Great Plains PT8030 V1015 Operator Manual - Manual (Page 2)

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PT6030 and PT8030 Pull-Type Planter 401-032M-B 4/12/05 Great Plains Mfg., Inc.
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Table of Contents
Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Personal Safety Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Safety Decals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Description of Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Owner Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Section 1 Planter Preparation and Setup . . . . . . . 11
Prestart Checklist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Hitching Planter to Tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Hydraulic Hose Hookup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Leveling Planter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Ridge Planting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Liquid Fertilizer Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Section 2 Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Prestart Checklist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Field Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Meter Clutches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Row Unit Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Chemical Hoppers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Marker Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Liquid Fertilizer Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Squeeze Pump Hose Alignment . . . . . . . . . 16
Transporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Section 3 Adjustments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Planting Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Transmission Adjustment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2-to-1 Drive Reduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Checking Planting Population . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Planting Rates for Finger Pickup Corn Meters. . 18
Planting Rates for Brush Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Brush Meters, Cotton Discs. . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Granular Chemical Rates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Conversion from Broadcast to Row Coverage21
Recalibrating Granular Chemical Meters. . . 22
Granular Chemical Rate Charts. . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Clay Granules, Herbicide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Clay Granules, Insecticide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Sand Granules, Herbicide and Insecticide . . 25
Liquid Fertilizer Attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Dry Fertilizer Attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Meter Drive Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Row Unit Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Down Pressure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Down Pressure Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Coulter Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Opener Seeding Depth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Side Gauge Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
1 x 12 Closing Wheel Option . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Closing Disk Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Marker Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Seed-Lok Lock Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Tire Scraper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Section 4 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Section 5 Maintenance and Lubrication . . . . . . . . 37
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Replacing Shear Pins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Shaft Alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Ratchet Drive (8 Row Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Chain Tension. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Finger Pickup Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Brush-Type Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Opener Disks, Scrapers and Gauge Wheels 42
Liquid Fertilizer Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Squeeze Pumps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Marker Breakaway Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Section 6 Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Section 7 Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . 53
Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Torque Values Chart for Common Bolt Sizes . . . 55
Tire Inflation Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Metric Conversion Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56