Great Plains V-300F Operator Manual - Manual (Page 2)

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Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Safety Decals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Description of Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Intended Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Owner Assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Preparation and Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Prestart Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Wiring Drill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Hitching Tractor to Implement . . . . . . . . . . 17
Hydraulic Hook-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Bleeding Hydraulic Systems . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Bleeding Tongue Cylinder . . . . . . . . . 18
Bleeding Transport Lift Cylinders . . . . 18
Bleeding Marker Hydraulics . . . . . . . . 19
Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Prestart Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Field Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Opener Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Pivot Lock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Marker Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Transport Lift Cylinders . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Fertilizer Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Transporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Seeding Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Coulters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Openers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Coulter Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Hydraulic Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Coulter Mounting Height . . . . . . . . . . 26
Coulter Down Pressure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Coulter Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Level Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Opener Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Press Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . 27
Opener Mounting Height . . . . . . . . . 27
Opener Down Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Disk Scraper Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Harrow Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Leaf Spring Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Pre-emergence Marker Adjustment . . . . 29
Disk Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Lateral Marker Adjustment . . . . . . . . 29
Marker Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Folding Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Disk Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Packer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Seed-Lok Lock Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Setting the Seeding Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Changing Drive Sprockets . . . . . . . . 31
Setting Seed-Rate Gauge . . . . . . . . 31
Positioning Seed-Cup Doors . . . . . . 32
Checking Seeding Rate . . . . . . . . . . 32
Seed Rate Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Fertilizer Rate Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Fertilizer Meter Rate Charts . . . . . . . . . . 40
Density Conversion Chart. . . . . . . . . 41
Small Seeds Attachment. . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Small Seeds Rate Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Monitor Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Maintenance and Lubrication. . . . . . . . . . . 68
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Fertilizer Chain Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Seed Chain Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Hydraulics Schematic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . 79
Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Tire Inflation Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Torque Values Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81