Great Plains NTA1300 Operator Manual - Manual (Page 2)

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Table of Contents
NTA 1000 and NTA 1300 148-528M 5/26/2006
Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Safety Decals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Description of Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Owner Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Preparation and Set-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Prestart Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Wiring Drill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Hitching Tractor to Implement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Hydraulic Hook-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Bleeding Hydraulic Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Operating Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Prestart Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Field Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Opener Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Pivot Lock Tubes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Marker Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Fan Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Transport Lift Cylinders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Transporting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Folding the Drill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Unfolding the Drill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Seeding Depth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Coulters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Openers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Coulter Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Hydraulic Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Coulter Mounting Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Coulter Down Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Added Weight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Coulter Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Opener Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Press Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Opener Mounting Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Opener Down Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Disk Scraper Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Harrow Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Leaf Spring Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Marker Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Disk Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Pivot Lock Tube Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Seed-Lok Lock Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Maintenance and Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Transport Cylinder Support Brace . . . . . . . . 31
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Tire Inflation Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Torque Values Chart for Common Bolt Sizes . . . 37
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38