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remove lower hitch bolts (if the tractor lift is not equipped with hooks),
•
drive forwards carefully, suspend the implement on the lower bars and secure,
•
attach the tractor’s upper fastener. During operation of the unit, the hitch point of
the upper fastener at the unit must be located higher than the attachment point
of this fastener at the tractor,
•
check the operation of roller lifting, lowering and the hydraulic system.
CAUTION! Hitching the tractor with the roller must be performed carefully,
at the tractor’s minimum speed! When hitching the implement, make sure
that no bystanders are present in the vicinity.
4.2.
Operation and adjustment
Start working with the roller by making the first trial passage. During this task, check
roller adjustment and manner of operation.
If necessary, adjust the length of the tractor
fastener so that the roller frame is positioned horizontally. The working depth of the knife
roller is adjusted by means of the turnbuckles (Fig. 8). The
knives
should operate on the
field surface. The knife roller shall not penetrate into the soil deeper than 2
-
3 cm.
The
working speed on the field with the roller attached should not exceed 15 km/h. A correctly
hitched and adjusted roller should evenly travel before or behind the tractor and evenly
shred the post
-
harvest residue at its entire working width.
Fig. 8 Knife roller working depth adjustment
4.2.1 Setting the knife direction
Tandem knife rollers in 3.0 m, 3.5 m and 4.0 m widths in the non
-
folding version are
factory
-
prepared for both front
-
and rear
-
mounted operation using the tractor’s three
-
point hitch. When attached to the rear three
-
point hitch, it is possible to suspend an
additional unit behind the roller, e.g. a disc harrow. The front three
-
point hitch adapter
should be removed in such case and an additional unit should be attached in its place
using bolts.
The Tandem foldable knife rollers in the working width of 4.0, 5.0 and 6.0 are adapted to
be attached
Roller angle adjustment
