Land Pride LR16 Series, Operator'S Manual

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Section 4: Adjustments
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LR1660, LR1672, LR1684 & LR1696, LR2684 & LR2696 Landscape Rakes 302-305M 11/27/18
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Section 4: Adjustments
Safety Alerts
WARNING
!
To prevent serious injury or death:
• Avoid injury from a falling rake. Always check to make sure
all hardware is secured before adjusting the rake.
• Do not come in contact with turntables or stick objects into
the turntable holes while adjusting the unit’s angle. Doing
so can pinch or shear body extremities and objects.
• Never fully extend or retract hydraulic cylinder(s) without
first checking to make sure the implement does not make
contact with tractor tires. Extending implement into the
tractor tires can result in loss of control and damage to the
implement and/or tractor.
Rake Angling
The Landscape Rake can be angled manually up to 45
o
in 15
o
increments or hydraulically. The optional Hydraulic
Cylinder Kit must be installed to angle the rake with
hydraulics.
Manual Angling
Refer to Figure 4-1:
Seven holes are provided for angling the rake up to 45
o
when traveling forward.
1. Read and follow all “Safety Alerts” above.
2. Remove hairpin cotter (#2) from hitch pin (#1) and
pull hitch pin from mainframe hole.
3. Rotate rake to desired angle and reinsert hitch
pin (#1) into hole in mainframe and hole in turntable.
4. Secure hitch pin (#1) with hairpin cotter (#2).
Hydraulic Angling
Refer to Figure 4-2:
1. Read and follow all “Safety Alerts” above.
2. Move tractor control lever forward to retract the
hydraulic cylinder and rearward to extend the
cylinder.
3. If cylinder operates in the opposite direction, switch
quick connect couplings at the duplex outlet.
IMPORTANT: The implement must be hitched to a
tractor and raised off the ground several inches to
make the following adjustments.
NOTE: Make certain hitch pin (#1) in Figure 4-1 is
removed before operating the hydraulic cylinder.
Blade Angling
Figure 4-1
Hydraulic Blade Angling
Figure 4-2
Rake Pitch
Refer to Figure 1-3 on page 10:
The rake pitch (angle the rake teeth enter the ground)
may be adjusted to increase or decrease the rake’s ability
to dig into the soil.
1. Read and follow all “Safety Alerts” on this page.
2. Lengthening tractor’s top center 3-Point link
increases rake pitch making the rake more
aggressive on the soil.
3. Shortening tractor’s top center 3-Point link decreases
rake pitch making the rake less aggressive on the
soil.
Rake Tilt
The rake may be tilted so one end is lower than the other
by adjusting the tractor’s lower 3-Point arms. See tractor
manual to adjust lower 3-Point arms.
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