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INDEX
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 - Introduction.....................................................................................................................................5
2- Technical characteristics.............................................................................................................7
2.1 ED-1003.............................................................................................................................7
2.2 ED-1003 GC......................................................................................................................7
2.3 Standard equipment....................................................................................................7
2.4 Optional equipment.....................................................................................................7
3-Safety Instructions..........................................................................................................................9
3.1 Safety symbols................................................................................................................9
3.2 Use according to design............................................................................................11
3.3 General safety regulations .......................................................................................11
3.4 Loading and unloading instructions.....................................................................13
4-Essential sowing concepts........................................................................................................15
4.1 Terrain .............................................................................................................................15
4.2 Seeds................................................................................................................................15
4.3 Seed planting depth...................................................................................................15
5- Starting..............................................................................................................................................19
5.1 Coupling..........................................................................................................................19
5.2 Dosing system...............................................................................................................20
5.3 Seed dosing....................................................................................................................21
5.4 Calibration test..............................................................................................................22
5.5 Field test...........................................................................................................................24
5.6 Seed dosing adjustments..........................................................................................25
5.7 Dosing system in combined seed drills (seeds and fertilizer).......................27
5.8 Double hoppers in combined seed drills.............................................................27
5.9 Fertilizer dosing in combined seed drills.............................................................28
5.10 Hopper levelling and disc coulter’s adjutments.............................................30
6 – Accesories
6.1 Cultivator.........................................................................................................................32
6.2 Leveller.............................................................................................................................33
6.3 Wheel’s scrapers............................................................................................................34
6.5 Track markers..................................................................................................................36
6.6 Hectare counter.............................................................................................................38
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