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RCR2596, RCR2510, and RCRM2510 Rotary Cutters 312-753M
Table of Contents
Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Safety at All Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Look For The Safety Alert Symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Safety Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Serial Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Section 1: Assembly & Set-up . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Tractor Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Dealer Preparations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Gearbox Vent Plugs & Dipsticks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Vent Plug Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Torque Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Tractor Shutdown Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Pull-Type Cutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Hitch Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Equal Angle Driveline Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Constant Velocity Driveline Installation . . . . . . . 16
Pull-Type Hook-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3-Point Lift-Type Cutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Hitch Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Driveline Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3-Point Hook-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Driveline Hook-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Check Driveline Collapsible Length . . . . . . . . . . 22
Check Driveline Interference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Check Chains (Accessory) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Section 2: Assembly of Optional Equipment 24
Chain Safety Guards (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Rubber Safety Guards (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Section 3: Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Pull-Type Leveling & Cutting Height . . . . . . . . . . . 26
3-Point Leveling & Cutting Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Deck Leveling From Left to Right . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Deck Leveling From Front to Rear . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Center Link Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Tailwheel Height Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Section 4: Operating Procedures . . . . . . . . . 29
Operating Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Inspection of Tractor & Cutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Transporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Blade Engagement & Disengagement . . . . . . . . . . 31
Field Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Turning Angles for Pull-Type Cutters . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Crossing Steep Ditches & Banks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Unhook 3-Point Cutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Unhook Pull-Type Cutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
General Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Section 5: Maintenance & Lubrication . . . . . 35
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Hydraulic System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Skid Shoe Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Cutter Blade Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Driveline Slip-Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
RCR2596 Dual End Flex Couplers . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
RCR(M)2510 Dual End Flex Couplers . . . . . . . . . . 40
Long-Term Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Ordering Replacement Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Lubrication Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
3-Point Tailwheel Spindle Tube . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Tailwheel Hub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Pillow Block Bearing (Pull-Type Cutter) . . . . . . . 42
Ratchet Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
T-Gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Dual End Flex Coupler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Driveline U-Joints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
CV Driveline U-Joints & Profile Shields . . . . . . . 44
Driveline Profiles With Grease Zerk . . . . . . . . . . 44
Driveline Profiles Without Grease Zerk . . . . . . . 44
Section 6: Specifications & Capacities . . . . . 45
Section 7: Features and Benefits . . . . . . . . . 48
Section 8: Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Section 9: Torque & Tire Inflation Charts . . . 50
Section 10: Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51