MK Martin Meteor 54, Руководство оператора

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Attaching the Meteor® Blower for the fi rst time.
1. Set the blower on a level surface and back the tractor up to it. Place the lower 3PH arms of
the tractor between the lower hitch plates on the blower and insert the hitch pins that came
with the blower, secure these with the Lynch Pins.
2. Next swing the top link into place and adjust the length so the top link pin can be inserted.
You will have to supply the top link pin. With the top link set at this length the blower will be
fl at or parallel to the ground.
Do not fasten the PTO shaft to the tractor.
3. Slowly lift the blower until the gearbox shaft is at the same height as the PTO output on the
tractor.
4. Push (or collapse the telescopic part of the PTO completely).
If you cannot collapse it far
enough to slide it on the tractor then it has to be shortened! (for more information see
PTO driveline dimensions page)
5. Make sure the plastic shield is free to rotate on the shaft before installing on the machine.
6. Reinstall the PTO on the blower, and fasten it to the tractor pushing the spring-loaded pin in
and sliding the yoke onto the tractor spline until the pin snaps into place.
7. Make sure PTO does not bottom out at any point when lifting or lowering the snowblower.
PTO shaft should not come with in 2” of the yoke at any time.
8. Lift and lower the 3PH arms to determine that the overlap on the PTO shaft is never less than
1/3 of the shaft length if it is too short then the PTO will jam, rather than collapse. This will put
severe strain on the shaft and gearbox. It may come apart and this will allow a spinning PTO
to become an uncontrolled weapon and could severely injure or kill someone!
9. After it has been determined that the PTO is OK and will not jam or come apart, make sure
any bystanders are well away from the machine.
10. Lower the blower to ground level, engage the PTO and slowly start the blower. Make sure
that everything is turning freely.
11. Slowly increase the speed until you have reached 540 RPM on the PTO. This is the speed
that this blower was designed for. If it turns faster the fan could be going dangerously fast. If
it turns slower it will not perform very well as the snow will not be blown very far.
Snowblower performance will vary greatly due to ambient temperature and type of snow.
54-60 Meteor® Snowblower
This Blower is ideal for small tractors 15-20 HP Cat #1 3PH.