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SC2560 & SC2572 Skid Steer Rotary Cutter 326-836M
Section 2: Adjustments
Nominal Cutting Height
Figure 2-2
18"
Maximum Cut
Gauge Wheel
Ratchet Jack
Skid Steer
Lower Hitch Loop
Ground Level
Bottom of Rear
Skid Shoes
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Quick Link Coupler
Cutter Hitch Plate
Height Adjustment
Safety Chain
16.5"
Height Adjustment Safety Chain
WARNING
!
Always secure cutter deck in the up position with solid
supports or by locking the hydraulics before working around
or under a raised deck. Never work under equipment
supported by hydraulics. Hydraulics can drop equipment if
controls are actuated or if hydraulic lines burst. Either
situation can drop the cutter instantly even when power to the
DANGER
!
Do not raise cutter higher than 16 1/2" off the ground. Raising
cutter higher can cause serious bodily injury and/or death.
Use safety limit chain to limit cutter height.
DANGER
!
Do not tilt hitch plate to raise front of cutter higher than the
rear. Raising front of cutter can cause serious bodily injury
Refer to Figure 2-2:
For safety, the cutter rear skid shoes should not be raised
higher than 16 1/2" off the ground (18" Maximum cutting
height).
1. Raise cutter’s rear skid shoes slightly less than
16 1/2" off the ground and set blocks under the four
corners of the cutter.
2. Run height adjustment safety chain from under the
2" x 3" hitch tube to the Skid Steer lower hitch loop.
Thread chain through the hitch loop and back
towards the hitch plate. Connect quick link coupler to
a chain loop as shown.
NOTE:
Two people may be required to install and
adjust the safety chain.
Kubota SVL
Figure 2-3
3. Raise cutter up until the safety chain is tight. Check
height of rear skid shoes.
4. If rear skid shoes are higher than 16 1/2" above
ground level, lower cutter and make necessary
adjustments to the safety chain to limit rear skid shoe
height to 16 1/2" maximum.
5. Tighten quick link coupler nut to secure safety chain.
NOTE:
When attaching the Rotary Cutter to a
Kubota SVL, height adjustment safety chain (#2)
should be looped around SVL tie-down bar (#1) and
adjusted so that the cutter cannot be raised over
16.5" off the ground as shown in Figure 2-3 below.
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