FPM TRAKASTI, Instruction And Maintenance

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4.1 INSTRUCTIONS FOR WORK
Connecting to the tractor
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Connect the rake to the tractor.
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Connect the P.T.O. Shaft and fix the protections.
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Adjust the height by height adjusting device.
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Once you have connected the rake to the tractor for the first time, switch it on and make
sure it works properly.
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Every time you take off with the rake attached to the tractor, put the support leg of the
rake to the transport position (Figure 2 b).
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Put the support leg of the rake as given in the Figure 2a if you want to put the rake into
working position.
Figure 2
4.2 ADJUSTMENT OF THE WORKING HEIGHT AND WORK WITH THE RAKE
Before starting to work, set the rake to the height prescribed for specific of work (fig. 3).
The easiest way to do that is following:
a) scattering b) tedding c) raking
Figure 3
Scattering, tedding
Put the rake from the transport position to the working position so that you lower it to
the ground when it is connected to the tractor. Lower the rake to the height where the spring
fingers on the right side touch the ground, while the spring fingers on the left are lifted from
the ground for approximately 8 cm. Working speed of scattering is approx.6 km/h, and working
speed of tedding is approx.8 km/h.
Raking
Lower the rake to the ground. It should get lowered to the position where all the spring
tines touch the ground and make clean raking. Swaths are made by the curtain, which is
adjustable according to the desired size of the swath. Working speed is up to 6 km/h.