Great Plains PT8030 V1013 Operator Manual - Manual (Page 2)

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PT6030 and PT8030 Pull-Type Planter 401-032M-A 10/10/12 Great Plains Mfg., Inc.
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Table of Contents
Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Safety Notations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Safety Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Personal Safety Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Safety Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Description of Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Owner Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Section 1 Planter Preparation and Setup. . . . . . . 10
Initial Preparation of the Planter . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Leveling the Planter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Ridge Planting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Liquid Fertilizer Option. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Section 2 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Basic Planting Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Rephasing the Hydraulic System . . . . . . . . 12
Seed Meter and Hopper Operation . . . . . . . . . . 12
Chemical Meters and Hopper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Liquid Fertilizer Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Squeeze Pump Hose Alignment . . . . . . . . . 14
Marker Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Transporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Section 3 Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Planting Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Transmission Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2-to-1 Drive Reduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Checking Planting Population . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Planting Rates for Finger Pickup Corn Meters . 16
Planting Rates for Brush Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Granular Chemical Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Conversion from Broadcast to Row Coverage19
Recalibrating Granular Chemical Meters . . 20
Granular Chemical Rate Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Clay Granules, Herbicide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Clay Granules, Insecticide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Sand Granules, Herbicide and Insecticide . 23
Liquid Fertilizer Attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Dry Fertilizer Attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Dry Fertilizer Low Rate Setting . . . . . . . . . . 25
Dry Fertilizer High Rate Setting. . . . . . . . . . 25
Opener Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Opener Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Down Force Spring Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . 26
Row Unit Coulter Adjustment. . . . . . . . . . . . 26
1 x 12 Closing Wheel Adjustments . . . . . . . 27
Closing Disk Tube Shield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Closing Disk Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Seed-Lok . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Marker Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Tire Scraper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Meter Drive Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Section 4 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Section 5 Maintenance and Lubrication . . . . . . . . 35
Install Cylinder Stops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Replacing Shear Pins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Fasteners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Ratchet Drive (8 Row Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Finger Pickup Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Openers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Chain Tension. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Chemical Hoppers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Cleaning Liquid Fertilizer Tanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Squeeze Pumps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Marker Breakaway Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Section 6 Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Marker Attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Coulter Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Seed Lok . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
6.5 x 12 Press Wheel w/Closing Disk. . . . . . . . . 47
Spring Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
16” Wheel Cover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
1 x 12 Closing Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Liquid Fertilizer Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Insecticide Option. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Insecticide & Herbicide Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Dry Fertilizer Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Section 7 Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . 50
Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Tire Inflation Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Torque Values Chart for Common Bolt Sizes . . . 52
Metric Conversion Chart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53