Great Plains PD8070 Operator Manual - Manual (Page 2)

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Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Wear Protective Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Handle Chemicals Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Safety Decals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Description of Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Intended Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Owner Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Preparation and Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Prestart Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Hitching Planter to Tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Hydraulic Hose Hookup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Leveling Planter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Ridge Planting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Planter Frame Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Prestart Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Field Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Meter Clutches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Row Unit Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Marker Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Emptying Fertilizer Hopper . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Transporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Planting Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Transmission Adjustment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Checking Planting Population . . . . . . . . . . 20
Dry Fertilizer Attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Dry Fertilizer Low Rate Setting . . . . . . . . . 23
Dry Fertilizer High Rate Setting . . . . . . . . . 23
Density Conversion Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Meter Drive Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Row Unit Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Down Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Down Pressure Charts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Coulter Depth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Opener Seeding Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Side Gauge Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
1 x 12 Closing Wheel Option . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Closing Disk Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Marker Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Folding Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Marker Width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Disk Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Seed-Lok™ Lock Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Maintenance and Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Replacing Shear Pins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Shaft Alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Contact Drive Spring Tension . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Ratchet Drive (8 Row Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Chain Tension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Precision™ Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Opener Disks, Scrapers, Gauge Wheels . . . 41
Marker Breakaway Protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Torque Values Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Metric Conversion Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Tire Inflation Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54