Checchi & Magli WOLF PRO User manual

WOLF PRO
WOLF PRO COMPACT
USE AND MAINTENANCE MANUAL
Original instruction
Cod. 998822/00
05/2019

English language Use and maintenance
SUMMARY
1 GENERAL INFORMATION..........................................................................................................................1
2 TECHNICAL INFORMATION .....................................................................................................................2
3 SAFETY INFORMATION .......................................................................................................................... 10
4 INFORMATION CONCERNING HANDLING AND INSTALLATION ............................................. 11
5 ADJUSTMENT INFORMATION.............................................................................................................. 16
6 INFORMATION FOR USE ........................................................................................................................ 20
7 MAINTENANCE INFORMATION ........................................................................................................... 26
8 INFORMATION CONCERNING REPLACEMENTS............................................................................. 29
ANALYTICAL INDEX
A
Adjusting the automatic safety release function................................................................................ 19
Adjusting the packing eciency.............................................................................................................. 16
Adjusting the packing wheel scraper ..................................................................................................... 17
Adjusting the planting force (load applied to ground) ................................................................... 17
Adjusting the row spacing.......................................................................................................................... 18
Adjusting the tray loader shelves ............................................................................................................ 20
Aim of the manual ............................................................................................................................................1
Analytical index.................................................................................................................................................III
Annexed documentation ...............................................................................................................................1
Assistance request procedure .....................................................................................................................2
C
Check of nuts and bolts tightening torque .......................................................................................... 27
Cleaning the work vehicle........................................................................................................................... 27
Cup opening adjustment ............................................................................................................................ 18
D
Declaration of conformity..............................................................................................................................8
Description of the controls ........................................................................................................................ 21
Disabling the planting unit......................................................................................................................... 22
Disclaimer notice...............................................................................................................................................2
Drilling cup cleaning..................................................................................................................................... 26
Drilling cups arrangement.............................................................................................................................5
G
General description..........................................................................................................................................2
Glossary of terms...............................................................................................................................................2
Guards ...................................................................................................................................................................9
H
Handling and lifting the packed unit...................................................................................................... 11
Hitching and unhitching the work vehicle to and from the tractor ............................................ 21
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Information and safety signs.........................................................................................................................9
Installing the plastic mulch pressing skid ............................................................................................. 15
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Lifting the WOLF COMPACT work vehicle ............................................................................................. 14
Lifting the WOLF PRO work vehicle......................................................................................................... 14
Lubrication diagram ..................................................................................................................................... 28

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Main parts WOLF PRO......................................................................................................................................3
Main parts (WOLF PRO COMPACT).............................................................................................................4
Maintenance interval schedule................................................................................................................. 26
Manufacturer and machine identication details.................................................................................1
N
Night-time work or poor visibility conditions...................................................................................... 24
Noise ................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Nuts and bolts tightening torques chart............................................................................................... 29
O
Optional accessories (WOLF PRO)...............................................................................................................7
Optional accessories (WOLF PRO COMPACT) .........................................................................................8
P
Packing............................................................................................................................................................... 11
Permitted gradients..........................................................................................................................................8
Plant changeover ........................................................................................................................................... 23
Planting depth adjustment ........................................................................................................................ 16
Planting procedure........................................................................................................................................ 23
Plant spacing range..........................................................................................................................................6
Possible planting machine and plastic mulching machine couplings ..........................................7
Prolonged disuse of the work vehicle..................................................................................................... 26
Protection skid adjustment ....................................................................................................................... 19
R
Replacing the drilling cups ......................................................................................................................... 29
Replacing the driving wheels chain ........................................................................................................ 30
Replacing the driving wheels pinion ...................................................................................................... 30
Replacing the packing wheel scraper .................................................................................................... 32
Replacing the planting unit chain............................................................................................................ 31
Residual risks.................................................................................................................................................... 10
S
Safety advice concerning use.................................................................................................................... 20
Safety advice for handling and transportation ................................................................................... 11
Safety advice for maintenance.................................................................................................................. 26
Safety advice for the adjustments............................................................................................................ 16
Safety advice in case of replacements.................................................................................................... 29
Scrapping the work vehicle........................................................................................................................ 32
Seat positioning.............................................................................................................................................. 22
Summary .............................................................................................................................................................III
T
Technical characteristics (WOLF PRO) .......................................................................................................3
Technical characteristics (WOLF PRO COMPACT)..................................................................................5
Transit on public roads................................................................................................................................. 25
Transporting the work vehicle................................................................................................................... 25
Troubleshooting ............................................................................................................................................. 27
Tyre check ......................................................................................................................................................... 26
U
Unpacking and assembly ............................................................................................................................ 12

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GENERAL INFORMATION 1
Aim of the manual
Manufacturer and machine identication details
The plate shown, which is applied directly to the work vehicle, contains all the essential information for identifying
the machine and the manufacturer.
A- Manufacturer’s identication details
B- Type of machine
C- Machine model
D- Gross machine weight
E- Serial number
F- Year of manufacture
This instruction manual is produced by the manufacturer
to provide all those who have dealings with the planting
machine (which may also be referred to hereinafter as
the‘work vehicle’) with all the necessary information and
criteria to apply for its use.
Apart from adopting good use practices, operators
(in compliance with their job responsibilities) are also
required to read and understand the information con-
tained in this use manual and put it into practice exactly
as stated.
The original instructions are supplied by the manufac-
turer in English language.
To full legal or commercial requirements, the original
instructions may be supplied by the manufacturer in
other languages.
Some illustrations may dier from the actual machine,
but this does not aect the content of the instructions.
This manual is an integral part of the work vehicle; it
must be kept for future reference, in an easily accessible
place known to all those concerned, for the entire work-
ing life of the work vehicle.
If the work vehicle is sold on, the seller is required to pass
on the manual to the new owner.
To highlight certain parts of the manual’s contents
deemed important for safety or information reasons the
following symbols have been used, whose meanings are
outlined below.
DANGER
This indicates information or procedures which, if
not strictly followed, cause death or serious personal
injury.
WARNING
This shows information or procedures which, if not
followed, may cause death or serious personal in-
jury.
CAUTION
This shows information or procedures which, if not
followed, may cause slight personal injury.
NOTICE
This shows information or procedures which are im-
portant to follow in order to prevent malfunctions or
physical damage.
As well as this handbook, the customer is provided with
the instructions for use and maintenance of any optional
Annexed documentation
units that may be tted on the work vehicle.

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GENERAL INFORMATION 1
Disclaimer notice
The machine is delivered to the user under the condi-
tions applicable at the time of purchase and specied in
the sale agreement.
- Any modication which is not authorised by the man-
ufacturer;
- use of the work vehicle by the untrained or unauthor-
ised personnel;
- lack of maintenance;
- the partial or total failure to comply with the instruc-
tions in this manual;
- use of non-original spare parts or parts not designed
specically for the model concerned;
shall result in forfeiture of the warranty and shall relieve
the manufacturer of all and any liability.
Glossary of terms
Plastic mulch: strip of polyethylene commonly used to
cover the ground in which the seedling will be planted.
Row: the distance between each row.
Plant spacing: this is the distance between one seed-
ling and the next in the same row.
Drilling cup: this is the part in which the seedling is
placed, which then plants it in the ground.
Plastic mulch pressing skids: part tted on the plastic
mulching machine when mulching to ensure the sheet
of plastic ts tightly against the ground while the drilling
cup is removed from the ground.
General description
This work vehicle is designed and built for planting seed-
lings of various kinds (e.g. horticultural, oral, tobacco,
nursery-grown, etc.), rooted in conical, cylindrical or pyr-
amid-shaped root balls, as well as seedlings with hardly
developed leaf apparatus, those with bare roots, and
also bulbs and seeds.
The work vehicle is a semi-carried device, equipped with
a frame for attaching to the three-point hitch on a trac-
tor and it is suitable for planting in elds, greenhouses
and through plastic mulch.
The moving parts (dispenser with drilling cups, etc.) are
driven by the works vehicle’s driving wheels (when these
are touching the ground) and the movement of the trac-
tor.
The work vehicle is manufactured in several models
which dier mainly in terms of the number of planting
units featured and the number of cups on the dispens-
er.
The (rear and left) driving wheels can both be power
driven, or one can be powered while the other is idle.
The model featuring one work unit has just one driving
wheel.
Assistance request procedure
All requests for technical assistance must be made to the
manufacturer’s Technical Assistance Service or the au-
thorised service centres.
Whenever making requests for technical assistance con-
cerning the work vehicle, remember to quote the data
shown on the data plate and the fault encountered.
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TECHNICAL INFORMATION

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WOLF PRO / 2 WOLF PRO / 3
WOLF PRO / 5
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WOLF PRO / 6
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TECHNICAL INFORMATION 2
A) Structure for attaching to the three-point hitch on a
tractor
B) RH driving wheel
C) LH driving wheel
D) Planting unit
E) Tray loader
F) Dispenser
G) Protective skid
H) Plastic mulch pressing skid (for planting through
plastic mulch)
L) Packing wheels
Main parts WOLF PRO
The illustration shows the work vehicle with three planting units.
Technical characteristics (WOLF PRO)

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TECHNICAL INFORMATION 2
Specications
WOLF
PRO/1
WOLF
PRO/2
WOLF
PRO/3
WOLF
PRO/4
WOLF
PRO/5
WOLF
PRO/6
Required tractor power kW 20 25 30 40 50 60
Minimum row spacing cm 50
Plant spacing distance cm 25÷200
Planting unit N° 1 2 3 4 5 6
Tyre pressure levels bar 2,5
Weight kg 380 580 780 980 1180 1380
Main parts (WOLF PRO COMPACT)
A) Frame
B) RH driving wheel
C) LH driving wheel
D) LH support wheel
E) RH support wheel
F) Planting unit
G) Tray loader
H) Structure for attaching to the three-point hitch on a
tractor
L) Dispenser
M) Packing wheels
N) Protective skid
P) Plastic mulch pressing skid (for planting through
plastic mulch)

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WOLF PRO COMPACT/ 6
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TECHNICAL INFORMATION 2
Technical characteristics (WOLF PRO COMPACT)
Specications
WOLF PRO
COMPACT/2
WOLF PRO
COMPACT/3
WOLF PRO
COMPACT/4
WOLF PRO
COMPACT/5
WOLF PRO
COMPACT/6
Required tractor power kW 30 40 50 60 70
Minimum row spacing cm 30
Plant spacing distance cm 25÷200
Planting unit N° 2 3 4 5 6
Tyre pressure levels bar 2,5
Weight kg 740 1020 1240 1440 1650
Drilling cups arrangement
The dispenser can have up to eight drilling cups tted
on it.
Each housing on the drilling cup control disk (A) is
marked with a number (1 - 22).
There must always be a drilling cup tted in position (1)
(drilling cup size is irrelevant).
The chart shows the layout of the cups and phasing units
on the control disk.

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TECHNICAL INFORMATION 2
The gure shows the housing references on the control disk (A).
The chart shows the layout of the cups and phasing units on the dispenser.
Number of cups Cups housing reference Phasing units n. Phasing units housing reference
81 2 6 9 12 15 18 22
71 3 7 11 13 17 21
61 4 8 12 16 20
51 5 10 14 19
41 6 12 18
31 8 16
21 12 - 2 6 18
11 2 8 16
Plant spacing range
The distance between one seedling and the next one
(plant spacing) depends on the number of drilling cups
tted on the dispenser.
For the arrangement of the cups and phasing units, see
“Arrangement of the drilling cups”.
The table shows the number of phasing units and cups
to be tted on the dispenser based on the plant spac-
ing.
N. cups on
dispenser
Planting distance
(plant spacing)
N. teeth on the
pinions
cm inches z 1 z 2 z 3
8 25 9 - 7/8
24 24 22
7 28 11
6 32 12 - 5/8
5 39 15
4 50 19 - 3/4
3 65 25 - 5/8
2 100 39 - 3/8
1 200 78 - 3/4