User Manual

SEEDHAWK®TOOLBAROPERATOR’SMANUAL35
4.Movingina forwarddirection,turn“MASTER”switchtotheonposition,thiswillengagethe
openershanks.NotesectionswitchesmustbeinSCT®inorderforSectionalcontrol®towork.
REFERTOSECTION4.5,pertainingtothecontrolsystembeingused.
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5.Manually adjusting the packing pressure can be done by increasing or decreasing the
packingpressureswitchontheswitchbox.
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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 the 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 would cause over
compaction.Maxpackingpressureis1500PSI.
6.Tomanuallydisengagingtheopenershanks,turn“MASTER”switchtotheoffposition.The
operatormust be driving over previously seeded area to automaticallydisengage the opener
shanksusingsectionalcontrol.REFERTOSECTION4.5,pertainingtothecontrolsystembeing
used.
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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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4.10 WINGINGUPTOOLBAR
1.Makesureallopenershanksareup.
2.Reversetheleverdirectionin thetractorcabthattheGREENbandedhosesarehooked,this
willallowthewingstofoldupintotransportposition.
NOTE:MAKESURETOLOCK THEBALLVALVESONBACKOFOPENERHYDRAULICBLOCK.ON
SCT®TOOLBARSTHEBALLVALVESARELOCATEDONTHEMAINBRIDLE.
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THISGAUGEWILLREAD
PRESSUREWHENWINGINGUP