Land Pride RCM3712, Operator'S Manual

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Section 1: Assembly & Set-up
RC(M)3712 & RCG(M)3712 Rotary Cutters 334-203M 11/6/18
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Fixed 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 1-9:
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 26.
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 page 13.
6. Verify tractor drawbar is adjusted correctly. Refer to
“Drawbar Set-up” dimensions on page 11.
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.
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 17.
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.
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.
Fixed Clevis Hitch Hook-up
Figure 1-9
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