Land Pride FPS48, Operator'S Manual

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Table of Contents
12/7/18
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FPS48 Plot Ranger Food Plot Seeder 322-118M
Table of Contents
Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Safety at All Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Look for the Safety Alert Symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Safety Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Owner Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Serial Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Further Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Section 1: Assembly & Set-up . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Dealer Preparations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Torque Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Hitch Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Rear Axle Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Ratchet Jack Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Optional Equipment Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Linear Actuator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Rear Packer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Spin Spreader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Section 2: Operating Procedures . . . . . . . . . 12
Operating Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Operator’s Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Hook-up Plot Ranger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Raising & Lowering the Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Ratchet Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Linear Actuator (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Transport Plot Ranger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Calibrating the Spin Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Field Set-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Field Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Unhook Plot Ranger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
General Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Section 3: Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Disc Gang Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Disc Gang Angle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Disc Gang Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Disc Blade Replacement1vb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Level Disc Harrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Spin Spreader Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Spin Spreader Rates (English . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Narrow Pattern Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Wide Pattern Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Spin Spreader Rates (Metric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Narrow Pattern Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Wide Pattern Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
English Seed Rate Chart for Narrow Pattern . . . 20
English Seed Rate Chart for Wide Pattern . . . . . 21
Metric Seed Rate Chart for Narrow Pattern . . . . 22
Metric Seed Rate Chart for Wide Pattern . . . . . . 23
Section 4: Optional Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Linear Actuator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Spin Spreader and Rear Packer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Extension Tube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Section 5: Maintenance & Lubrication . . . . . 25
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Daily Operational Checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Clean the Spin Spreader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Long-Term Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Lubrication Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Rear Axle Tube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Wheel Bearings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Rear Packer Bearings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Ratchet Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Section 6: Specifications & Capacities . . . . . 28
Section 7: Features & Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Section 8: Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Section 9: Torque & Tire Inflation Charts . . . 32
Section 10: Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33