Great Plains VT7300 Operator Manual - Manual (Page 8)

Section 2: Assembly & Set-Up Table of Contents ► Great Plains Mfg., Inc.
Verti-Till VT5300-VT9225 Finishing Attachments 596-156M 6/30/2008
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Seedbed Conditioner to Verti-Till Attachment
The Seedbed Conditioner will come
completely assembled with the pintle hook,
cable and brackets banded to conditioner. Start
by Carefully taking banding loose and bolting
the 5-ton pintle hook (1) to the semi-mount
pintle bracket (2) with four 1/2 x 2 Gr.8
mounting bolts (3) using 1/2” flat washers,
lock washers and hex nuts as shown in Figure
3. U-bolt this assembly to the rear bar of the
Verti-Till using two 3/4 x 6 x 5 5/8 u-bolts (4)
with lock washers and hex nuts.
U-bolt the semi-mount cable brackets
(5) to the Verti-Till rear frame frame with 5/8
x 6 x 5 1/4 u-bolts (6). Secure with 5/8 lock
washers and hex nuts (see Section 6 Machine
Layouts, for proper placement dimensions).
If the Vert-Till gets a Ridge Splitter
attachment, install it as shown in previous
assembly instructions.
Hitch the seedbed conditioner to the
Verti-Till at the Pintle hook and drawbar ring.
Secure Pintle hook latch with wire lock pin.
Attach the appropriate length cables (7) along
with the cable spacers (8) using the 5/8 bent
pins with hairpin cotters (9) on the Verti-Till
end.
Figure 3