Great Plains 3S-3000F Predelivery Manual - Manual (Page 2)

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Table of Contents
3S-3000 Three-Section Folding Drill 195-144M 8/9/06
Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Terminology: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Assembly & Setup Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Section 1 Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Pre-Assembly Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Drill Assembly Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Wide Loaded Drills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Standard Legal Width Loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
General Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Tools required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Assembling Wide Loaded Drills
Installing the Press Wheel Arms . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Installing the Press Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Installing the Wing Walkboards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Installing the Reflector Decals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Drills Shipped on Standard Legal Width Loads
Installing the Tongue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Installing the Center Box Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Installing the Wing Box Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Installing the Transfer Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Connecting the Hydraulic Circuits. . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Section 2 Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Leveling the Drill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Tractor Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Tractor Drawbar Hookup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Tractor Hydraulic Hookup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Bleeding the Hydraulic Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Opener Lift Opener Lift Hyd. System . . . . . . 18
Fold Hydraulics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Transport Lift Hydraulics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Safety Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Connecting the Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Acre Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Section 3 Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Torque Values Chart for Common Bolt Sizes . . . 23