Great Plains 3P-FF900 Operator Manual - Manual (Page 2)

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Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Wear Protective Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Handle Chemicals Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Safety Decals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Description of Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Intended Usage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Models Covered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Using This Manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Owner Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Preparation and Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Before You Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Hitching Tractor to Sprayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Tractor/Hydraulic Pump Hook-Up . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Ace Pump Flow Limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Raven SCS 450 and 440 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Electrical Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Adjustments Before Going to the Field . . . . . . . 18
Hydraulic Driven Pumps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Field Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Boom Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Agitation Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Basic Sprayer Operating Procedures . . . . . . . . 20
Operating Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Plumbing Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Boom Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2007+ Sprayer Hydraulics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2006- Sprayer Hydraulics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Elevator Raising/Lowering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Boom Height. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Boom Folding Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Boom Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Boom Unfolding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Locking System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Break Away Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Leveling Boom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
60ft Spraying for 80 and 90 ft. Booms . . . . . . . . 26
Using Handwash Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Agitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Operating Whirlfilter® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Transporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Inductor (Optional Equipment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Boom Height. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Nozzle Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Elevator Slide Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Fasse Firing Diagram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Maintenance and Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Sprayer/Boom Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Equipment Cleanup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Pump Maintenance and Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Scott and Ace Pumps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Ace Hydraulic Pump Seal Replacement . . . 35
Scott Pump Seal Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 36
Shear Bolt Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Chemical Inductor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Foam Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Pumps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Ace Hydraulic Pump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Ace Flow Limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Ace PTO Pumps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Torque Values Chart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44