Great Plains NTA2000D Operator Manual User Manual
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Table of Contents
NTA 2000D 148-632M
9/13/2006
Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Owner Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Preparation and Set-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Hitching Tractor to Implement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Hydraulic Hook-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Bleeding Hydraulic Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Bleeding Lift Hydraulics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Bleeding Tongue Cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Bleeding Marker Hydraulics . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Operating Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Folding the Drill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Unfolding the Drill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Transporting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Seeding Depth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Coulter Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Hydraulic Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Coulter Wing Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Coulter Mounting Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Coulter Down Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Opener Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Press Wheel Adjustment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Opener Mounting Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Opener Down Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Disk Scraper Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Leaf Spring Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Harrow Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Marker Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Seed-Lok Lock Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Variator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Feed Flaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Half Width Shut-Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Checking the Seeding Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Calibrations for Number of Turns . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Tramlining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Setting up for Tramlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Monitor Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38a
Forward Speed/Sensor Calibration . . . . . . . . . 38d
Area/Width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38f
Tramlining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38h
Fan Speed/Speed Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38o
Seed Distribution Shaft Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38p
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Maintenance and Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Seed Rate Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Tire Inflation Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Torque Values Chart for Common Bolt Sizes . . . 58
Hose Connection and Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60