Introduction, Description of unit, Intended usage – Great Plains 3P600 Operator Manual User Manual
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2011-10-21
Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc.
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Introduction
Great Plains welcomes you to its growing family of new
product owners. Your no-till drill has been designed with
care and built by skilled workers using quality materials.
Proper setup, maintenance, and safe operating practices
will help you get years of satisfactory use from the
machine.
Description of Unit
The 3P500, 3P500V and 3P600 are 3-point seeding
implements. The drill has straight arm, double disc
00 Series openers. The opener discs make a seed bed,
and seed tubes mounted between the discs place seed
in the furrow. Press wheels following the opener discs
close the furrow and gauge opener seeding depth.
A T-handle on the opener body makes seeding depth
adjustments.
The metering system is driven from the gauge wheel.
Seeding rates are set by rate adjustment handles and a
Drive Type gearbox for the main seed box.
Intended Usage
Use this implement to seed production-agriculture crops
in conventional or minimum tillage applications.
Models Covered
This manual applies to Great Plains drill models:
Standard drills have a Main Seed box. Small Seeds
capability may be added to Models 3P500 or 3P600.
The Model 3P500V (Vineyard) is a low-profile version of
the 3P500.
Document Family
3P500-0775
7-Row 7.5 in. (19.1 cm)
3P500-0906
9-Row 6 in. (15.2 cm)
3P500V-0775
7-Row 7.5 in. (19.1 cm)
3P500V-0872
8-Row 7.25 in. (18.4 cm)
3P500V-0906
9-Row 6 in. (15.2 cm)
3P600-0975
9-Row 7.5 in. (19.1 cm)
3P600-1106
11-Row 6 in. (15.2 cm)
118-794M
Operator Manual (this document)
118-794P
Parts Manual
118-794B
Seed Rate Manual
152-314M
Electronic Acremeter Manual
Figure 1
3P500 No-Till Drill
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Figure 2
3P500V No-Till Drill
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