Section 1: Assembly & Set-up
7/31/20
RC4620 & RCM4620 Rotary Cutters 331-936M
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Standard Clevis Hitch Hook-up
DANGER
!
To avoid serious injury or death:
A crushing hazard exists while hooking-up and unhooking the
implement. Keep people and animals away while backing-up
to the implement or pulling away from the implement. Do not
operate hydraulic controls while a person or animal is directly
behind the power machine or near the implement.
WARNING
!
To avoid serious injury or death:
The ball detent pin must be fully inserted into the park jack
with ball visible and popped out on the far side of the jack
before working on or around an unhooked cutter.
Refer to Figure 1-10:
1. Make certain park jack (#3) is properly attached to
cutter hitch and secured with ball detent pin (#8).
2. Store center 3-point link in the tractor’s storage hook.
3. Start tractor, raise 3-point arms fully up, and carefully
back tractor within close proximity of clevis (#9).
4. Shut tractor down properly before dismounting. Refer
to
5. Verify tractor drawbar is adjusted correctly. Refer to
dimensions on page 15.
NOTE:
Hitch pin (#1) and hairpin cotter (#2) are
supplied by customer.
6. Raise or lower park jack (#3) to align clevis (#9) with
tractor drawbar. Tractor drawbar should fit between
lower and upper plates of clevis.
7.
Restart tractor and continue to back tractor up to
cutter hitch until hitch holes in tractor drawbar and
hitch clevis (#9) are aligned.
8. Shut tractor down properly before dismounting.
9. Attach cutter to tractor drawbar with customer-
supplied hitch pin (#1) and hairpin cotter (#2).
10. Lower park jack (#3) until cutter hitch weight is
supported by tractor drawbar.
11. Remove park jack (#3) from hitch and attach it to the
left-hand wing deck storage base with ball detent pin
(#8). Make sure the base is level with or lower than
the head especially after the wings are folded up.
See cover picture for correct positioning.
12. Attach hitch safety chain (#4) to the tractor. Adjust
chain length to remove all slack except what is
necessary to permit turning. Lock chain hook
securely to the safety chain.
“Rephasing Cylinders & Plumbing”
IMPORTANT:
Before moving the cutter, relocate
park jack by storing it on the left wing deck. Make
sure the jack is stored with its base level or lower
than the head to prevent water and freeze damage.
Tractor Hook-up to Standard Clevis Hitch
Figure 1-10
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