User guide

SEEDHAWK®30SERIESOPERATOR’SMANUAL84
3.Pressthe“Selectorknob”againtosavethesetting.Whenseedingthisscreenwillshowthe
systemp ressuresettingandatriangularshapedicon willmoveupanddownthebargraphto
showthemeasuredsystempressureascomparedtothesetpressure.
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NOTE: In order to get the proper packing and penetrating forces per field, we recommend
loweringtheopenershankpressurefromthetractoratthebeginningofeachfield.Everynew
SeedHawktoolbarmanufacturedleaveswiththeopenershankpressuresetatapproximately
1000 PSI.The chain between the seed and fertilizer knife will be tight when applying the
properamount of pressure to the opener shank.Oncethe knives get tight,noticethe shank
pressure gauge and itsreading.Ingood seedingconditions,add  an additional200 PSI tothe
system.WhenseedingsmallseedssuchasCANOLAinwetconditions,addinganadditional200
PSIisnotrecommended.Thiswillcauseovercompaction.
Maxpackingpressureis1500PSI.
5.Pressthe“ACK”buttononthemonitortodisengagetheopenershanks.
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NOTE: ALWAYS ENSURE THAT THE OPENER SHANK IS MAINTAINING SEED AND FERTILIZER
SEPERATION.SEEDHAWKINC.RECOMMENDSCHECKINGTHEACTUALSEEDANDFERTILIZER
SEPERATON IN EACH FIELD.SOILS VARY, MOISTURE CONDITIONS VARY.OVER TIME THE
OPENERBOLTS IFNOTTIGHTENEDONAYEARLYBASISWILLFUNCTIONDIFFERENTLY FROM
THENEWMACHINE,SEEDANDFERTILIZERSEPERATIONMAYCHANGE.
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