Great Plains CTA4000 Operator Manual - Manual (Page 2)

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Table of Contents
CTA4000 Air Drill Implement 160-269M 2/1/06
Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Safety Decals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Introduction 8
Description of Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Intended Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Owner Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Section 1 Preparation and Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Hitching Cart to Implement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Hydraulic Hose Hookup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Load Sensing Hydraulics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Bleeding Hydraulics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Bleeding Opener Lift Hydraulics . . . . . . . . . . 12
Bleeding Fold Hydraulics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Eyebolt Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Section 2 Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
General Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Prestart Checklist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Folding and Unfolding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Folding the Implement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Unfolding the Implement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Opener Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Fan Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Fan Speed Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Weight Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Marker Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Transporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Parking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Section 3 Adjustments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Seeding Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Openers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Press Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Opener Down Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Hydraulic Down Pressure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Spring Down Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Opener Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Press Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Individual Opener Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Opener Frame Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Electric Clutch Switch Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Disk Scraper Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Seed-Lok . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Section 4 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Section 5 Maintenance and Lubrication . . . . . . . . 26
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Fold Pivots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Wheel Bearings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Castors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Cart Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Opener Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Section 6 Attachments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Seed-Lok Firming Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Section 7 Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . 29
Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Tire Inflation Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Torque Values Chart for Common Bolt Sizes . . . 30
Hydraulic Schematic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32