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11/19/19
RTR12 & RTA12 Series (Serial No. ) Rotary Tillers 311-883M
Table of Contents
Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Safety at All Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Look For The Safety Alert Symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Safety Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Owner Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Section 1: Assembly and Set-up . . . . . . . . . . 10
Dealer Preparations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Tractor Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Torque Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Tractor Shutdown Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
RTA Park Stand Set-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
RTR Park Stand Set-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
RTR Front Deflector Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
RTR Lower Clevis Assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
RTA Lower Clevis Assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Center Positioning of Lower Clevises . . . . . . . . . . 12
Upper Hitch Plate Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Driveline Shield Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Driveline Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Tractor Hook-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3-Point Hook-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Driveline Hook-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Check Driveline Collapsible Length . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Check Driveline Maximum Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Check Driveline Interference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Section 2: Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Operating Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
RTR Park Stand Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
RTA Park Stand Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Transport Rotary Tiller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Unhook Rotary Tiller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
General Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
General Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Section 3: Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Section 4: Maintenance and Lubrication . . . 28
Clutch Run-In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Clutch Disassembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Clutch Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Long-Term Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Ordering Replacement Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Lubrication Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Joint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Driveline Shield Bearings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Driveline Shaft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Bearing On Right End Of Rotor Shaft . . . . . . . . . 32
Chaincase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Section 5: Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Section 6: Specifications & Capacities . . . . . 34
Section 7: Features & Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Section 8: Torque Values Chart . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Section 9: Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39