Operator Manual Manual

Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc. Cover Index iii
2014-07-23 Cover Index 401-479M
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Table of Contents
Important Safety Information ......................................1
Safety Decals .................................................................6
Introduction ................................................................10
Document Family .........................................................10
Models Covered ...........................................................10
Intended Usage ........................................................10
Description of Unit ........................................................10
Using This Manual........................................................10
Definitions.................................................................10
Owner Assistance ........................................................11
Product Support .......................................................11
Preparation and Setup ...............................................12
Pre-Start Checklist .......................................................12
Hitching Planter to Tractor............................................13
Hydraulic Hose Hookup................................................14
Protecting Hydraulic Motor Seals .................................14
Electrical Hookup .........................................................16
Seed Monitor Console..............................................16
Lighting Harness ......................................................16
Mate Connectors at Hitch.........................................16
Leveling Planter............................................................17
Planter Frame Height ...............................................17
Exchanging Meters.......................................................18
Installing Brush Meter Plates....................................19
Mud Scrapers (Optional) ..........................................20
Ridge Planting ..........................................................20
Re-Phasing Lift System................................................20
Monitor Setup ...............................................................21
Marker Setup (Option)..................................................21
Bleeding Hydraulics......................................................21
Lift Hydraulics...........................................................21
Marker Hydraulics.....................................................21
Operating Instructions...............................................22
Pre-Start Checklist .......................................................22
Transporting the PD8070 Planter.................................23
Loading Materials .........................................................24
Loading Seed ...........................................................24
Loading Fertilizer......................................................25
Seed Drive Clutch.....................................................26
Meter Clutch Disengagement ...............................26
Meter Shaft Alignment ..........................................26
Field Operation.............................................................27
Raising/Lowering Planter .............................................27
Marker Operation .........................................................28
Row Marker Operation ............................................. 28
Row Unit Operation...................................................... 28
Parking......................................................................... 29
Storage ........................................................................ 29
Adjustments ............................................................... 30
Setting Material Rates.................................................. 30
Seed Rate ................................................................ 31
Transmission Adjustment......................................... 31
Checking Planting Population .................................. 32
Brush Meter Rates ................................................... 33
Reading the Brush Meter Chart ........................... 33
Brush Meter Rate Chart ........................................... 34
Finger Meter Rates .................................................. 35
Reading the Finger Meter Chart........................... 35
Finger Meter Rate Chart .......................................... 36
Dry Fertilizer Rate .................................................... 37
Fertilizer Density Adjustment ................................... 38
Fertilizer Rate Charts ............................................... 38
Dry Fertilizer Low Rate Setting ............................ 38
Dry Fertilizer High Rate Setting............................ 38
Contact Drive Tension ................................................. 39
Marker Adjustments ..................................................... 40
Marker Extension ..................................................... 40
Marker Disk Adjustments ......................................... 41
Marker Disk Angle................................................ 41
Marker Disk Angle Axis ........................................ 41
Marker Folding Speed.............................................. 41
Row Implement Adjustments ....................................... 42
Frame-Mounted Row Accessories ........................... 42
Terra-Tine™ Row Cleaners ................................. 42
Zone Coulters....................................................... 43
In-Row.................................................................. 43
Between Row (or Off-Row at least 2in)................ 43
Vantage I Frame-Mounted Coulters..................... 43
Vantage II Fertilizer Coulters................................ 44
30 Series Row Units................................................. 45
Row Unit Down Pressure ......................................... 46
Row Cleaner Adjustments........................................ 47
Coulter Adjustments................................................. 48
Row-Unit Opener Adjustments................................. 49
Setting Planting Depth ......................................... 49
Disk Angle and Side Gauge Wheels .................... 49
Adjusting Disk Angle & Side Gauge Wheels........ 50
Adjusting Gauge Wheel Scrapers ........................ 51
Seed Meter Setup and Adjustment .......................... 52
Finger Meter Brush Adjustment ........................... 53