Great Plains 2SBM30 Operator Manual - Manual (Page 10)

2SBD30 30-Foot, Folding, Soybean Machine 173-086M 5/3/05 8 Great Plains Mfg., Inc.
Section 2 Assembly Instructions & Set-Up
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Stabilizer Frame
Figure 2-1
Assembly Instructions
1. Read “Section 1 Safety Rules” on page 3 before
assembling machine.
2. Set the tongue approximately 21" off the ground in a
horizontal position with stable blocking for support.
3. Raise the main frame up, keeping the side members
horizontal. Position the main frame over the tongue
and lower into position.
4. Secure tongue to main frame with 1"-6 x 2 1/2" long
bolts, lock washers and nuts.
5. Attach the tongue screw jack and remove blocking
so the unit is sitting on the ground.
6. Remove the safety wires from each hydraulic cylin-
der rod clevis between the tires and remove cylin-
ders. See “Section 2 Bleeding Lift Hydraulics” on
page 11.
7. Slide the hydraulic hoses from the mainframe
through the tongue and pull them out at the tractor
end. Attach tractor male couplers to the hydraulic
hoses.
8. Hook tractor up to the tongue and plug hydraulic
connectors into the tractor. With tractor running at
an idle speed, charge the machine hydraulic sys-
tem. See “Section 2 Bleeding Lift Hydraulics” on
page 11. (Be sure your tractor has plenty of hydrau-
lic fluid. This system requires approximately 3.3 gal-
lons.)
9. Attach the gauge wheel turnbuckle to the gauge
wheel arm on each section and then mount the
wheel and tire.
10. Position the two drill boxes in line, end to end, with
the end chain drive sprockets outboard and approx-
imately 3" between the machine boxes.
11. Using the tractor, back the machine’s main frame up
to the center of the two drill boxes. When getting
close, position the posts on each side of the main
frame so the face of the post mounting angles are to-
wards the machine frames. Attach the post to the
machine frames using (16) 5/8"-11 x 1 3/4" long
bolts, (4) 5/8"-11 x 4" x 5 1/4" u-bolts, lock washers
and nuts. Tighten all the bolts and u-bolts.
12. Attach frame adjustment link from the machine
frame to the pivot post using the clevis pin with hair
pin cotters. Pin to pin centers should be adjusted to
approximately 38".
13. Locate the stabilizer frames inside mounting holes
85 13/16" from the inside of the inboard end of each
drill box frame, Figure 2-1. Using 5/8" u-bolts, 1/2" u-
bolts, 5/8"-11 x 7" long bolts, lock washers and nuts;
mount them to the box frame.
NOTE: One opener mounting u-bolt will be replaced
by 5/8"-11 x 7" long bolts.