21/2024...
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......47 orifice plate .........93 planting rate checking ........13 seed lubricants ........99 seed spacing ........3 seeds per unit ........2 singulated planting .......2 soybean seed rate charts ....56 sprocket indexing .......14 fine adjustment ......16 Great Plains | 421-057B | 08/21/2024...
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