John Deere 750 Series (10 Ft , 15 Ft) Grain Drill Operator’s Manual OMN200120 PDF - Complete Guide

Complete 750 Series (10 Ft , 15 Ft) Grain Drill Operator’s Manual OMN200120 PDF

The John Deere 750 Series Grain Drill Operator’s Manual (OMN200120) is the official guide for safely operating and maintaining your 10 Ft and 15 Ft grain drills. This downloadable PDF manual includes detailed instructions for setup, field operation, seed metering, maintenance, adjustments, and safety procedures.

Ideal for farmers and operators, this manual ensures optimal performance and field efficiency of your grain drill during planting seasons. With clear illustrations, control overviews, and calibration procedures, it’s an essential resource for keeping your equipment running smoothly.

Applicable Models:
750 Series (10 Ft , 15 Ft) Grain Drill 
Manual Number: OMN200120 

Detailed Contents:

Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-1
Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1
Preparing the Tractor
Drawbar-Support Installation
Link Lengths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-1
Sway Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-2
Regular . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-2
Wide-Swing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-3
6000 Series Tractors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-4
7000 Series Tractors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-4
Safety Chain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-5
Metering Valve Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-5
Using Lever Lock Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-7
Installing Lever Lock Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-7
Preparing the Machine
Tire Air Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-1
Tractor Front End Weight Installation . . . . . . . 20-1
Drill Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-2
Attaching and Detaching-Single Drill
Drill to Tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25-1
Installing Hydraulic Hoses-7000 Series
Tractors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25-5
Attaching Machine to Tractor
With Quick Coupler (Two-Point Hitch
Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25-8
Without Quick Coupler (Two-Point Hitch
Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25-9
Drill from Tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25-10
Transporting Single Drill
Empty Drill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30-1
Drill Transport Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30-1
Transporting the Drill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30-2
Transporting—Two-Unit Hydraulic Hitch . . . 35-1

Transporting—Two-Unit Hitch
Reference View-Transport Position . . . . . . . . 40-1
Field-To-Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40-2
Transport Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40-3
Convert To Field—Two-Unit Hydraulic
Hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45-1
Convert to Field—Two-Unit Hitch
Reference View-Transport-To-Field . . . . . . . . 50-1
Transport-to-Field Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50-2
Convert To Transport—Two-Unit Hyd.
Hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55-1
Convert to Transport—Two-Unit Hitch
Reference View-Transport Position . . . . . . . . 60-1
Field-to-Transport Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60-2
Operating the Machine
Guidelines for Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65-1
Opener Depth Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65-2
Adjusting Hydraulic
Down-Pressure-Closed Center . . . . . . . . . . 65-3
Locking SCV Lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65-5
Opener Depth Down-Pressure Adjustment . . . . 65-6
Spring Pressure-Press Wheel and
Closing Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . 65-7
Seed Boot Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65-8
Boot Spring Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65-8
Closing Wheel Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65-9
Spill Shield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65-9
Fluted-Feed Cup Cleaning/Setting . . . . . . . . 65-10
Grain Feed Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65-10
Grain Shifter Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65-11
Half-Speed Drive-Seed Rates . . . . . . . . . . . 65-11
Mixture Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65-12
Grain Seeding Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65-12

Half-Speed Drive Attachment-Fluted-Feed . . 65-13
Seeding Charts-Fluted-Feed Drills . . . . . . . . 65-14
Density Meter With Grain and Grass
Seed Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65-17
Pounds of Seed Per Acre Chart . . . . . . . . . 65-20
Checking Quantities Drilled . . . . . . . . . . . . 65-21
Quantities Drilled
Method 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65-22
Method 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65-23
Grass Seeding Feed Check . . . . . . . . . . . . 65-24
Setting Feed Shifter w/ Grass Seed
Attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65-24
Mixture Use w/ Grass Seed Attachment . . . . 65-25
Grain Seeding Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65-25
Fertilizer Feed Shaft Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . 65-28
Fertilizer Drive Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65-28
Density Meter and Fertilizer Charts . . . . . . . 65-29
Fertilizer Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65-30
Changing Partition-Fertilizer Box . . . . . . . . . 65-30
Grain Only Partition-Grain Only . . . . . . . . . 65-31
Cleaning Fertilizer Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65-35
Set Marker Arm Length (Attachment) . . . . . . 65-37
Raising and Lowering Markers
(Attachment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65-39
Replacing Marker Arm Breakaway Bolt . . . . 65-40
Bleeding Marker Arm Hydraulic Cylinders . . . 65-43
Attachments
Grass Seed Attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-1
Single Point Hydraulic Down-Pressure
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-1
Marker Arm Attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-2
Front Rank Lock-Ups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-2
Attaching Front Rank Lock-Ups . . . . . . . . . . 70-3
Feed Stop
Grass Seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-5
Fertilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-5
Grain-Fluted Feeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-5
Grain Agitator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-6
Safety Chain
Rigid Hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-6
Caster Hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-6
Two-Unit Hitch-Front Drill . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-7
Two-Unit Hitch-Rear Drill . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-7
Half-Speed Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-7
750 No-Till Drill Monitor Kit-Remove Seed
Tube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-11
Install Wiring Harness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-14
Preparing Computer Trak 150 Monitor . . . . . 70-15
Preparing Computer Trak 250 Monitor . . . . . 70-16
Distance Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-17

Implement Width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-18
Number of Rows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-18
Row Spacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-19
Alternate Opener Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-19
Assemble and Attach Drive Disconnect . . . . 70-21
Lubrication and Maintenance
Extreme Pressure Grease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75-1
Alternative Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75-1
Lubrication Symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75-2
Lock-Up Openers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75-2
Support Wheel Hub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75-3
Drive Wheel Hub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75-3
Caster Wheel Hub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75-3
Caster Wheel Pivot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75-3
Rockshaft Bearings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75-4
Drive Wheel Rockshaft Bearings . . . . . . . . . . 75-4
Opener Disk Hubs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75-4
Drive Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75-4
Fertilizer Feed Shaft Bearings . . . . . . . . . . . 75-5
Fertilizer Gear Case Oil Annual Check . . . . . 75-5
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80-1
Service
Service Tires Safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85-1
Torque Charts
Metric Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85-2
Inch Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85-3
Preventing Contamination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85-4
Lock-Up Openers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85-6
Fluted-Feed Cups Resetting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85-6
Fertilizer Feed Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . 85-7
Gauge Wheel Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85-8
Opener Disk
Bearing Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85-9
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85-11
Bearing Replacement
Gauge Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85-12
Press Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85-13
Closing Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85-14
Opener Arm, Pivot Pin, and Bushing
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85-15
Boot Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85-16
Boot Strap Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85-18
Hydraulic Diagrams
Single Box-Active Down-Pressure . . . . . . 85-19
Separate Placement-Active
Down-Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85-20
Single Point-Single Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85-22

Hydraulic Diagrams—Continued
Single Point-Separate Placement . . . . . . . 85-23
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90-1
Specifications
Tractor Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95-1
Machine Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95-2
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95-5
Serial Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95-5
Crime Prevention Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100-1
Index

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q1: What is the format of this manual?
A: This manual is in PDF format, making it easy to read on phones, tablets, laptops, and desktops. No special software needed.

Q2: Is this the official John Deere manual?
A: Yes, this is the official operator’s manual published by John Deere under the document number OMN200120.

Q3: What’s the difference between an operator’s manual and a service manual?
A: An operator’s manual focuses on daily use, maintenance, safety, and basic troubleshooting. A service manual includes advanced repair procedures and diagnostics.

Q4: Can I print this manual?
A: Yes, the PDF is fully printable. You can print the entire manual or specific pages as needed.

Q5: Does it include wiring diagrams?
A: While this manual includes basic electrical system overviews, detailed wiring diagrams are usually found in the technical or service manual.

Q6: Will this work on my mobile phone?
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Final Note:

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