Great Plains PT8030 V1012 Operator Manual User Manual
Operator’s manual, Manufacturing, inc
This manual is related to the following products:
Table of contents
Document Outline
- Introduction
- Safety Notations
- Safety Rules
- Make sure everyone that uses this machine has read the Operator’s Manual and understands how to operate it safely.
- This Operator’s Manual is considered a part of the implement and should remain so when loaned or sold.
- Prepare for Emergencies
- Wear Protective Equipment
- Handle Chemicals Properly
- Keep Riders Off Machinery
- Use Safety Lights and Devices
- Transport Machinery Safely
- Use a Safety Chain
- Prior To Operation
- During Operation
- After Operation
- During Maintenance
- Transporting
- Tire Handling & Repair
- Agricultural Chemicals
- Important Safety Information
- Tire Inflation Chart
- Insecticide Option
- Insecticide & Herbicide Option
- Insecticide Option Bundles
- Insecticide & Herbicide Option Bundles
- Personal Safety Equipment
- Metric Conversion Chart
- Initial Preparation of the Planter
- Tractor Preparation
- Tire Pressure
- Transporting
- Rephasing the Hydraulic System
- Planting Rates
- Transmission Adjustment
- 2 to 1 Drive Reduction
- Contact Drive Wheel Spring Adjustment
- Tire Scraper (Optional)
- Ridge Planting
- Marker Hydraulics
- General Notes
- Marker Transporting
- Liquid Fertilizer Attachment
- Squeeze Pump
- Pump Mounting and Hose Arrangement
- Squeeze Pump Main Metering Shaft
- Section 2 Planter Operation
- Section 3 Row Unit Operation
- Section 6 Troubleshooting
- Section 7 Maintenance and Lubrication
- Section 8 Options
- Section 10 Appendix
- Coulter Arm Housing
- 16” Wheel Cover
- Seed Lok
- Finger Pickup Meter
- Meter Clutches
- Seed Hopper
- Chemical Hopper
- Recalibrating Insecticide/Herbicide Meter
- Liquid Fertilizer Rates
- Planting Rates
- Transmission Adjustment
- Checking Planting Population
- Planting Recommendations
- Drive Wheel Slippage
- Adjusting Granular Chemical Rates
- Liquid Fertilizer Attachment
- Section 5 Adjusting Planting Rates
- 6.5 x 12 Press Wheel w/Closing Disk
- Spring Package
- Spring Bundles
- Planting Rates for Finger Pickup Corn Meters
- Insecticide/Herbicide Application Rates
- Dry Insecticide Application Rates
- Dry Herbicide Application Rates
- Insecticide/Herbicide Application Rates
- Gauge Wheel Module
- Granular Chemical Rate Charts
- Insecticide/Herbicide Application Rates
- 1 x 12 Closing Wheel
- Seed and Chemical Meter Chains
- Torque Values Chart for Common Bolt Sizes
- Lubrication
- Wheel Bearings
- Install Cylinder Stops
- Replacing Drill Shaft Cotter Pins and Countershaft Shear Pins
- Ratchet Drive (8 Row Only)
- Fasteners
- Finger Pickup Meter
- Spreader and Scraper
- Disk
- Gauge Wheels
- Outside Scrapers
- Shear Pins
- Chain Tension
- Leveling the Planter
- Cleaning Insecticide and/or Herbicide Hoppers
- Cleaning Liquid Fertilizer Tanks
- Squeeze Pumps
- Marker Breakaway Protection
- Storage
- Beginning of the Season Service
- Service at the End of the Season
- Marker Disk Adjustments
- 1. Disk Angle
- 2. Direction of Cut
- Meter Drive Adjustments
- Check for Vertical Alignment
- Check for Horizontal Alignment
- To adjust alignment:
- Depth Adjustment
- Down Force Row
- Standard Spring Package
- Optional Medium and Heavy Duty Spring Package
- Down Force Pressure Chart
- Row Unit Mounted Coulter Adjustment
- Coulter Adjustments
- 1 x 12 Closing Wheel Adjustments
- Closing Wheel Down Force Adjustment
- Closing Wheel Alignment
- Closing Wheel Offset
- Closing Disk Adjustments
- Closing Disk Tube Shield
- Seed Lok
- Liquid Fertilizer Adjustments
- Squeeze Pump Hose Alignment
- Section 4 Adjustments
- Section 1 Assembly and Setup
- Section 9 Specifications and Capacities
- Safety Labels