Land Pride FPS48, Operator'S Manual

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Section 2: Operating Procedures
FPS48 Plot Ranger Food Plot Seeder 322-118M 12/7/18
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Table of Contents
Field Operation
WARNING
!
To avoid serious injury or death:
Be careful when working with disc blades as the edges are
sharp. Wear gloves when working around disc blades. Keep
others away.
1. After initial adjustments have been made and you
have hooked up to disc harrow, you are ready to start
discing.
2. Lower disc harrow to the ground and start traveling
forward. Turn the spin spreader on after forward
travel has started and off before travel has stopped.
Your travel speed will be determined by soil
conditions and material dispersion.
3. Allow room to make wide turns or lift the unit out of
the ground to make sharp turns.
4. Do not disc in reverse (traveling backward). The Plot
Ranger is designed for working the soil while
traveling forward only. Damage to the harrow and
roller packer may occur. The recommended
procedure for making sharp corners or harrowing in
tight places is:
a. With the disc harrow in the ground, rotate roller
packer up over disc harrow.
b. Lift disc harrow up.
c. Back up into corner or other tight areas.
d. Lower harrow to ground and proceed with discing
going forward. Stop and lower roller packer as
soon as there is room for it to be lowered.
e. Turn on the seeder if it is being used.
Refer to
Figure 2-2:
5. Do not cross a ditch at a 90 degree angle (straight
on)! Damage to the disc harrow and/or vehicle may
occur while crossing at a 90 degree angle. Always
cross a ditch on a diagonal.
Figure 2-2
IMPORTANT: Making too sharp a turn with disc
blades in the ground can damage the blades.
Ditch / Bank
Ditch / Bank
Correct Way to Cross (at a diagonal)
Incorrect Way to Cross (straight on)
Unhook Plot Ranger
DANGER
!
To avoid serious injury or death:
A crushing hazard exists while hooking-up and unhooking
implement. Keep people and animals away while backing-up
to implement or pulling away from implement. Do not operate
hydraulic or electrical controls while a person or animal is
directly behind the power machine or near the implement.
WARNING
!
To avoid serious injury or death:
The disc harrow tongue can have negative tongue weight that
may cause immediate elevation of tongue. Set gauge wheels 1"
above ground before hitching or unhitching from implement.
Store implement with gauge wheels touching the ground.
1. Park on a level solid surface.
2. Lower disc blades to the ground and raise carriage
wheels approximately 1" off the ground. Do not raise
wheels all the way up as this allows the unit to tip
backward.
3. Shut vehicle engine off and engage parking brake.
4. (Optional) Spin Controller Electrical:
a. Unplug lighter plug from 12 volt accessory
receptacle.
b. Unplug hand control from the feedgate.
c. Unplug hand control from the spin motor.
5. (Optional) Linear Actuator Electrical:
a. Unplug the connector at the actuator.
b. Disconnect the black wire alligator clip from the
negative (-) battery post.
c. Disconnect the white wire alligator clip from the
positive (+) battery post.
6. Unhitch Plot Ranger from vehicle.
7. Properly clean the spin spreader per the instructions
on page 25.
8. Remove and store spin spreader, spin controller, and
actuator controller in a dry location.
9. Refer to “Long-Term Storage” on page 26 if the Plot
Ranger is to be stored for the season.
IMPORTANT: Protect the spin controller and
actuator controller from moisture by storing them in
a dry location.
IMPORTANT: Read and understand all instructions
to “Clean the Spin Spreader” on page 25 before
cleaning the spreader.