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Senwes Equipment give tips for a
problem-free planting season
We, as the Senwes Equipment team, would like to wish you, our valued customer, a pros-
perous and problem-free planting season. We trust that you will have excellent yields and
good up-time in respect of your equipment.
By Jacques Pretorius
Senwes Equipment: Manager:
Mechanisation Services
S
enwes Equipment workshops
would like to give you a few tips
and proposals in respect of your
John Deere planter and sprayer
for the upcoming season, which will bring
you the necessary peace of mind.
Have you checked seed tubes and
metering units and has calibration
been done to ensure optimal plant
density and spacing?
Have the necessary adjustments been
done on coulters (seed and fertiliser)
according to your requirements and
specifications?
Have all drives and bearings been
checked and are they in working con-
dition?
Have hydraulic systems been
checked for possible leaks on your
planter and tractor and are all systems
in working order?
Has your John Deere sprayer been
checked recently by your workshop
to ensure that the correct quantities of
herbicide and insecticide are being
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applied? Has a nozzle flow check
been done?
Has your planter monitor been tested
and adjusted to ensure the correct
application of seed and fertiliser if
variable planting is done?
Senwes Equipment workshops now offer
an inspection programme which ensures
a 70-point inspection of your John Deere
planter. This inspection will bring you
peace of mind to enter the planting sea-
son with the necessary confidence. A
150 to 200 point planter inspection is also
available for you John Deere combine,
tractor and harvestor for peace of mind
during the most important part of your
planting period.
Please be assured that you can
request assistance from any of our 18
Senwes Equipment business units in the
Senwes area.
For any enquiries, please contact your
nearest Senwes Equipment Workshop.