Soucy S-TECH 7016 Technical Document

INSTALLATION,OPERATIONANDMAINTENANCEGUIDE
FORSOUCYTRACKSYSTEMS:
S-TECH7016installedonthefollowingJohnDeereself-propelledsprayermodels:
R4030–R4038–4730–4830
A-8L0104-2-EN
Rev.B
May2017
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Fax:[phone]
www.soucy-track.com

TABLEOFCONTENTS
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SECTION1S-TECH7016LOADANDSPEEDRATINGANDTRACKSYSTEMSPECIFICATIONS.........1
1.1S-TECH7016TRACKSYSTEMSPECIFICATIONS........................................3
SECTION2INTRODUCTION..............................................................5
2.1PRESENTATION...................................................................5
2.2HOWTOUSETHISGUIDE...........................................................5
2.3ECDECLARATIONOFCONFORMITY..................................................5
2.4SYSTEMDESCRIPTION.............................................................5
SECTION3SAFETY.....................................................................7
3.1GENERAL........................................................................7
3.2SAFETYSIGNSUSEDINTHISGUIDE..................................................8
3.3SAFETYINSTRUCTIONS............................................................8
3.4SAFETYSTICKERS................................................................10
SECTION4GENERALINFORMATION.......................................................13
SECTION5PREPARATION...............................................................15
5.1TOOLSLIST......................................................................15
5.2PREPARATION....................................................................15
5.3PRE-INSTALLATIONRECOMMENDATIONS..............................................16
SECTION6PARTLISTANDINSTALLATIONOFSYSTEM.......................................17
6.1PARTLISTOFTRACKSYSTEM......................................................17
6.2FRONTCOMPONENTSREMOVAL....................................................34
6.3BRACKETINSTALLATION............................................................36
6.3.1BRACKETINSTALLATIONFORJDR4030..............................................36
6.3.2BRACKETINSTALLATIONFORJD4730AND4830......................................40
6.4FRAMEINSTALLATION..............................................................43
6.5SPROCKETINSTALLATION..........................................................45
6.6TRACKINSTALLATION..............................................................47
SECTION7TRACKSYSTEMROADTESTANDFINALADJUSTMENTS............................53
7.1ROADTEST......................................................................53
7.2FRONTTRACKKITPARALLELISMADJUSTMENT........................................54
7.3TRACKTENSIONADJUSTMENT......................................................56
7.4TRACKALIGNMENT...............................................................60
SECTION8TRACKSYSTEMMAINTENANCE................................................63
8.1REGULARMAINTENANCESCHEDULE.................................................63
8.2AXLEANDWHEELLUBRICATION.....................................................64
8.3CLEANINGANDSTORAGE..........................................................64
8.4LONG-TERMSTORAGECONDITIONS.................................................65
SECTION9TRACKSYSTEMOPERATION...................................................67
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9.1BREAK-INPERIOD,NEWTRACK......................................................67
9.2USEOFTALC.....................................................................67
9.3SAFEOPERATION.................................................................68
9.4TRACKROTATION.................................................................68
9.5ROADTRAVELGUIDELINES.........................................................69
SECTION10WARRANTYPOLICYANDPROCEDURE..........................................71
10.1SCOPE.........................................................................71
10.2COMMITMENT...................................................................71
10.3WARRANTYPERIOD..............................................................71
10.4EXCLUSION.....................................................................72
10.5LIMITATIONS.....................................................................72
10.6TERMS.........................................................................73
SECTION11REPLACEMENTPROGRAMFORRUBBERTRACKS.................................75
11.1AGRICULTURALTRACK............................................................75
11.2ELIGIBILITY......................................................................75
11.3OWNERCOMMITMENT............................................................75
11.4WARRANTYPERIODFOLLOWINGTHEREPLACEMENT..................................75
11.5OTHERCONDITIONS..............................................................76
SECTION12APPENDIX..................................................................77
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SECTION1S-TECH7016LOADANDSPEEDRATINGAND
TRACKSYSTEMSPECIFICATIONS
Table1.1S-TECH7016LOADANDSPEEDRATINGS
MaximumspeedFrontRear
Roadtravel25mph
40km/h
22000lb
10000kg
22000lb
10000kg
FieldWork≤13mph
≤20km/h
36000lb
16300kg
36000lb
16300kg
NOTICE
*MAXIMUMPAYLOADFORROADTRAVELDURATION≤30MINUTES.FORLONGERDURATION,
REDUCESPEEDAND/ORLOAD.TANKSMUSTBEEMPTYDURINGTRANSPORT.
Table1.2TRACKSYSTEMSPECIFICATIONS
TrackWeight/CornerFootprint
S-TECH7016Rear
16in.(406mm)
2500lbs
1135kg
1150in²
0.74m²
NOTICE
•DRIVINGONROADSWITHTRACKSCANINCREASETREADWEARUPTO15TIMESFASTER
THANFIELDWEARRATES.INORDERTOMAXIMIZETRACKLIFE,KEEPROADTRAVELTO
AMINIMUMANDFOLLOWTHELOADANDSPEEDGUIDELINESASSHOWNABOVE.
•TOMAXIMIZETRACKSYSTEMLIFE,AVOID:
>FULLY-LADENTRAVELOVERLONGDISTANCES.
>HIGHSPEEDROADTRAVELOVERLONGDISTANCE.
>FRONT-ORREAR-HEAVYSPRAYERCONFIGURATIONS
>DRIVINGONTHEROADUNDERHIGHAMBIENTTEMPERATURE(85F/30C)OVERLONG
DISTANCE
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