Operator’s manual
Rear disc mowers
KDT
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1.
IDENTIFYING THE MACHINE ........................................................................................................................... 2
2.
INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................................... 2
3.
PROPER AND INTENDED USE ........................................................................................................................... 3
3.1.
Technical data ....................................................................................................................................................... 4
3.2.
Design and working principle ............................................................................................................................... 5
3.3.
Standard equipment and spare parts ..................................................................................................................... 6
4.
SAFETY PRECATIONS ......................................................................................................................................... 8
4.1.
General safety rules and regulations ..................................................................................................................... 8
4.2.
Conditions of mounting mower on tractor .......................................................................................................... 10
4.3.
Transport ............................................................................................................................................................. 10
4.3.1. Putting the mower onto another vehicle for transport ................................................................................... 11
4.4.
Working parts ..................................................................................................................................................... 12
4.5.
PTO shaft ............................................................................................................................................................ 12
4.6.
Hydraulic assembly ............................................................................................................................................ 12
4.7.
Residual risk ....................................................................................................................................................... 13
4.7.1. Danger of machine entanglement .................................................................................................................. 13
4.7.2. Danger of cutting injury ................................................................................................................................ 13
4.7.3. Danger of injury from liquid ejection out of hydraulic system ..................................................................... 13
4.7.4. Forbidden actions .......................................................................................................................................... 13
4.7.5. Residual risk assessment ............................................................................................................................... 14
4.8.
Safety labels and their meaning .......................................................................................................................... 14
5.
OPERATION .......................................................................................................................................................... 17
5.1.
Attaching the mower to the tractor ..................................................................................................................... 17
5.2.
Preparing the mower for transport ...................................................................................................................... 18
5.3.
Preparing the mower for transport on public roads ............................................................................................. 19
5.4.
Mounting PTO shaft ........................................................................................................................................... 19
5.5.
Moving from transport to working position ........................................................................................................ 20
5.5.1. Operating positions of the mower ................................................................................................................. 21
5.6.
Preparing the mower for work ............................................................................................................................ 22
5.7.
Operation (mowing) ............................................................................................................................................ 22
5.7.1. Essential information concerning mowing .................................................................................................... 23
5.7.2. Design and and operation of safety breakaway device .................................................................................. 24
5.7.3. Mower clogging ............................................................................................................................................ 25
5.7.4. Taking turns over swaths ............................................................................................................................... 25
5.8.
Storing ................................................................................................................................................................ 25
5.9.
Dismounting mower from tractor ....................................................................................................................... 25
6.
MOUNTING AND ADJUSTMENTS ................................................................................................................... 26
6.1.
Mounting and timing of the knives ..................................................................................................................... 26
6.2.
Replacing the knives ........................................................................................................................................... 26
6.3.
Adjusting the cutterbar........................................................................................................................................ 27
6.4.
Adjusting the cutting height ................................................................................................................................ 29
6.5.
3-point linkage support chain ............................................................................................................................. 30
6.6.
Adjusting the space between tine conditioner’s mask and its shaft .................................................................... 30
6.7.
Replacing the conditioner’s tines ........................................................................................................................ 31
6.8.
Adjusting force of the prssure of roller conditioner ............................................................................................ 32
6.9.
Maintenance and service ..................................................................................................................................... 32
6.9.1. Checking the knives and knife holders .......................................................................................................... 32
6.9.2. Checking the tension of the V-belts .............................................................................................................. 33
6.9.3. Inspection of tension of toothed belt for gears of rollers and conditioner ..................................................... 33
6.9.4. Daily maintenance ......................................................................................................................................... 34
6.9.5. After-season maintenance and storing of machine ........................................................................................ 34
7.
LUBRICATION ..................................................................................................................................................... 35
7.1.
Cutterbar ............................................................................................................................................................. 35
7.2.
Intersecting axis gear .......................................................................................................................................... 36
7.3.
Roller conditioner’s gearbox .............................................................................................................................. 36
7.4.
Bearings and joints ............................................................................................................................................. 37
8.
MALFUNCTION AND THEIR REPAIRS .......................................................................................................... 38
9.
DISASSEMBLY AND WITHDRAWAL FROM USE ........................................................................................ 39
9.1.
Scrapping ............................................................................................................................................................ 39
10.
WARRANTY CARD .............................................................................................................................................. 39
11.
WARRANTY TERMS ........................................................................................................................................... 39
11.1. Warranty claims procedures ............................................................................................................................... 39
11.2. Warranty repairs record ...................................................................................................................................... 40
APPENDIX CALCULATING AXIS LOAD ................................................................................................................ 41