Great Plains 2515 Operator Manual - Manual (Page 2)

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1515, 2015 and 2515 Three-Point Soybean Machine 173-159M 4/20/05
Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Safety Decals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Description of Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Intended Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Owner Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Section 1 Preparation and Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Prestart Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Hitching Tractor to Drill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Hydraulic Hookup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Lift Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Bleeding the Lift Assist Hydraulics . . . . . . . . . . 11
Leveling Drill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Section 2 Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Prestart Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Field Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Row Unit Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Marker Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Shaft Monitor Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Transporting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Transporting with Markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Transporting with Lift Assist. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Section 3 Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Row Unit Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Down Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Down Pressure Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Coulter Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Opener Seeding Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Side Gauge Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
1 x 12 Closing Wheel Option. . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Closing Disk Option. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Frame Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Seeding Rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Adjust Drive Sprockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Set Seed-Rate Handle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Position Seed-Cup Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Check Seeding Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Seed Rate Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Marker Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Folding Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Disk Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Marker Chain (2515 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Transport Carrier (2015 and 2515 only) . . . . 21
Bleeding Marker Hydraulics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Seed-Lok Lock Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Section 4 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Section 5 Maintenance and Lubrication . . . . . . . . 25
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Marker Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Opener Disks, Scrapers, Gauge Wheels . . . 25
Drive System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Drive Chains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Seed-Cup-Shaft Sprocket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Gauge Wheel Arm Pivots. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Marker Hinge Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Side Wheel Arm, Row Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Wheel Bearings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Marker Disk Bearings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Lift Assist Castors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Lift Assist Arm Pivots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Section 6 Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Lift Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Coulter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Gauge Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Spring Packages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Markers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Seed-Cup Plugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Shaft Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Seed-Lok Firming Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Section 7 Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . 33
Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Tire Inflation Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Torque Values Chart for Common Bolt Sizes . . . 34
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35