Great Plains SR5030 Operator Manual User Manual

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Table of Contents

SR5030 Split-Row Planter 401-140M-A

4/12/05

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

Safety Decals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Description of Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Intended Usage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Owner Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Section 1 Preparation and Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Prestart Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Hitching Planters to Tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Leveling Planter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Section 2 Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Prestart Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Field Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Meter Clutches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Row Unit Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Transporting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Section 3 Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Row Unit Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Down Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Down Pressure Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Coulter Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Opener Seeding Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Side Gauge Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

1 x 12 Closing Wheel Option. . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Closing Disk Option. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Planting Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Transmission Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Checking Planting Population . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Planting Rate Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Finger Pickup Meters for Corn . . . . . . . . . . 15

Brush Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Meter Drive Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Seed-Lok Lock Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Section 4 Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Section 5 Maintenance and Lubrication . . . . . . . . 20

Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Finger Pickup Meter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Opener Disks, Scrapers and Gauge Wheels 21

Chain Tension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Gauge Wheel Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Gauge Wheel Chain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Side Gauge Wheel Arms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Counter Shaft Chain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Transmission Chain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Meter Drive Chain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Finger Pickup Meter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Section 6 Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Coulter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Terra Tine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Seed-Lok Firming Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Heavy Duty Spring Package. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Section 7 Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . 30

Tire Inflation Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Torque Values Chart for Common Bolt Sizes . . . 31