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Tips
for pre-season and post-season inspections
JACQUES PRETORIUS
Post-season inspections:
1. Post-season checking and
general servicing of harvesters:
Look at all bearings, casings,
shaker arms and bearings
against the casing of the har-
vester.
2. General checking and repair of
corn heads. Look at wear and
tear of gearboxes, contents of
gearbox grease (oil), wear and
tear of stalk rollers and settings
on clutch and bearings.
3. Hydraflex and Flex Draper
- look at wearplates on skid
plates, wear and tear of Knive
and Knive guides, wabble box
bolts, wear and tear of augers as
well as sensors and bushes.
Pre-season inspections:
General checking and servicing
of self-propelled sprayers. Look
at wear and tear of nozzle flow
check, pipes, clamps and taps,
wear and tear of sprayer frame
and booms, valve clearances
and general calibration of the
sprayer, as well as wear and tear
of wearplates.
Spreaders, general enquiries
regarding main drive mecha-
nism and plates, as well as vains
on spreading mechanism and
calibration to ensure that the
right quantity is spread out.
General servicing and check-
ing of tractors, wear and tear
of front axle pins and bushes,
belts and pulleys, water pump
and clamps and pipes. Check
for any leakages and lubrication
points, as well as error codes
and general errors.
Checking of greenstar and
autotrack systems, RTK signal
and general functioning of the
autotrack system.
Checking and servicing of
air conditioning systems and
all cab filters, checking of air
conditioner gas and switches
and general functioning of air
conditioning.
General servicing and repairing
of planters - look at planting
mechanism in particular.
Finger planter:
• Fingers, springs, metering
board and adjustment.
• Seed-tube, seed-tube guide,
seed-tube frame.
• Fertiliser metering unit, pres-
sure pump, clamps and pipes.
• Depth control and closing
wheels.
Vacuum planter:
• Metering unit, rubber seals,
wear and tear on plate and
brushes.
• Testing of vacuum system on
planters.
• Checking of all bearings and
wear parts.
Please contact your nearest
workshop for the testing
and calibration of your seed
metering units (Test machines
available at Bothaville and
Wesselsbron workshops).
Customers can contact any of our
Senwes workshops for equiries,
or phone Jacques Pretorius at
082 455 8590.
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A
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print with digital media. This two
dimensional barcode
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is printed.
HOW DO I GET A QR CODE READER?
Visit your app store
Search for ‘QR code’
Download any QR code reader
or QR code scanner (it is the
same).
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HOW DO I SCAN A QR CODE?
Open your newly downloaded app
and scan the QR code(s) in our
publication. The app will read the
two-dimensional barcode and take
you to the link where there will be
more information or like in most
cases, a video.
Happy scanning!