Land Pride RCM3615, Operator'S Manual

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Section 1: Assembly & Set-up
RC3615 and RCM3615 Series 2 S/N Rotary Cutters 330-502M 12/12/18
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Table of Contents
Standard Clevis Hitch Hook-up
DANGER
!
To avoid serious injury or death:
A crushing hazard exists while hooking-up and unhooking
implement. Keep people and animals away while backing-up
to implement or pulling away from 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 Refer to Figure 1-8:
1. Make certain park jack (#3) is properly attached
to the cutter hitch and secured with detent pin (#8). If
park jack is not vertical, refer to
“Park Jack Angle
Alignment” on page 28.
2. Store center 3-point link in its storage hook.
3. Start tractor and raise 3-point arms fully up.
4. Carefully back tractor within close proximity of
clevis (#9).
5. Shut tractor down properly before dismounting. Refer
to “Tractor Shutdown Procedure” on this page.
6. Verify tractor drawbar is adjusted correctly. Refer to
“Drawbar Set-up” dimensions on page 12.
7. Raise or lower park jack (#3) to align clevis (#9) with
tractor drawbar. Drawbar should fit between lower
and upper plates of clevis.
8. Restart tractor and continue to back tractor up to
cutter hitch until hitch holes in tractor drawbar and
hitch clevis (#9) are aligned.
9. Shut tractor down properly before dismounting.
10. Attach cutter to tractor drawbar with customer
supplied hitch pin (#1) and hairpin cotter (#2).
11. Lower park jack (#3) until hitch weight is supported
by drawbar.
NOTE: Bolt (#10) and spacer (#11) may be
removed to increase hitch flexibility. If removed, an
equal number of flat washers (#12) should be added
above and below the drawbar to minimize the gap
and reduce ware. (Flat washers (#12) are customer
supplied.)
NOTE: Hitch pin (#1) and hairpin cotter (#2) are
supplied by customer.
Standard Clevis Hitch Hook-up
Figure 1-8
12. Remove park jack (#3) from hitch and attach it to the
left-hand wing storage base with detent pin (#8).
Make sure base is level with or lower than the head
especially after the wings are folded up. See cover
picture for correct positioning.
13. Attach hitch safety chain (#4) to tractor. Adjust chain
length to remove all slack except what is necessary
to permit turning. Lock chain hook securely to the
safety chain.
14. Continue with “Hydraulic Hook-up” on page 18.
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IMPORTANT: Protect park jack by storing it on the
left wing deck before moving the cutter. Make sure
jack is stored with its base level or lower than the
head to prevent water and freeze damage.