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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................................................................1
SERIAL NUMBER LOCATION ............................................................................................................................4
SAFETY ...............................................................................................................................................................5
SAFETY ALERT SYMBOL ........................................................................................................................5
SIGNAL WORDS.......................................................................................................................................5
SAFETY SIGNS.........................................................................................................................................6
Symbol Definitions .....................................................................................................................................7
CHEMICAL SAFETY..........................................................................................................................................10
Pesticide Hazards and Toxicity Levels ....................................................................................................12
Protective Clothing...................................................................................................................................12
Cleaning Contaminated Clothing .............................................................................................................13
Clean Water Personal Wash and Emergency Rinse Tank......................................................................14
Emergency First Aid for Pesticide Poisoning...........................................................................................15
SPECIFICATIONS .............................................................................................................................................16
TORQUE SPECIFICATIONS.............................................................................................................................17
OPERATION ......................................................................................................................................................19
Your Responsibilities as an Owner/Operator ..........................................................................................19
To the New Operator ...............................................................................................................................19
Driving the Sprayer ..................................................................................................................................20
Pre-Starting Checks: Annual ..................................................................................................................21
Pre-Starting Checks: Daily......................................................................................................................22
Break-in Period ........................................................................................................................................24
Boom Controls .........................................................................................................................................25
Rear Center Boom..............................................................................................................................26
Attaching the Sprayer to the Windrower.............................................................................................27
Boom Props ........................................................................................................................................28
Spray System ..........................................................................................................................................29
Operating the Sprayer Pump..............................................................................................................29
Starting the Sprayer Pump .................................................................................................................30
Checking for Pump Operation ............................................................................................................30
Bottom Filling the Tank.......................................................................................................................31
Top Filling the Tank ............................................................................................................................32
Triple Rinsing Chemical Containers ...................................................................................................32
Flushing the Spray System and Tank Cleaning .................................................................................33
Daily Cleaning ...............................................................................................................................33
Cleaning the Tank when Changing Chemicals or Storing the Sprayer Attachment .....................34
Agitation..............................................................................................................................................35
Sprayer Calibration.............................................................................................................................36
Sprayer Calibration (metric) ...............................................................................................................39
Crop Dividers ......................................................................................................................................42
Rate Controller ...................................................................................................................................43
The MT-3405 Automatic Rate Controller ......................................................................................43
Boom Spray Selection...................................................................................................................43
Boom Control Valves.....................................................................................................................44
Calibration Values For The MT-3405 Rate Controller........................................................................44
Boom Width Calibration Values ....................................................................................................44
Flow Meter Calibration Number ....................................................................................................44
DICKEY-john Radar Velocity Sensor ............................................................................................45
Transporting the Sprayer .........................................................................................................................46
Detaching the Sprayer .............................................................................................................................49
Storage Procedure...................................................................................................................................52
Winterizing the Spray System ............................................................................................................52
