Great Plains 3S-3000F Operator Manual v2 - Manual (Page 2)

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Table of Contents
3S-3000 Three-Section Folding Drill 195-110M-A 11/9/07
Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Description of Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Intended Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Owner Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Section 1 Drill Preparation and Setup . . . . 12
Leveling the Drill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Tractor Drawbar Hookup . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Tractor Hydraulic Hookup. . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Safety Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Acre Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Bleeding the Hydraulic Systems . . . . . . . 19
Section 2 Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . 22
Lifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Unfolding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Transporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Setting the Bypass Valve . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Field Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Fertilizer Box Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Marker Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Double Selector Valves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Shaft Monitor Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Point-Row Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Section 3 Adjustments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Seeding Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Seed Rate Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Seed Rate Charts (pounds per acre) . . . . 34
Fertilizer Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Fertilizer Rate Calibration. . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Fertilizer Meter Rate Charts. . . . . . . . . . . 39
Seeding Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
00 Series Opener Down Pressure . . . . . . 40
00 Series Opener Adjustments . . . . . . . . 42
00 Series Opener Frame Adjustments. . . 43
00 Series Disk Scraper Adjustment . . . . . 43
00 Series Seed-Lok® Lock Up. . . . . . . . . 43
Bleeding Marker Hydraulic System. . . . . 44
Dual Markers Speed Adjustment . . . . . . 44
Single Marker Speed Adjustment . . . . . . 45
Transport Carrier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Marker Chain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Disk Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Breakaway Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Seed and Fertilizer Capacity. . . . . . . . . . 48
Section 4 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Section 5 Maintenance and Lubrication . . 51
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Section 6 Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
3S-3000 Flat Folding Marker . . . . . . . . . 59
00 Series Seed Lok Firming Wheel . . . . 59
3S-3000 Feed Cup Plugs . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
3S-3000 Shaft Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Two Outlet Tractor Hydraulic Kit . . . . . . . 61
3S-3000 Dual Gauge Wheels . . . . . . . . . 61
3S-3000F Offset Box Divider . . . . . . . . . 62
Point-Row Clutches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Section 7 Specifications and Capacities. . 63
Section 8 Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Tire Inflation Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Torque Values Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Chain Routings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Hydraulic Schematics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70