10.12 Wing folding

Warning

Wing folding should be done while the machine is stationary on a flat surface.

Important

Bleed the system to line up front tool and coulters.

Select in field (C) on the home screen, see Figure 1 to enable the wing fold function.

  1. Start

    Press Start to start the wing folding action.

    Figure 1.

  2. Lowering

    Lower front tools and seed coulters to the correct position by using the yellow circuit.

    Figure 2.

  3. Raising

    Raise front tools and seed coulters to the correct position by using the yellow circuit.

    When front tools and seed coulters are in the right position, the raise/lower function is locked and automatically skips to step 4 or 7 depending on the wings’ position when starting wing folding.

    Figure 3.

  4. Extending to working position

    Extend the machine completely by using the red circuit. Hold the hydraulic lever in the lowering position until the folding cylinder has been completely extended and until the weight transfer cylinder’s piston rod has moved out to half its length.

    Figure 4.

  5. Confirm extension

    Press the green button on the screen to confirm that the wings are fully extended, that the weight transfer cylinder’s piston rod is halfway out, and that the accumulator is fully pressurised.

    Figure 5.

  6. Raising to align the machine

    Lift front tool and seed drill unit to full lift. Hold for a few seconds in order to align the system. This is necessary to ensure that the centre section and wing sections do not have different cultivation depths.

    Figure 6.

  7. Retracting to transport position

    Retract the machine completely by using the red circuit. Hold down the hydraulic switch in raise mode until the folding cylinder has retracted completely.

    Figure 7.

  8. Confirm wing folding

    Press the green button on the screen to confirm that the wings are fully retracted, that the wing folding cylinder is completely closed.

    Figure 8.

  9. Raising

    Lift front tool and the middle section of seed drill unit to full lift.

    Figure 9.

  10. Finished

    Figure 10.