Great Plains NH3 Safety - Manual (Page 12)

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Safety Table of Contents Index Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc.
Ammonia Nurse Tanks
Use nurse tanks with proper current safety certification,
and current safety equipment and features.
Consult with your anhydrous ammonia supplier for safety
information and correct safe handling, transport and use
of anhydrous ammonia.
Consult with local and regional authorities on Safe and
legal use of anhydrous ammonia, including emergency
and environmental contacts, and release reporting
requirements.
Review any decals and manuals available for your nurse
tank cart, and for any of its components. There may be
separate manuals for the tank, running gear, indicators,
valves and fittings.
This manual covers typical operations for a
representative NH
3
nurse tank cart. Compare the
features and controls of your cart to the model cart, so
that there will be no confusion about instruction steps.
Control Variation Hazard:
If you are using multiple nurse tanks, study each one
separately. Unless they are owned by you, and known to be
identical, there is a high probability that there are differences
between them, even if they are all from the same terminal.
Trailing Nurse Tanks Only:
This manual, and the applicator Operator manual, do not
cover operations with “applicator” anhydrous tanks.
A consistent system of callouts is used for most nurse
tank cart components.
Nurse Tank Security
Standard Tank Controls:
This manual, and the applicator Operator manual, assume
standard (unlocked) tank fittings and controls are in use.
3-character callouts in the range to refer to
nurse tank cart components, decribed on page 10
through page 22.
Missing Information Hazard:
Take action to inform yourself. The majority of anhydrous
ammonia nurse tanks do not have an operator manual, for the
complete cart or for just the tank. Any manual that is available
may not accurately document the cart at hand, due to expired
component replacement, and/or complete tank replacement.
Field Operations Only:
This manual, and the applicator Operator manual, cover only
nurse tank field operations. Nurse tank terminal operations,
transport, storage and detailed maintenance are beyond the
scope of this manual.
Figure 1
Typical NH
3
Terminal
31558
A51 A51 A87