Great Plains PT1230 AA1062 Operator Manual - Manual (Page 2)

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Table of Contents
PT1230 Pull-Type Folding Planter 401-069M-A 10/10/12
Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Safety Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Description of Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Intended Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Owner Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Section 1 Planter Preparation and Setup . . . . . . . 10
Planter Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Hitching the Tractor to the Planter . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Hydraulic Hose Hookup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Ridge Planting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Leveling the Planter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Section 2 Planter Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Unfolding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Transporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Rephasing the Hydraulic System . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Marker Hydraulics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Marker Transporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Liquid Fertilizer Attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Finger Pickup Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Brush Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Section 3 Row Unit Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Meter Clutches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Point Row Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Seed Hopper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Chemical Hopper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Recalibrating Chemical Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Section 4 Adjustments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Marker Disk Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Contact Drive Wheel Spring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Meter Drive Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Depth Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Down Force Row . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Standard Spring Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Optional Heavy Duty Spring Package . . . . . 26
Down Force Pressure Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Row Unit Mounted Coulter Adjustment. . . . . . . . 27
1 x 12 Closing Wheel Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Closing Disk Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Liquid Fertilizer Adjustments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Seed Lok. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Tire Scraper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Section 5 Planting Rate Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . 30
Planting Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Drive Wheel Slippage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Adjusting Granular Chemical Rates . . . . . . . . . . 31
Liquid Fertilizer Attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Planting Rates for Finger Pickup Corn Meters . . 32
Planting Rates for Brush Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Liquid Fertilizer Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Insecticide/Herbicide Application Rates . . . . . . . 36
Section 6 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Section 7 Maintenance and Lubrication . . . . . . . . 43
Installing Cylinder Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Fasteners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Replacing Shear Pins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Shaft Alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Finger Pickup Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Brush-Type Seed Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Openers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Chain Tension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Cleaning Chemical Hoppers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Cleaning Liquid Fertilizer Tanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Squeeze Pumps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Marker Breakaway Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Section 8 Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Section 9 Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . 61
Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Tire Inflation Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Torque Values Chart for Common Bolt Sizes . . . 63