Great Plains 3000 Operator Manual User Manual
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Table of Contents
2700 and 3000 Three-Point Drill 118-365M-A
9/9/10
Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Safety Decals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Description of Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Intended Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Owner Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Section 1 Preparation and Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Prestart Checklist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Tractor Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Hitching Tractor to the Drill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Gauge-Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Bleeding Marker Hydraulics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Section 2 Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Prestart Checklist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Field Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Shaft Monitor Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Transporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Transporting with Markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Section 3 Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Gauge-Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Adjusting Seeding Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Press Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Down-Pressure Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Bedded Irrigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Seeding Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Small Seeds Attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Seed Rate Charts (pounds per acre). . . . . . . . . 15
Small Seeds Attachment Seed Rate Chart . . . . 17
Marker Adjustments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Chain Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Disk Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Speed Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Disk Scraper Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Seed-Lok™. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Section 4 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Section 5 Maintenance and Lubrication . . . . . . . . 22
General Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Marker Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Seed-Cup-Drive Sprocket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Drive Chains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Drive Chains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Jackshaft Bearings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Wheel Axles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Marker Hinges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Marker-Disk Bearings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Section 6 Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Seed-Cup Plugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Markers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Seed-Lok™ Firming Wheels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Small Seeds Attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Steel Depth Bands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Shaft Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Section 7 Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . 27
Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Tire Inflation Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Torque Values Chart for Common Bolt Sizes . . . 29
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30