Great Plains 1520P Operator Manual - Manual (Page 2)

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Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Safety Decals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Description of Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Intended Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Models Covered in this Manual . . . . . . . . 12
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Owner Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Preparation and Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Prestart Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Hitching Tractor to Drill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Hydraulic Hose Hookup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Leveling Drill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
10 Series Openers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
20 Series Openers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Prestart Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Field Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Meter and Sliding Seed Tube . . . . . . . . . . 21
Opener Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Marker Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Transporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Adjustments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
10 Series Openers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Opener Down Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Opener Seeding Depth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
20 Series Openers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Opener Down Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Side Gauge Wheels 20 Series Openers . 28
Opener Seeding Depth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Press Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Frame Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Seeding Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Drive Speed Range Sprockets . . . . . . . . . 31
Transmission Sprockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Shutting Off Seed Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Cleaning Out Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Changing Seed Meter Wheels . . . . . . . . . . 34
Checking Volumetric Seeding Rate . . . . . . 37
Checking Singulated Seeding Rate . . . . . . 38
Marker Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Bleeding Marker Hydraulics . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Folding Speed with Needle Valves. . . . . . . 40
Folding Speed with Sequence Valve . . . . . 40
Marker Disk Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Marker Width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Seed-Lok
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Lock Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Harrow Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Harrow Frame Tube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Harrow Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Maintenance and Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Seed Flap Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Drive Chains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Gauge Wheel Arm Pivots. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Veris Drive Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Seed Rate Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Torque Values Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Tire Inflation Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129