Great Plains 3N-3020P Operator Manual - Manual (Page 2)

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Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Safety Decals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Description of Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Owner Assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Preparation and Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Prestart Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Hydraulic Hose Hookup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Hitching Tractor to Drill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Hitch Height Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Bleeding Hydraulics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Leveling Frame Side-to-Side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Box Alignment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Prestart Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Folding the Drill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Rephasing Lift System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Unfolding the Drill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Field Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Meter Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Electric Clutch Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Opener Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Marker Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Transporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
No-Till Seeding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Coulter Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Hydraulic Depth Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Coulter Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Individual Coulters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Opener Adjustments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Opener Down Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Opener Seeding Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Press Wheel Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
20 Series Side Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Seeding Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Drive Speed Range Sprockets . . . . . . . . . . 37
Transmission Sprockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Changing Seed Meter Wheels . . . . . . . . . . 38
Checking Volumetric Seeding Rate. . . . . . . 40
Checking Singulated Seeding Rate . . . . . . 41
Electric Clutch Switch Adjustment . . . . . . . 42
Marker Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Folding Speed with Needle Valves . . . . . . . 43
Folding Speed with Sequence Valve. . . . . . 43
Marker Disk Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Seed-Lok Lock Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Marker Width. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Harrow Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Maintenance and Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Meter Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Folding Drill Walkboards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Shutting Off Seed Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Cleaning Out Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Meter Slide Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Chain Tension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Seed Tube Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Sliding Seed Tube Replacement . . . . . . . . . 59
Grommet Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Opener Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
20 Series Opener Side Wheels. . . . . . . . . . 60
Opener Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Opener Disk Spreader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Seed Flap Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Drive System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Marker Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Lubrication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Veris Drive Operating Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Seed Rate Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Torque Values Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Hydraulic Schematic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Tire Inflation Chart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108