Great Plains 3N-4025P Operator Manual - Manual (Page 2)

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196-286M 4/23/2010
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Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Description of Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Owner Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Preparation and Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Prestart Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Hydraulic Hose Hookup . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Hitching Tractor to Drill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Bleeding Hydraulics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Adjusting Fold Cylinders . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Leveling Frame Side-to-Side . . . . . . . . . . 19
Leveling Frame Front-to-Rear . . . . . . . . . 19
Box Alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Prestart Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Folding the Drill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Unfolding the Drill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Rephasing Lift System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Field Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Marker Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Transporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Adjustments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
No-Till Seeding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
10 & 20 Series Coulter Adjustments . . . . 31
10 Series Openers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Opener Down Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 34
Opener Seeding Depth . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Double V Press Wheel Adjustment. . 35
15 Series Openers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Side Gauge Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
1 x 12 Closing Wheel Option . . . . . . 37
Closing Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
20 Series Openers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Opener Down Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 38
Opener Seeding Depth . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Press Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
25 Series Openers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Opener Down Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 41
Spring Down Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Opener Seeding Depth . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Press Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Alignment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
25 Series Lock-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
HD 10 Series Openers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Opener Down Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Spring Down Pressure. . . . . . . . . . . 46
Opener Seeding Depth . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Double V Press Wheel Adjustment . . 47
Lock-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Changing Seed Meter Wheels . . . . . . . . 48
Seed-Lok Lock Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Tongue Spacer Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Electric Clutch Switch Adjustment . . . . . . 56
Keeton™ Seed Firmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Marker Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Maintenance and Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Seed Flap Replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Veris Drive Operating Instructions . . . . . . . 90
Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Torque Values Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Tire Inflation Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Hydraulic Schematic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Warranty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131