8.3 Setting the sowing rate with a calibration test
1. Fill the seed hopper with at least 200 kg of
seed (correspondingly less for fine seed).
2. Lower the machine fully by inserting the
integrated running gear completely. Here
the machine can be coupled or uncoupled.
3. Apply the handbrake, switch the tractor
engine off and remove the ignition key.
4. Remove the calibration troughs from the
transport mounting on the rear wall of the
hopper.
The calibration troughs are nested for
transport and fastened to the rear wall of
the hopper secured with a linch pin (Fig.
122/1).
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CAUTION
Apply the handbrake, switch the tractor engine off and remove
the ignition key.
5. Push a calibration trough into the mounting
under each seed doser.
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