Great Plains PT1230 AA1080 Operator Manual User Manual

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Table of Contents

PT1230 Pull-Type Folding Planter 401-069M-B

4/12/05

Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Personal Safety Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Safety Decals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Description of Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Owner Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Section 1 Preparation and Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Prestart Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Hitching Tractor to Planter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Hydraulic Hose Hookup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Leveling Planter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Liquid Fertilizer Option. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Point Row Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Ridge Planting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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

Hydraulic Lift System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Unfolding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Transporting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Section 3 Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Planting Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Transmission Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

2-to-1 Drive Reduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Checking Planting Population . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Planting Rates for Finger Pickup Corn Meters . 22

Planting Rates for Brush Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Granular Chemical Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Broadcast to Row Coverage . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Recalibrating Granular Chemical Meters . . 26

Granular Chemical Rate Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Clay Granules, Herbicide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Clay Granules, Insecticide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Sand Granules, Herbicide and Insecticide. . 29

Liquid Fertilizer Attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Dry Fertilizer Attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Meter Drive Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Row Unit Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Down Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Down Pressure Charts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Coulter Depth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Opener Seeding Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Side Gauge Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

1 x 12 Closing Wheel Option . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Closing Disk Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Marker Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Seed-Lok Lock Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Tire Scraper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Section 4 Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Section 5 Maintenance and Lubrication . . . . . . . . 42

Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Replacing Shear Pins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Shaft Alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Chain Tension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Finger Pickup Meter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Brush-Type Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Opener Disks, Scrapers and Gauge Wheels 46

Marker Breakaway Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Liquid Fertilizer Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Section 6 Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Section 7 Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . 60

Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Tire Inflation Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Torque Values Chart for Common Bolt Sizes . . . 62

Point Row Schematics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Hydraulic Schematic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64