Great Plains 1005NT Operator Manual User Manual

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705 and 1005 End-Wheel No-Till Drill 150-213M

4/12/05

Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Safety Decals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Introduction

6

Description of Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Intended Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Owner Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Section 1 Preparation and Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Prestart Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Hitching Tractor to Drill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Hydraulic Hose Hookup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Bleeding the Hydraulics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Section 2 Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Prestart Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Field Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Opener Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Native Grass Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Fertilizer Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Hydraulic Lift System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Transporting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Section 3 Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Seeding Depth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Coulters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Openers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Coulter Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Coulter Down Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Spring Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Opener Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Press Wheel Adjustment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Opener Mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Opener Down Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Seeding Rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Arrange Drive Sprockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Set Seed-Rate Handle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Position Seed-Cup Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Check Seeding Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Seed Rate Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Native Grass Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Native Grass Rate Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Fertilizer Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Fertilizer Rate Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Density Conversion Chart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Small Seeds Attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Small Seeds Rate Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Disk Scraper Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Drive Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Drive Train Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Harrow Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Seed-Lok . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Section 4 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Section 5 Maintenance and Lubrication . . . . . . . 29

Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Fertilizer Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Seed-Cup-Drive Sprocket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Wheel Arm Pivot Castings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Clutch Cam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Coulter Arm Pivots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Coulter Hub Bearings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
End Wheel Hub Bearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Drive Chains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Fertilizer Felt Seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Section 6 Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Harrow Attachment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Seed Cup Plugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Seed-Lok Firming Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Small Seeds Attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Weight Brackets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Section 7 Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . 34

Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Tire Inflation Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Torque Values Chart for Common Bolt Sizes . . . 35
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

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