Section 1: Assembly & Set-up
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Hook-up Tractor
Refer to Figure 1-8:
DANGER
!
To avoid serious injury or death:
A crushing hazard exists while hooking-up and unhooking the
implement. Keep people and animals away while backing-up
to the implement or pulling away from the 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.
1. Make certain park jack (#3) is properly attached to
cutter hitch and secured with attachment pin (#8).
2. Back tractor within close proximity of clevis (#9).
3. Shut tractor down properly before dismounting. Refer
to
4. Raise or lower park jack (#3) to align clevis (#9) with
tractor drawbar. Drawbar should fit between lower
and upper plates of clevis.
5. Verify tractor drawbar is adjusted correctly. Refer to
dimensions on page 13.
6. Start tractor and continue to back tractor up to cutter
hitch until hitch holes in tractor drawbar and hitch
clevis (#9) are aligned.
7.
Shut tractor down properly before dismounting.
Tractor Hookup
Figure 1-8
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Deck Lift Cylinder
Wing Cylinders
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8. Attach cutter to tractor drawbar with customer
supplied hitch pin (#1) and hairpin cotter (#2).
9. Lower park jack (#3) until hitch weight is supported
by the drawbar.
10. Remove parking jack (#3) from hitch and attach it to
the left-hand wing deck storage base with attachment
pin (#8). Make sure the base is level with or lower
than the head especially after the wings are folded
up. See cover picture for correct positioning.
11. Attach hitch safety chain (#4) to the tractor. Adjust
chain length to remove all slack except what is
necessary to permit turning. Lock chain hook
securely to the safety chain.
NOTE:
Hitch pin (#1) and hairpin cotter (#2) are
supplied by customer.
IMPORTANT:
Before moving the cutter, relocate
park jack by storing it on the left wing deck. Make