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Reverting side dress to pre-emergence, Prepare implement, Shift 2-point hitch – Great Plains NP4000 40-foot Operator Manual User Manual

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Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc.

407-776M

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2012-03-28

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