Great Plains 2420 Operator Manual - Manual (Page 2)

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Table of Contents
2400, 2410 and 2420 Three-Point Drill 118-706M 5/15/06
Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Personal Safety Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Safety Decals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Description of Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Intended Usage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Owner Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Section 1 Preparation and Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Prestart Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Hitching Tractor to Drill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Hydraulic Hookup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Leveling Drill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Model 2400 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Models 2410 and 2420 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Section 2 Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Prestart Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Opener Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Marker Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Shaft Monitor Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Transporting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Transporting with Markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Section 3 Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Seeding Depth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Models 2400 and 2410 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Model 2420 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Opener Down Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2400 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2410 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2420 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Opener Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Frame Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Seeding Rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Adjust Drive Sprockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Set Seed-Rate Handle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Position Seed-Cup Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Check Seeding Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Seed Rate Charts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Marker Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Folding Speed with Needle Valves. . . . . . . . 22
Folding Speed with Sequence Valve . . . . . . 22
Transport Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Marker Chain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Disk Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Bleeding Marker Hydraulics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Disk Scraper Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Seed-Lok Lock Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Section 4 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Section 5 Maintenance and Lubrication . . . . . . . . 28
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Drive System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Marker Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Drive Chains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Gauge Wheel Arm Pivots. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Seed-Cup-Shaft Sprocket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Wheel Bearings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Marker Hinge Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Marker Disk Bearings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Section 6 Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Markers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Parking Stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Rear Mount Boom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Seed-Cup Plugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Shaft Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Seed-Lok™ Firming Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Seed-Lok Firming Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Weight Bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Section 7 Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . 33
Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Tire Inflation Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Torque Values Chart for Common Bolt Sizes . . . 34
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35