Great Plains TSF1290 Operator Manual - Manual (Page 25)

Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc. Preparation and Setup 21
05/10/2012 500-641M
Hitching with PTO Pump
Refer to Figure 6
A PTO pump sprayer has a ball hitch. The hitch parts
include a hitch plate and ball hitch pin to adapt a plain
tractor drawbar
to ball hitch use.
If the tractor already has a ball hitch-compatible drawbar,
skip to step 6.
1. Remove the hammer-strap on the tractor.
2. Assemble the ball hitch plate to the drawbar by
placing the 1-8 x 5in long bolt through the drawbar
hole using flat washers on both ends.
3. Place the backup plate on top of the drawbar and
orient the slots so they point in the opposite direc-
tions from the hitch plate
slots.
4. Insert the 3 ⁄
4
-10 x 5in long bolt through washers,
the backup plate slots and the hitch plate slots.
Secure with washers and flange nuts provided.
5. Insert the ball hitch pin stud in the hitch plate
and secure with washer and 1 1 ⁄
4
-7 nylon insert nut.
6. Park the sprayer in an open, flat, level area with the
jack in the park position.
Refer to Figure 7 and Figure 8
7.
Back the tractor up to the sprayer. Hook up the
sprayer ball hitch onto the stud pin
mounted on
the ball hitch plate . Secure the ball hitch with the
large flat washer and the lynch pin .
8. Remove the jack and pin it to the storage stob on the
brace tube above the left wheel axle.
Axle Spacing
The TSF sprayers have sliding axles allowing wheel cen-
ter-lines to be in the range:
N.America: 80 to 120 inches (203 to 305cm)
Export: 203 to 290cm (80 to 114in).
You can set them to match or complement tractor tire
spacing.
This adjustment is most easily done when the sprayer is
mechanically hitched with empty tanks. See “Axle
Wheel Spacing Adjustment” on page 58 for detailed
instructions.
Figure 6
Ball Hitch
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1
2
3
5
4
7
8
6
1
2
3
5
2
4
5 2
Figure 7
Jack in Parking Position
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6 2
6
2
8 7
Figure 8
Jack in Storage Position
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