John Deere 1700, 1730 Planter Operator's Manual OMA62499 - PDF

The John Deere 1700, 1730 Planter Operator's Manual OMA62499 is a comprehensive guide for operating your equipment. Get all the details on features, maintenance, service, and troubleshooting. This official PDF manual provides detailed information needed to safely and effectively use your planter.

This official John Deere 1700 and 1730 Planter Operator's Manual (OMA62499) is designed to help you operate and maintain your John Deere planter. It contains detailed instructions on setup, operation, and maintenance instructions. Keep your machine in top condition with this comprehensive resource.

Model Covered:
John Deere 1700, 1730 Planter

Manual Contents:
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-1
Safety Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1
Preparing the Planter
Tightening Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-1
Tire Inflation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-1
Changing Row Widths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-2
Planter Hitch Masts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-4
Pivoting Center Mast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-5
Rigid Mast Pin and Spacer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-6
Preparing the Tractor
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-1
Check Tractor Hydraulic System . . . . . . . . . . 20-1
Front End Weighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-1
Planter Implement Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-2
Setting Wheel Tread . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-5
Link Lengths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-6
Sway Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-6
Rockshaft Draft Sensing Control . . . . . . . . . . 20-6
Tire Inflation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-7
Rear Wheel Weighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-7
Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-7
Attaching Hydraulic Hoses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-8
Attaching to Tractor
Attaching to Tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25-1
Planter and 30—60 Series Tractor Hookup
Check Hydraulic System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30-1
Set Tractor Selective Control Valve Lever . . . . 30-2
Selective Control Valve Lever Stop . . . . . . . . 30-2
Vacuum Motor Return Coupler . . . . . . . . . . . 30-6
Vacuum Metering System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30-7
Planter and 6405, 6605 and 7405 Tractors
Check Hydraulic System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35-1
Connecting Hydraulic Hoses and Monitor
Harness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35-2
Vacuum Motor Return Coupler . . . . . . . . . . . 35-2
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Hookup for Vacumeter™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35-3
Planter and 7000 Series Tractor Hookup
Check Hydraulic System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40-1
Vacuum Meter Pump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40-2
Install Single Lever Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40-3
Installing Hydraulic Lift Hoses . . . . . . . . . . . 40-4
SeedStar Monitor Hook-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40-5
Motor Return Coupler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40-5
Hookup for Vacumeter™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40-6
Planter and 8000 Series Tractor Hookup
Check Hydraulic System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45-1
Set Valve Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45-2
Motor Return Coupler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45-3
Hookup for Vacumeter™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45-4
Detaching from Tractor
Detaching from Tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50-1
Transporting
Transport Safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55-1
Field Transporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55-1
Road Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55-7
Preparing the Vacuum Meter Unit
Choosing Seed Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60-1
Selecting Seed Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60-3
Seed Disk Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . 60-4
Checking Seed Disk Cell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60-7
Installing Seed Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60-7
Adjusting Vacuum Meter Baffle . . . . . . . . . . . 60-9
Adjusting Meter Hub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60-10
Installing Knockout Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . 60-12
Installing Double Eliminator . . . . . . . . . . . . 60-15
Selecting Correct Vacuum Meter Brush . . . . 60-16
How to Change Brush . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60-17
Installing Brush . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60-17
Check Hydraulic Connections . . . . . . . . . . . 60-17
Preparing the Plateless Meter Unit
Plateless Seed Hoppers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65-1
Feed Cup Metering Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65-3
Replace Feed Cup or Radial Bean Meter . . . . 65-7
Operating the Planter
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-1
Raising and Lowering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-1
Planters Equipped with Pivoting Center
Mast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-2
Leveling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-7
Marker Float Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-16
Row Lock Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-19
Marker Breakaway Bolt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-22
Changing Planting Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-22
Closing Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-23
Adjusting Closing Wheel Down Force . . . . . 70-23
Center (Align) Closing Wheels . . . . . . . . . . 70-24
Walking Gauge Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-24
Stagger Closing Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-25
Filling Seed Hoppers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-26
Emptying Seed Hoppers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-28
How to Use Planting Rate Charts
How to Use Planting Rate Charts . . . . . . . . . 75-1
Changing Input Sprocket Combinations . . . . . 75-2
Changing Planting Rate Sprocket
Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75-3
Operating the Vacuum Meter
Vacuum Meter Operating Characteristics . . . . 80-1
Use of Talc Lubricant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80-2
Set Vacuum Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80-4
Vacuum Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80-5
Vacuum Meter Seed Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . 85-1
Operating the Plateless Meter
Finger Pickup Metering Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90-1
Feed Cup Operating Characteristics . . . . . . . 90-2
Plateless Meter Seed Charts . . . . . . . . . . . 95-1
Operating the Radial Bean Meter . . . . . . . 100-1
Radial Bean Meter Seed Charts . . . . . . . . 105-1
Checking Seed Population
Checking Seed Population . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110-1
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Drive Wheel Slippage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110-3
General Attachments
Wheel Chain Trash Deflector . . . . . . . . . . . 115-1
Drive Wheel Rock Guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115-1
Unit Down Force Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115-2
Heavy-Duty Down Force Springs . . . . . . . . 115-2
Pneumatic Down Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115-3
Unit Mounted Coulter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115-4
Conservation Furrowers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115-5
Tine-Tooth Tillage Attachment . . . . . . . . . . 115-7
Heavy-Duty Closing Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . 115-8
V-Wings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115-9
Rotary Scraper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115-10
Row Leveler Chain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115-11
Dual Gauge Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115-11
In-Furrow Press Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115-12
Coulter/Row Cleaner Height Adjustment . . . 115-12
Disk Closing Attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115-13
Drag Closing Attachment Adjustments . . . . 115-15
Granular Chemical Attachment
Granular Chemical Attachment . . . . . . . . . . 120-1
U.S. Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120-4
Calibrating Insecticide/Herbicide Meter . . . . 120-12
Rear Mount Insecticide Spreader . . . . . . . 120-15
Herbicide Diffuser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120-16
Windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120-16
Tine-Tooth Incorporator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120-17
Liquid Chemical Attachment
Liquid Herbicide Pre-Emerge Spray
Attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125-1
Liquid Fertilizer Attachment
System Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130-2
Priming and Initial Start Up of Pump . . . . . . 130-3
How to Set Liquid Fertilizer Rates . . . . . . . . 130-4
Setting Pump Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130-5
Liquid Fertilizer Rate Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . 130-6
Checking Fertilizer Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130-9
Adjusting Pump to Pump Number Setting . . . 130-9
Changing Orifice in Special Fitting . . . . . . 130-10
Strainer Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130-11
Unit Mount Double-Disk Fertilizer Opener
Adjusting Unit Mounted Fertilizer Opener . . . 135-1
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140-1
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Lubrication
Grease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145-1
Multiluber Grease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145-1
Lubrication Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145-1
Alternative Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145-2
Roller Chain and Pesticide Gear
Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145-3
Lift Assist Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145-5
Special Lubricants for Vacuum Seed
Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145-6
Service
Practice Safe Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . 150-1
Service Tires Safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150-1
Blocking Machine in Raised Position . . . . . . 150-2
Dispose of Spray Cans Safely . . . . . . . . . . 150-2
Drill Shaft Cotter Pins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150-5
Countershaft Cotter Pins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150-6
Ratchet Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150-6
Replacing Marker Breakaway Bolt . . . . . . . . 150-7
Drive Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150-8
Coulter Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150-9
Lift-Assist Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150-9
Chemical Meter Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . 150-10
Cleaning Insecticide and/or Herbicide
Hoppers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150-10
Vacuum Gauge Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150-13
Clean Vacuum Manifold System . . . . . . . . 150-13
Clean Vacuum Meter Drive . . . . . . . . . . . 150-14
Clean Vacuum Pump Motor Guard . . . . . . 150-14
Vacuum Meter Inspection and Service . . . . 150-15
Seed Drive Mechanism Adjustment . . . . . . 150-18
Vacuum Motor Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . 150-19
Installing New Vacuum Seal . . . . . . . . . . 150-19
Finger Pickup Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . 150-20
Radial Bean Meter Inspection and
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150-25
Adjusting Gauge Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150-26
Replacing Seed Opener Blades and Seed
Tube Guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150-27
Storage
Beginning of the Season Service . . . . . . . . 155-1
Service at the End of the Season . . . . . . . . 155-3
Fertilizer System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155-5
Dispose of Spray Cans Safely . . . . . . . . . . 155-6
Pneumatic Down Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155-7
Crime Prevention Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160-1

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