Short-term parking – Great Plains 3P4025AH Operator Manual User Manual
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3P4025AH
Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc.
411-099M
2014-07-29
Short-Term Parking
For long-term parking, see “Long-Term Storage” on
page 39. Great Plains recommends parking in the
unfolded, lowered configuration.
1.
Choose a parking location that has room for
unfolding, is level, has firm soil and is unlikely to
develop soft soil in rain. With the planter still hitched,
maneuver it to the parking location.
If the planter must be parked folded, leave it hitched
to the tractor. Skip steps 2, 7 and 6.
2.
Unfold the planter (page 26). Set the fold circuit to
Neutral to prevent wing droop.
3.
Lower the implement to just above ground level at
the rear of the row units. Set the tractor hitch remote
to Neutral to hold at slight lift. Shut off the tractor and
remove the key.
Refer to Figure 28
4.
Remove the hairpin cotter at a stand pin
.
Support a stand at its grip handle
.
Remove the pin.
Lower the stand until the rear pin tube is aligned with
the lower holes of the stand weldment.
Re-insert the main pin and secure with cotter.
Repeat for the other wing.
5.
Start the tractor. Lower the 3-point hitch until the
planter is supported by stands and row units. Set fold
circuit to Float to relieve pressure.
6.
Disconnect the hitch arms and link.
7.
Unplug planter hydraulic hoses and electrical lines
from tractor, capping where provisioned.
To park a 2-point model in the raised configuration:
• Use wing lock pins
to prevent wing droop.
• Install lock channels at the lift-assist cylinders
• Hold the grip handle
. Remove the foot extension
pin
. Lower and re-pin the stand foot
.
Figure 28
Parking Stand in Parking Position
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Tip Over Crushing Hazard and Equipment Damage Risk:
Never unhitch, park or store a folded 3-point planter. A folded
3-point planter could topple backward or forward immediately
or at some later time, causing serious injury or death, and
certain severe equipment damage. When unhitched, a full
3-point planter may be supported in front only by the parking
stands, and at the rear only by press wheels and spring
tension. Slopes, soft soils, and soils later softened by rain are
particularly dangerous.
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