Great Plains 3S-4000F Predelivery Manual - Manual (Page 22)

3S-4000
195-242Q 9/12/2009
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Folding
!
WARNING
Crushing hazard – Bystanders could be crushed be-
tween the folding drill boxes and the drill tongue. To
avoid serious injury or death, keep all bystanders well
away during drill operation.
1. Park tractor and drill on level ground with trac-
tor transmission in park. Be aware of clear-
ance needed to fold drill.
2. Position opener lock handles in road position
and as shown in Figure 1 and completely
raise openers.
NOTE: The opener transport lock handles are
spring loaded and can be moved to road position
with openers up or down, but locks will only en-
gage when openers are completely raised. There
are two locks on each drill section.
3. Make sure transport lift cylinders and front
box lift cylinder are completely retracted.
4. Slowly supply oil to rod end of fold circuit.
Completely fold wing frames until both wing
gauge wheels contact tongue tube.
5. Supply oil to transport lift circuit until transport
lift cylinders and front box lift cylinder are
completely extended and drill is completely
raised.
6. Refer to Figure 2. Rotate cylinder lock chan-
nels over rods on the two transport lift cylin-
ders and the front box lift cylinder.
IMPORTANT: The channels will remain in po-
sition when cylinders settle against channels.
7. Allow transport lift cylinders to settle back
against lock channels.
8. Before transporting, check that hydraulic cyl-
inders are holding lock channels securely.
Figure 1
Opener Lock Up
15549
Figure 2
Cylinder Lock Channels Inserted for Transport
18960
18959
Transport Lift
Cylinder Lock
Front Box Lift
Cylinder Lock