Section 1: Assembly & Set-up
RC(L)4710 & RCM(L)4710 Rotary Cutters 334-863M
7/31/20
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LP Performance Hitch Hook-up
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.
Refer to Figure 1-10:
1. Make certain park jack (#3) is properly attached to the
cutter hitch and secured with ball detent pin (#8).
2. Adjust park jack angle if it is not vertical. Refer to
.
3. In order to properly align and hook-up the tractor’s
drawbar to the LP Performance Hitch, clevis opening
should be parallel with the drawbar. This can be
accomplished by rotating clevis (#9) so that the flip
hitch holder (#11) is positioned on top as shown.
Insert the customer supplied hitch pin (#1) through
holes in flip hitch holder (#11) as shown. Secure with
hairpin cotter (#2).
4. Remove bushings in clevis (#9) if customer supplied
hitch pin diameter is larger than 1". See
on page 31 for
instructions.
5. Store center 3-point link in the tractor’s storage hook.
NOTE:
Hitch pin (#1) and hairpin cotter (#2) are
customer supplied.
6. Start tractor, raise 3-point arms fully up, and carefully
back tractor within close proximity of clevis (#9).
7.
Shut tractor down properly before dismounting
according to
8. Verify tractor drawbar is adjusted correctly. Refer to
dimensions on page 13.
9. Raise or lower park jack (#3) to align clevis (#9) with
tractor drawbar. Drawbar should fit between lower
and upper plates of clevis.
10. Restart tractor and continue to back tractor up to
cutter hitch until holes in tractor drawbar and clevis
hitch (#9) are aligned.
11. Shut tractor down properly before dismounting.
12. Remove hairpin cotter (#2) and hitch pin (#1) from
hitch holder (#11) and rotate hitch holder down.
13. Attach cutter to tractor drawbar with hitch pin (#1) and
hairpin cotter (#2) as shown.
14. Lower park jack (#3) until hitch weight is supported
by tractor drawbar.
15. Relocate park jack (#3) from hitch frame to storage
base and secure with detent pin (#8). Ensure base of
park jack is level with, or lower than the jack crank
head. See cover picture for correct positioning.
16. 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.
IMPORTANT:
Before moving the cutter, relocate
park jack to the storage base located on the left wing
or weight box. Make sure jack is stored with its base
level or lower than the head to prevent water and
LP Performance Hitch Hook-up
Figure 1-10
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