User guide

SEEDHAWK®30SERIESOPERATOR’SMANUAL3
TableofContents
1.0INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................................7
1.1 DESCRIPTIONOFTHEMACHINE......................................................................................................................9
1.2 ILLUSTRATIONOFTHEMACHINE.....................................................................................................................9
1.3 MACHINESERIALNUMBER............................................................................................................................10
2.0SAFETY...........................................................................................................................................................11
2.1 SAFETYALERTSYMBOL..................................................................................................................................11
2.1.1SIGNALWORDS.........................................................................................................................................11
2.2 OPERATORRESPONSIBILITY..........................................................................................................................12
2.2.1KEYSAFETYREMINDERS............................................................................................................................12
2.3 GENERALSAFETYPRAC TICES.........................................................................................................................13
2.4 MAINTENANCESAFETY..................................................................................................................................14
2.5 HYDRAULICSAFETY........................................................................................................................................ 15
2.6 TRANSPORTSAFETY.......................................................................................................................................15
2.7 STORAGESAFETY...........................................................................................................................................16
2.8 TIRESAFETY...................................................................................................................................................16
2.9 SAFETYSIGNS‐EUROPE.................................................................................................................................17
2.9.1WARNINGS&MANDATORYINSTRUCTIONSDECALS................................................................................17
2.9.2WARNINGS&MANDATORYINSTRUCTIONDEFINITIONS‐EUROPE.........................................................18
2.9.3LOCATIONOFWARNINGDECALS‐EUROPE..............................................................................................19
2.10 SAFETYSIGNS–NORTHAMERICA.............................................................................................................20
2.10.1WARNINGS&MANDATORYINSTRUCTIONSDECALS..............................................................................20
2.10.2WARNINGS&MANDATORYINSTRUCTIONDEFINITIONS‐NORTHAMERICA..........................................21
2.10.3LOCATIONOFWARNINGDECALS–NORTHAMERICA............................................................................22
2.10.4SAFETYSIGNINFORMATION...................................................................................................................23
3.0SPECIFICATIONS.............................................................................................................................................24
3.1 FASTENERTORQUE........................................................................................................................................24
3.1.1SAE............................................................................................................................................................24
3.1.2METRIC......................................................................................................................................................24
3.1.3FLARE‐TYPETUBEFITTINGS.......................................................................................................................24
3.2 TIRETORQUE.................................................................................................................................................25
3.3 TIREPRESSURE..............................................................................................................................................25
3.4 TRACTORREQUIREMENTS.............................................................................................................................25
3.5 TOOLBARDIMENSIONS.................................................................................................................................26
3.6 OPENERS........................................................................................................................................................27
3.6.1QUICKPINOPENER....................................................................................................................................27
3.6.2SEEDDEPTH...............................................................................................................................................28
4.0OPERATION....................................................................................................................................................29
4.1 FIELDOPERATION..........................................................................................................................................29
4.1.1OPERATORRESPONSIBILITY......................................................................................................................29
4.2 TRACTORHOOKUP........................................................................................................................................30
4.2.1SHANKLIFTANDLOWER...........................................................................................................................30
4.2.2WINGLIFTANDLOWER.............................................................................................................................30
4.2.3CASEDRAIN(S)...........................................................................................................................................30
4.3 HYDRAULICHOSEHOOKUP...........................................................................................................................31
4.4 HYDRAULICBRAKE(OPTION).........................................................................................................................32
4.5 PRE‐OPERATIONCHECKLIST..........................................................................................................................33
4.6 WINGINGDOWNTOOLBAR...........................................................................................................................34
4.7 PREPARATIONBEFOREFILLINGTHESEEDHOPPER.......................................................................................35
4.7.1SETTINGTHELEVELGUARDS.....................................................................................................................35