Great Plains NP4000 40-foot Operator Manual - Manual (Page 122)

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Reverting Side Dress to Pre-Emergence
For converting to post-emergence, continue at page 112.
Resources required:
• Tractor for unfold and lift/lower operations
• all-purpose grease and grease gun
• basic hand tools
• One fertilizer clamp shut-off cap:
832-042C NOZZLE SHUT OFF CAP W/ GASKET
Prepare Implement
1.
Move implement to a level clear surface with
adequate illumination.
2. Raise implement. Install lift assist cylinder locks
(page 31).
3. Unfold wings.
4. Fully extend wing gauge wheels (page 55).
5. Install parking stands (page 25).
6. Lower implement onto stands.
7. Unhitch tractor.
Shift 2-Point Hitch
Refer to Figure 79
The front tool bar of the forward sub-frame has stop keys
for the standard (pre-emergence) hitch position
and
for the side dress hitch position .
8. Loosen or remove the nuts at all four hitch
U-bolts.
9. Move each hitch to align the right edge of the bolt
plate with the right stop keys on the frame.
10. Tighten nuts to
3 ⁄
4
-10 Grade 5 torque specification.
Figure 78
Side Dress Removed
32029
36
Figure 79
Hitch Shift
31844
60
2
3
2
3
72
2
3
72
60