2019-06-12
401-705M
YP3025A
Preparation and Setup
16
Hitching Tractor to Planter
Crushing Hazard:
Do not stand or place any body part between planter and
moving tractor. You may be severely injured or killed by being
crushed between the tractor and planter. Stop tractor engine
and set parking brake before attaching cables and hoses.
Hydraulic Hose Hookup
High Pressure Fluid Hazard:
Relieve pressure before disconnecting hydraulic lines. Use
paper or cardboard, NOT BODY PARTS, to check for leaks.
Wear protective gloves and safety glasses or goggles when
working with hydraulic systems. Escaping fluid under pressure
can have sufficient pressure to penetrate the skin causing
serious injury. If an accident occurs, seek immediate medical
assistance from a physician familiar with this type of injury.
Only trained personnel should work on system hydraulics
Great Plains hydraulic hoses are color coded handle
grips to help you hookup hoses to your tractor outlets.
Hoses that go to the same remote valve are marked with
the same color.
If Weight Transfer is Installed
If the optional weight transfer system
is not
installed, or a
PTO pump
is
installed, continue at “
The weight transfer cylinders must be free to flex during
all planter movements where the system is not in active
use.
To allow cylinder flex:
•
connect at least the fan case drain and fan return
lines to suitable receptacles (see page 17), or
•
install the shipping links (see page 170).
Machine Damage Risk:
Do not move the planter with a hydraulically locked weight
transfer system. Relieve the system or install shipping links.
If the cylinders are not free to flex, oil loss will result from even
minor movement flexing.
Figure 3
Weight Transfer System
36421
858-295C
DO NOT MOVE PLANTER FOLDED
OR UNFOLDED WITHOUT CONNECTING
FAN CASE DRAIN AND LOW PRESSURE
RETURN TO THE TRACTOR OR
INSTALLING WEIGHT TRANSFER
SHIPPING LINKS. FAILURE TO DO
SO CAN RESULT IN DAMAGE TO
WEIGHT TRANSFER CIRCUIT.
NOTICE