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Table of Contents
Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Safety at All Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Look for the Safety Alert Symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Safety Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Serial Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Section 1: Assembly & Set-up . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Tractor Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Drawbar Set-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Before You Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Torque Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Remove Shipping Lugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Tractor Shutdown Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Hitch & Jack Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Unfold Wings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Unhook Dealer Tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Driveline Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Hook-up Tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Hook-up Driveline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Hook-up Hydraulics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Hook-up LED Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Driveline Clearance Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Purge Hydraulic System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Lift Cylinder Mounting Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Section 2: Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Level Center & Wing Decks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Level Center Deck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Level Wing Decks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Adjust Cutter Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Section 3: Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . 24
Tractor Turning Angle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Tractor & Cutter Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Blade Operation Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Set Transport Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Transporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Road Side Cutting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Field Set-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Field Inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Unfold Wings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Set Blade Cutting Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Place Wing folding Lever in Float Position . . . . . 28
Select Gear Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Engage Blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Disengage Blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Remove Blade Carrier Blockage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Unhook Rotary Cutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
General Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Section 4: Options & Accessories . . . . . . . . . 32
Safety Guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Tire Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Hydraulic Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Section 5: Maintenance & Lubrication . . . . . 34
General Maintenance Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Hydraulic System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Cutter Blade Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Drivelines With Slip Clutches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Tire Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Skid Shoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Long Term Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Ordering Replacement Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Lubrication Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Splitter Gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Axle Pivots, Wing Decks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Axle Pivots, Center Deck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Adjustable Turnbuckle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Axle Hub Bearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Hitch Pivots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Intermediate Driveline Joints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Wing Driveline Profile Tubes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Wing Driveline Joints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
CV Main Driveline Profile Tubes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Constant Velocity Main Driveline Joints . . . . . . . 44
Accessing CV Driveline Joints . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Section 6: Specifications & Capacities . . . . . 46
Section 7: Features & Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Section 8: Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Section 9: Torque Values Chart . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Section 10: Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51