Great Plains TA520S Operator Manual - Manual (Page 2)

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Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Wear Protective Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Handle Chemicals Properly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Safety Decals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Description of Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Intended Usage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Models Covered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Using This Manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Owner Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Before You Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Tractor Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Before You Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Tractor / Sprayer Hook-Up Instructions . . . . . . . 15
Preparation and Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Tractor / PTO Pump Hook-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Tractor / Hydraulic Pump Hook-Up . . . . . . . . . . 16
Tractor / PTO Shaft Hook-Up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Wheel Width Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Quad-Jet Agitators {SS Tanks Only} . . . . . . . . . 18
Sparger Tube Agitators {Poly Tanks Only}. . . . . 18
Control Box Assembly {Manual Only} . . . . . . . . 19
Automatic Controller Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Control Box Wiring Assy Instr {Manual Only} . . 20
Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Basic Sprayer Operating Procedures . . . . . . . . 21
Plumbing Operations {Manual Only} . . . . . . . . . 22
Operating Pump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Filling Tank Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Using Handwash Tank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Operating Whirlfilter® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Manual Elevator Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Transporting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Getting Acqd with your Chemical Inductor . . . . 26
Inducting Chemical Into The Sprayer Tank . . . . 26
End Of Day Inductor Clean-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Adjustments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Sprayer Pre-Calibrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Calibration Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Basic Sprayer Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Miles Per Hour Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Worn Nozzles & Flow Table Information . . . . . . . 30
TeeJet® Worn Nozzles & Flow Table . . . . . . . . . 31
MeterCone® Worn Nozzles & Flow Table. . . . . . 31
Spraying Solutions Other Than Water. . . . . . . . . 32
Useful Formulas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Check Valve Restriction Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Miscellaneous Conversion Factors . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Field Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
General Field Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Boom Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Nozzle Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Tank Straps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Solenoid Throttling Valve {Manual Only} . . . . . . . 51
Pressure Adjustments {Manual Only} . . . . . . . . . 52
Elevator Slide Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
General Notes For Field Operation . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Operating Checklist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Maintenance and Lubrication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Equipment Cleanup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Pump Maintenance & Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Winch Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Maintenance & Lubrication Record. . . . . . . . . . . 58
Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Torque Values Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63