Seed Hawk TOOLBAR 2013 45 & XL SERIES - Manual (Page 3)

SEED HAWK® TOOLBAR OPERATOR’S MANUAL 3
Table of Contents
1.0 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................ 7
1.1 DESCRIPTION OF THE MACHINE ..................................................................................................................... 8
1.2 ILLUSTRATION OF THE MACHINE .................................................................................................................... 8
1.3 MACHINE SERIAL NUMBER .............................................................................................................................. 9
2.0 SAFETY ........................................................................................................................................................... 10
2.1 SAFETY ALERT SYMBOL .................................................................................................................................. 10
2.1.1 SIGNAL WORDS ......................................................................................................................................... 10
2.2 OPERATOR RESPONSIBILITY .......................................................................................................................... 11
2.2.1 KEY SAFETY REMINDERS ............................................................................................................................ 11
2.3 GENERAL SAFETY PRACTICES ......................................................................................................................... 12
2.4 MAINTENANCE SAFETY .................................................................................................................................. 13
2.5 HYDRAULIC SAFETY ........................................................................................................................................ 14
2.6 TRANSPORT SAFETY ....................................................................................................................................... 14
2.7 STORAGE SAFETY ........................................................................................................................................... 15
2.8 TIRE SAFETY ................................................................................................................................................... 15
2.9 SAFETY SIGNS ................................................................................................................................................ 16
2.9.1 LOCATION OF SAFETY SIGN ON IMPLEMENT ............................................................................................ 16
2.9.2 APPLIED SAFETY SIGNS .............................................................................................................................. 17
2.9.3 SAFETY SIGN INFORMATION ..................................................................................................................... 18
3.0 SPECIFICATIONS ............................................................................................................................................. 19
3.1 HARDWARE TORQUE ..................................................................................................................................... 19
3.1.1 SAE ............................................................................................................................................................ 19
3.1.2 METRIC ...................................................................................................................................................... 19
3.1.3 FLARE‐TYPE TUBE FITTINGS ....................................................................................................................... 19
3.1.4 TIRE TORQUE ............................................................................................................................................. 20
3.2 TIRE PRESSURE .............................................................................................................................................. 20
3.3 TRACTOR REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................................................................. 20
3.4 XL SERIES TOOLBAR DIMENSIONS ................................................................................................................. 21
3.5 45 SERIES TOOLBAR DIMENSIONS ................................................................................................................. 22
3.6 OPENERS ........................................................................................................................................................ 23
3.6.1 QUICK PIN OPENER.................................................................................................................................... 23
3.6.2 SEED DEPTH ............................................................................................................................................... 24
4.0 OPERATION .................................................................................................................................................... 25
4.1 FIELD OPERATION .......................................................................................................................................... 25
4.1.1 OPERATOR RESPONSIBILITY ...................................................................................................................... 25
4.2 TRACTOR HOOK UP ........................................................................................................................................ 26
4.2.1 SHANK LIFT AND LOWER ........................................................................................................................... 26
4.2.2 WING LIFT AND LOWER ............................................................................................................................. 26
4.2.3 CASE DRAIN(S) ........................................................................................................................................... 26
4.3 HYDRAULIC HOSE HOOK UP ........................................................................................................................... 27
4.4 PRE‐OPERATION CHECKLIST .......................................................................................................................... 28
4.5 OOLBAR MONITOR & SWITCHBOX OVERVIEWS ............................................................................................ 29
4.5.1 LOUP III MONITOR & SWITCH BOX ............................................................................................................ 29
4.5.2 LOUP SWITCH BOX TOOLBAR ONLY .......................................................................................................... 30
4.5.3 SCT VIPER PRO SWITCH BOX ..................................................................................................................... 30
4.6 WINGING DOWN 7‐PLEX TOOLBARS ............................................................................................................. 31
4.7 OPENER SHANK OPERATION – TOOLBAR ONLY ............................................................................................. 31
4.8 OPENER SHANK OPERATION – LOUP III.......................................................................................................... 32
4.9 OPENER SHANK OPERATION – SCT® .............................................................................................................. 34