Great Plains Max Cover Verti-Till Ripper Operator Manual - Manual (Page 2)

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Important Safety Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Safety Decals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Description of Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Models Covered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Owner Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Preparation and Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Prestart Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Hitching Tractor to Implement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Hitch Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Hitching to Tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Hydraulic Hose Hookup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Bleeding Hydraulics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Bleeding Transport Cylinders . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Bleeding Coulter Cylinders . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Mounting Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Mounting Coulter Gangframe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Mounting Wings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Shank Mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Rigid and Parabolic Shanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Shank Mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
No-Till Shanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Installing Shins and Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Installing Shins and Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Machine Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Auto Reset Shanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Coulter Gang Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Prestart Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Field Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Leveling the Implement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Setting the Tillage Depth Gage . . . . . . . . . . 25
Setting the Coulter Depth Gage . . . . . . . . . . 26
Normal Field Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Transporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Maintenance and Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Wheel Bearings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Shank Pivot Arms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Rockshaft Pivot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Lift Link Bearings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Gang Bearings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Walking Tandem Bearings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Torque Values Chart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Tire Inflation Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Specification and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Hydraulic Schematics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39