Great Plains 2000 Operator Manual - Manual (Page 3)

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Table of Contents
12, 15 and 20 Foot Series Three-Point Drills 118-389M-A 2012-03-27
Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Safety Decals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Description of Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Intended Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Owner Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Section 1 Drill Preparation and Setup . . . . . . . . . . 8
Prestart Checklist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Tractor Hitch Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Hitching Tractor to Drill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Hitching with Optional Pull Package . . . . . . . 9
Hydraulic Hookup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Leveling Drill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Section 2 Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Prestart Checklist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Opener Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Marker Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Optional Pull Package Operation. . . . . . . . . 12
Shaft Monitor Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Transporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Transporting with Optional Pull Package . . . 13
Transporting with Markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Parking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Section 3 Adjustments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Seeding Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Opener Down Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Opener Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Frame Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Seeding Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Seed Rate Chart (pounds per acre). . . . . . . . . . 18
Small Seeds Attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Small Seeds Rate Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Fertilizer Meter Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Fertilizer Rate Chart (pounds per acre) . . . . . . . . 22
Density Conversion Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Marker Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Disk Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Folding Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Bleeding Marker Hydraulics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Disk Scraper Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Seed-Lok . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Harrow Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Section 4 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Section 5 Maintenance and Lubrication . . . . . . . . 28
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Marker Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Marker Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Pull Hitch Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Small Seeds Attachment Lubrication . . . . . . . . . 32
Agitator Lubrication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Fertilizer Attachment Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Section 6 Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Fertilizer Attachment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Seed Box Agitator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Small Seeds Attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Markers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Parking Stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Harrow Attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Seed-Cup Plugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Shaft Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Three-Point Pull Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Seed-Lok Firming Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Rear Mount Boom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Weight Bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Section 7 Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . 39
Tire Inflation Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Torque Values Chart for Common Bolt Sizes . . . 40
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41