Great Plains ADC1150 Operator Manual - Manual (Page 2)

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Table of Contents
ADC1150 Air Drill Cart 167-101M 6/15/05
Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Safety Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Description of Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Intended Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Owner Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Section 1 Preparation and Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Cart Drive System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
ADC1150 Sprocket Sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Hitching Cart to Tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Hydraulic Hose Hookup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Hook Up for Carts Y1078 and Later . . . . . . . . . 12
Hook Up for Carts Y1077 and Earlier . . . . . . . . 12
For Use with NTA Implements . . . . . . . . . . . 12
For Use with ADI Implements . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Section 2 Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
General Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Prestart Checklist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Filling the Cart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Field Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Fan Speed Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Unloading the Cart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Transporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Parking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Section 3 Adjustments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Setting Metering Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Checking Metering Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Barley Seed Rate Chart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Canary Bird Feed Seed Rate Chart. . . . . . . . . . 24
Canola Seed Rate Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Durum Seed Rate Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Fertilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Fertilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Flax Seed Rate Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Hybrid Pearl Millet Seed Rate Chart. . . . . . . . . . 30
Oats Seed Rate Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Peas Seed Rate Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Sorghum Seed Rate Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Soybean Seed Rate Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Sunflower Seed Rate Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Hard Wheat Seed Rate Chart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Soft Wheat Seed Rate Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Drive System Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Hub Chain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Clutch Input and Gearbox Input Chains . . . . 38
Gearbox Output & Meter Box Input Chains . 39
Electric Clutch Switch Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Section 4 System Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Installation and Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Parameter Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Operating Instructions–Main Monitor . . . . . . . . . 42
Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Bin Level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Area Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Operating Instructions–Blockage Option . . . . . . 42
Test Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Calibrate Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Operate Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Section 5 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Section 6 Maintenance and Lubrication . . . . . . . . 46
General Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Section 7 Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Section 8 Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . 51
Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Tire Inflation Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Torque Values Chart for Common Bolt Sizes . . . 53
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54