Great Plains NTA3010 Operator Manual User Manual
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Table of Contents
NTA3010 and NTA3510 Air Drill Implement SN Z1370- 160-219M
8/14/
Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Safety Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Description of Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Intended Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Owner Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Section 1 Preparation and Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Hitching Cart to Implement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Hydraulic Hose Hookup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Serial Numbers Z1100 and Earlier . . . . . . . 11
Serial Numbers Z1101 and Later . . . . . . . . 11
Bleed the Hydraulics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Bleeding Lift Hydraulics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Bleeding Fold Hydraulics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Level Frame Side to Side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Level Frame Front to Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Section 2 Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
General Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Pre-start Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Lifting Implement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Rephasing Lift System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Lift System Transport Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Folding Implement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Folding Without Markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Unfolding Implement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Field Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Fan Speed Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Opener Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Marker Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Transporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Section 3 Adjustments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Seeding Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Coulter Adjustments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Hydraulic Depth Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Coulter Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Weights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Individual Coulters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Press Wheel Adjustment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Wing Down Pressure Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Opener Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Electric Clutch Switch Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Disk Scraper Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Harrow Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Seed-Lok . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Coulter Tines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Section 4 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Section 5 Maintenance and Lubrication . . . . . . . . 28
General Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Cart Link Pivots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Coulter Pivots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Rockshaft Pivots. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Fold Pivots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Coulter Hub Bearings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Rear Castor Parallel Arm Pivots . . . . . . . . . . 30
Vertical Spindles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Wheel or Axle Bearings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Wing Gauge-Wheel Pivots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Section 6 Attachments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Coulter Tines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Seed-Lok™ Firming Wheels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Harrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Section 7 Specifications and Capacities. . . . . . . . 32
Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Tire Inflation Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Torque Values Chart for Common Bolt Sizes . . . 33
Hydraulic Schematics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Lift Hydraulics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Fold Hydraulics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36