Introduction, Description of unit, Intended usage – Great Plains 3P1006NT Operator Manual User Manual
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2011-12-20
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Introduction
Great Plains welcomes you to its growing family of new
product owners. Your Semi-Mounted 10-Foot No-Till Drill
has been designed with care and built by skilled workers
using quality materials. Proper setup, maintenance, and
safe operating practices will help you get years of
satisfactory use from the machine.
Description of Unit
The 3P1006NT is a towed seeding implement. This drill
has a working width of 10 feet (2.9 m). The drill has
straight arm, double disc 06 Series openers. The opener
discs make a seed bed, and seed tubes mounted
between the discs place seed in the furrow. Press
wheels following the opener discs close the furrow and
gauge opener seeding depth. A T-handle on the opener
body makes seeding depth adjustments.
The metering system is driven from one or both forward
gauge wheels. Seeding rates are set by rate adjustment
handles and a Drive Type gear box for a main seed box.
Native Grass rates are set by sprocket selection.
Intended Usage
Use this drill to seed grasses or production-agriculture
crops or to seed over existing grass stands, in ground
conditions that are flat to semi-flat or gently rolling.
Models Covered
This manual applies to Great Plains compact drill model:
Standard 3P1006NT Models have a main seed box. A
second main seed box (Dual Seed), Fertilizer, Native
Grass and/or Smalls Seeds capability may be added.
This manual covers both current and previous
Great Plains 3P1006NT models. Some significant
operating differences are noted by headings with serial
number breaks A1058W- and A1059W+ (“-” is “and
lower”, “+” is “and higher”).
Using This Manual
This manual familiarizes you with safety, assembly,
operation, adjustments, troubleshooting, and
maintenance. Read this manual and follow the
recommendations to help ensure safe and efficient
operation.
The information in this manual is current at printing.
Some parts may change to assure top performance.
Document Family
Identifies an Economic (not a Safety) Risk:
NOTICE provides a crucial point of information related to the
current topic. Read and follow the instructions to avoid damage
to equipment and ensure desired field results.
Note: This form sets off useful information related to the
current topic, or forestalls possible
misunderstanding.
Right-hand and left-hand as used in
this manual are determined by facing
the direction the machine will travel
while in use unless otherwise stated.
An orientation rose in some line art
illustrations shows the directions of:
Up, Back, Left, Down, Front, Right.
Figure 1: A1059W+
3P1006NT Drill
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3P1006NT-1575
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Operator Manual (this document)
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3P1006NT Parts Manual
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Seed Rate Manual
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