Great Plains 2525P Operator Manual - Manual (Page 2)

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Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Safety Decals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Description of Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Intended Usage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Models Covered in this Manual . . . . . . . . . . 12
Using This Manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Owner Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Preparation and Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Prestart Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Hitching Tractor to Drill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Hydraulic Hose Hookup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Leveling the Drill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Prestart Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Field Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Meter and Sliding Seed Tube . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Opener Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Marker Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Transporting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Transporting with Markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Side Gauge Wheels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
20 Series Openers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Opener Down Pressure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Opener Seeding Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Press Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
25 Series Openers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Opener Down Pressure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Spring Down Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Opener Seeding Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Press Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
25 Series Lock-Up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Frame Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Single Gauge Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Dual Gauge Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Seeding Rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Drive Speed Range Sprockets . . . . . . . . . . 33
Transmission Sprockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Shutting Off Seed Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Cleaning Out Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Finger Pickup Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Changing Seed Meter Wheel for
20 Series Openers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Changing Seed Meters for 25 Series
Openers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Changing Seed Meter Wheel for
25 Series Openers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Adjusting Finger Pick Up Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
General Planting Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Brush . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Population Max Inserts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Checking Volumetric Seeding Rate . . . . . . . 45
Checking Singulated Seeding Rate . . . . . . . 46
Marker Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Bleeding Marker Hydraulics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Folding Speed with Needle Valves. . . . . . . . 49
Folding Speed with Sequence Valve . . . . . . 49
Marker Disk Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Changing disk angle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Marker Chain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Transport Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Marker Width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Seed-Lok™ Lock Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Maintenance and Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Seed Flap Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Veris Drive Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Seed Rate Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Torque Values Chart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Tire Inflation Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Dual Gauge Wheel Sprocket Configuration . . . 154
Single Gauge Wheel Sprocket Configuration . . 155
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156