Section 1: Assembly & Set-up
RCB5715 & RCBM5715 Rotary Cutter 337-046M
7/8/20
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Hook-up LP Performance Hitch
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 1-12:
1. Make certain park jack (#3) is properly attached to
the cutter hitch and secured with ball detent pin (#8).
2. Adjust park jack angle if it is not vertical. Refer to
3. In order to properly align and hook-up the tractor’s
drawbar to the LP Performance Hitch
TM
, clevis
opening should be parallel with the drawbar. This can
be accomplished by rotating clevis (#9) so that the
flip hitch holder (#11) is positioned on top as shown.
Insert the customer supplied hitch pin (#1B) through
holes in flip hitch holder (#11) as shown. Secure with
hairpin cotter (#2B).
4. Remove bushings in clevis (#9) if customer supplied
hitch pin is larger than 1". See
5. Store top center 3-point link in the tractor’s storage
hook.
NOTE:
Hitch pin (#1A/B) and hairpin cotter (#2A/B)
are supplied by the customer.
6. Start tractor, raise lower 3-point arms fully up, and
carefully back tractor within close proximity of
clevis (#9).
7.
Shut tractor down before dismounting according to
8. Verify tractor drawbar is adjusted correctly. Refer to
dimensions on page 15.
9. Raise or lower park jack (#3) to align clevis (#9) with
tractor drawbar. Drawbar should fit between lower
and upper clevis plates.
10. Restart tractor and continue to back tractor up to the
cutter hitch until holes in the tractor drawbar and
clevis hitch (#9) are aligned.
11. Shut tractor down before dismounting according to
12. Remove hairpin cotter (#2B) and hitch pin (#1B) from
hitch holder (#11). Rotate hitch holder down.
13. Attach cutter to tractor drawbar with hitch pin (#1A).
Secure hitch pin with hairpin cotter (#2A).
14. Lower park jack (#3) until hitch weight is supported
by the tractor drawbar.
15. Remove detent pin (#8) and relocate park jack (#3)
from the hitch mount to the storage mount on the left
wing. Secure jack with its detent pin. Ensure the jack
base is level with, or lower than the jack crank head,
especially after the wings are folded up. See cover
picture for correct positioning.
16. 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.
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.
Hook-up LP Performance Hitch
Figure 1-12
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