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Maintenance
Sharpening Blades
Blade sharpening procedure:
The Tree Cutter blades are manufactured from Ultra-Kor
tm
alloy, a space age material. When
sharpening this blade material using a side grinder, use extreme caution not to over heat the material.
Allowing the grinder to stop or rest in one spot will cause the material to turn “blue”. Avoid over
heating by keeping the grinder moving at all times. Remember that the first 1” to 1 1/2” of the blade
and the blade tip is where all of the cutting action takes place. This is point of contact and the blade
bevel must be maintained and kept sharp. If you have the skill to sharpen the blades with a torch, less
heat will be transmitted into the material and will have longer blade life if sharpened in this manner.
Always remove equal amount of blade material from the paired blades. Blades must be kept within
1/10 of a pound of each other. Always keep blades in the same pairs, as removed from the cutter.
NOTE: Failure to keep the blades sharp will cause multiple problems,
including
1. Slip clutch failure.
2. Extreme blade bolt wear
3. Blade bar fatigue, cracking and total failure
4. Blade fatigue, cracking and total failure
5. Deck fatigue and cracking
6. Increased amount of discharge or debris
7. Poor cut – increased amount of uncut material
Food for Thought: If your blade was an axe head, would you try to cut a tree with it?
proper gearbox lubrication
With the cutter sitting level, find and remove the combination vent plug/dip stick from the top of
the gearbox. Wipe the dip stick clean and reinsert. Then remove. Oil should touch the dip stick. If
not, add oil until it is no higher than 1/2” to 1” on the dip stick. Excess oil in the gearbox will be
exhausted through the vent plug/dip stick. Proper replacement oil is 85-140 weight gear oil, our
part number is T5-LUBE.
Make certain the plug is replaced and tightened securely before
operating.
Adjusting the Torque Setting on the Slip Clutch
The slip clutch settings are described on the following two pages and page 58. Contact Brown
Manufacturing Corporation at 800.633.8909 for assistance with clutch torque problems.
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