Land Pride RGA12 Series, Operator'S Manual

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Section 2: Operating
Table of Contents
RGR12 & RGA12 Series Rotary Tillers 311-948M 1/7/19
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Operating Checklist
Hazard control and accident prevention are dependent
upon the awareness, concern, prudence, and proper
training involved in the operation, transport, storage, and
maintenance of the Rotary Tiller. Therefore, it is
absolutely essential that no one operates the Rotary
Tiller unless they are age 16 or older and have read, fully
understood, and are totally familiar with the Operator’s
Manual. Make sure the operator has paid particular
attention to:
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Important Safety Information , page 1
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Section 1: Assembly and Set-up, page 8
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Section 2: Operating , page 16
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Section 3: Adjustments , page 21
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Section 4: Maintenance and Lubrication , page 23
Inspections
Perform the following inspections before using your
Rotary tiller with tiller attached to a tractor, power take-off
disengaged and completely stopped.
Safety Information
DANGER
!
To avoid serious injury or death:
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Make all 3-point hydraulic adjustments from the tractor
seat. Never make hydraulic adjustments while standing
behind the tractor.
Operating Checklist
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Check Ref.
Inspect tractor safety equipment to make sure
it is in good working condition. Tractor
Manual
Check all guards and shields to make certain they are in
good working condition, in place, and secured.
Carefully raise and lower implement to ensure drawbar,
tires, etc. do not contact tiller frame or driveline.
Check driveline. Make sure it is secured at
both ends. Refer to “Driveline Hook-Up”.
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Check tiller depth setting.
Refer to “Skid Shoe Adjustment”.
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Check for worn, bent, broken, loose, and/or
missing tines. Refer to “Tine Replacement”.
23
Check driveline slip clutch to make sure disks
will slip. Refer to “Driveline Protection”.
24
Grease driveline shaft and all other grease
fittings. Refer to “Lubrication Points”.
27
Check oil level in gearbox. Make sure all plugs
have been replaced when completed.
Refer to “Gearbox Lubrication”.
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Check oil level in gear case. Make sure all
plugs have been replaced when completed.
Refer to “Gear Case Lubrication”.
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Check tiller initially and periodically for loose
bolts and pins. Refer to “Torque Values Chart”.
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Keep yourself and all others away from rotating tines and
drive train. Always disengage power take-off and lockout
power source before making adjustments or servicing the
tiller. A person’s body, hair, or clothing can become
entangled in rotating components causing serious bodily
injury or death.
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Do not engage power take-off while hooking-up or
unhooking the driveline, or while someone is standing near
the driveline. A person’s body and/or clothing can become
entangled in the driveline.
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Make certain driveline yokes are securely fastened at each
end. A loose yoke can work free allowing the driveline to
rotate uncontrollably causing implement damage and
bodily injury or death to anyone nearby.
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Keep away from rotating hex drive shaft located between
gearbox and drive end of tiller. A person can become
entangled in the shaft.
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Keep front rubber dirt deflector on reverse tine tillers in
place while operating the unit. Objects in a reverse tine
tiller can be thrown forward toward the operator.
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Tractor power take-off shaft shield, driveline shields, and
gearbox shaft shields must be installed and in good working
condition to avoid driveline entanglement and projectiles
flying off of the driveline.
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Tine impact on objects can throw projectiles resulting in
bodily injury or death. Do not point discharge toward
people, animals, or buildings and keep people and animals
away from tiller during operation.
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Do not use a power take-off adapter. The adapter will
increase strain on the tractor’s power take-off shaft causing
possible damage to shaft and driveline. It will also defeat
the purpose of the tractor’s power take-off shield.
WARNING
!
To avoid serious injury or death:
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Allow only persons to operate this implement who have
fully read and comprehended this manual, who have been
properly trained in the safe operation of this implement, and
who are age 16 or older. Serious injury or death can result
from the inability to read, understand, and follow
instructions provided in this manual.
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Never carry riders on the implement or tractor. Riders can
obstruct the operator’s view, interfere with control of the
equipment, be pinched by moving components, become
entangled in rotating components, be struck by objects, be
thrown or fall from the equipment, etc.
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Do not till across steep inclines that are subject to rollover.
The action of the tines being forced down into the ground
can cause the tractor to roll-over resulting in serious injury
or death. Consult your tractor’s manual for acceptable
inclines the tractor is capable of traveling across.
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Check driveline when lowering tiller into the ground to
make sure it does not interfere with the tractor drawbar at
maximum depth. If needed, shut tractor off and move or
remove drawbar to prevent damage to the driveline.
Section 2: Operating