Seed Hawk AIRCART 2013 - Manual (Page 3)

Table of Contents
1.0 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................ 1
1.1 DESCRIPTION OF THE MACHINE ...................................................................................................................... 2
1.2 ILLUSTRATION OF THE MACHINE ..................................................................................................................... 2
1.3 MACHINE SERIAL NUMBER .............................................................................................................................. 3
2.0 SAFETY .......................................................................................................................................................... 4
2.1 SAFETY ALERT SYMBOL .................................................................................................................................... 4
2.1.1 SIGNAL WORDS ...................................................................................................................................... 4
2.2 OPERATOR RESPONSIBILITY ............................................................................................................................ 5
2.2.1 KEY SAFETY REMINDERS ........................................................................................................................ 5
2.3 GENERAL SAFETY PRACTICES ........................................................................................................................... 6
2.4 MAINTENANCE SAFETY .................................................................................................................................... 7
2.5 HYDRAULIC SAFETY .......................................................................................................................................... 8
2.6 TRANSPORT SAFETY ......................................................................................................................................... 8
2.7 STORAGE SAFETY ............................................................................................................................................. 9
2.8 TIRE SAFETY ..................................................................................................................................................... 9
2.9 SAFETY SIGNS ................................................................................................................................................ 10
2.9.1 APPLIED SAFETY SIGNS......................................................................................................................... 11
2.9.2 SAFETY SIGN INFORMATION ................................................................................................................ 12
3.0 SPECIFICATIONS .......................................................................................................................................... 13
3.1 HARDWARE TORQUE ..................................................................................................................................... 13
3.1.1 SAE ....................................................................................................................................................... 13
3.1.2 METRIC ................................................................................................................................................. 13
3.1.3 FLARE‐TYPE TUBE FITTINGS ................................................................................................................. 13
3.2 TIRE PRESSURE .............................................................................................................................................. 14
3.3 AIRCART DIMENSIONS ................................................................................................................................... 14
4.0 OPERATION ................................................................................................................................................ 15
4.1 LODAR WIRELESS REMOTE ............................................................................................................................ 15
4.1.1 LABELED LODAR REMOTE DIAGRAM ................................................................................................... 15
4.1.2 LABELED LODAR RECEIVER DIAGRAM .................................................................................................. 15
4.1.3 PAIRING THE REMOTE ......................................................................................................................... 16
4.1.4 TROUBLESHOOTING THE LODAR REMOTE ........................................................................................... 17
4.2 FILL AUGER .................................................................................................................................................... 18
4.2.1 POSITIONING THE AUGER .................................................................................................................... 19
4.2.2 OPERATING THE AUGER....................................................................................................................... 20
4.2.3 AUGER POSITION FOR UNLOADING AIRCART ...................................................................................... 20
4.2.4 AUGER TRANSPORT POSITON ............................................................................................................. 21
4.3 FILL CONVEYOR .............................................................................................................................................. 22
4.3.1 POSITIONING THE CONVEYOR ............................................................................................................. 23
4.3.2 OPERATING THE CONVEYOR ................................................................................................................ 24
4.3.3 CONVEYOR POSITION FOR UNLOADING AIRCART ............................................................................... 24
4.3.4 CONVEYOR TRANSPORT POSITION ..................................................................................................... 25
4.4 BAG LIFT ......................................................................................................................................................... 26
4.5 CASE DRAIN LINES .......................................................................................................................................... 27
4.5.1 TRACTOR HYDRAULIC REQUIREMENTS ................................................................................................ 27
4.6 HYDRAULIC CONNECTIONS ........................................................................................................................... 28
4.7 METERING ROLLER ........................................................................................................................................ 29
4.7.1 METER ROLLER SELECTION GUIDE ....................................................................................................... 30
4.8 SEED HAWK
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PRESSURIZED METERING SYSTEM ............................................................................................ 31