Spreading Mistakes - Gearmore PDC400 Operation, Service & Parts Manual

5. FERTILIZER SPREADER USE

5.7 SPREADING MISTAKES:

Mistakes of use:
● Wrong r.p.m. of the PTO shaft.
● Inadequate drive speed.
● The fertilizer spreader has not been properly connected to the tractor.
● Incorrect spreading width.
● Incorrect working height.
● The pendulum is not in a horizontal position compared to the land.
● Drive speed is different to those suggested by the spreading tables, or however not suitable
for that particular type of fertilizer.
● Lack of cleaning of pendulum and the gates opening.
Mistakes due to the fertilizer:
● Fertilizer of poor quality.
● Wet or excessive humid fertilizer.
● Incorrect fertilizer composition or it does not correspond to what declared from the supplier.
● Presence of excessive large lumps of fertilizer that infl uence negatively on the yield of the
spreading.
● Foreign body in the fertilizer.
Mistakes due to the spreader:
● Spreading exits clogged.
● Parts of the pendulum deteriorated or damaged.
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