Great Plains PFC2000 Operator Manual - Manual (Page 14)

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407-158M 03/28/2007
Hitching Cart to Planter
DANGER
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Exercise extreme care in hitching.
▲ The rear wheels and rear hitch of the YP2425 planter
move during planter raise/lower operations.
▲ If planter movements are required, it will be difficult for
the tractor operator to see the tank cart hitch and anyone
near it.
▲ If the planter is moved, both tractor operator and hitch
observer must be within sight of each other for pre-
arranged hand signals, or must be in continuous elec-
tronic communication.
▲ Hitch only on level ground. The tank cart has no brakes.
Plan The Hitch
There are some situations to avoid in preparing the
planter/tank for the field:
• Spot the planter so that only forward moves are
required after hitching the cart. It is difficult to control
reverse steering of the train.
• When the cart is loaded with fertilizer, it generally
cannot be moved by hand safely. If extra power
equipment is not available, plan to hitch the tank
cart by hand-moving the cart when empty.
• When the cart is hitched to the planter, it prevents
fork-lift access to the back of the planter for loading
seed in bulk boxes. The planter can be side-loaded
(when folded), but only if the fork lift is rated for the
long reach required.
• If seed is pre-loaded before planter highway move-
ment, steering and braking hazards increase (as
well as wear on wheel bearings). If fertilizer is also
loaded before highway movement, you will exceed
the control ability of any tractor.
Load fertilizer in the field. If this is not possible, tow the
pre-loaded cart to the field by itself, and not in train
with the planter.
If using Bulk Boxes
1.
Move empty planter and tank cart to field.
2. Load boxed seed on planter.
3. Hitch empty tank cart to planter.
4. Load fertilizer.
If Using Bulk Hoppers
1.
Move empty planter and tank cart to field.
2. Install seed hoppers.
3. Load seed with auger.
4. Hitch empty tank cart to planter.
5. Load fertilizer.
Figure 3
Tank Cart in Train
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