Operator’s manual
Rear disc mowers
with central suspension
KDTC 260 S/W; KDTC 300 S/W; KDTC 340
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Contents
page
1.
IDENTIFYING THE MACHINE ............................................................................................ 2
2.
INTRODUCTION
...........................................................................................................
2
3.
PROPER USE ........................................................................................................................... 3
3.1. Technical data............................................................................................................................. 4
3.2. Design and working principle ..................................................................................................... 5
3.3. Standard equipment and spare parts ............................................................................................ 6
4.
SAFETY ADVICE .................................................................................................................... 8
4.1. Safety rules and regulations ........................................................................................................ 8
4.2. Transport .................................................................................................................................... 9
4.2.1.Putting the mower onto another vehicle for transport................................................................... 9
4.3. Working components ................................................................................................................ 10
4.4. PTO shafts ................................................................................................................................ 10
4.5. Residual risk ............................................................................................................................. 10
4.6. Warning decals and their meaning ............................................................................................ 12
4.7. Design and operation of hydraulic safety breakaway device ...................................................... 17
5.
OPERATION .......................................................................................................................... 17
5.1. Attaching the mower to the tractor ............................................................................................ 17
5.2. Preparing the mower for transport............................................................................................. 18
5.3. Preparing the mower for transport on public roads .................................................................... 19
5.4. Mounting PTO shaft ................................................................................................................. 20
5.5. Switching from transport to working position ........................................................................... 21
5.6. Preparing the mower for work................................................................................................... 21
5.7. Operation (mowing).................................................................................................................. 22
5.7.1. Essential information concerning mowing................................................................................. 22
5.7.2. Taking turns over swaths .......................................................................................................... 23
6.
MOUNTING AND ADJUSTMENTS .................................................................................... 23
6.1. Mounting and timing of the knives............................................................................................ 23
6.2. Replacing the knives ................................................................................................................. 23
6.3. Adjusting the cutterbar.............................................................................................................. 24
6.4. Adjusting the cutting height ...................................................................................................... 25
6.5. 3-point linkage support chain .................................................................................................... 25
6.6. Adjusting the space between tine conditioner's mask and it's shaft ............................................ 26
6.7. Replacing the conditioner's tines ............................................................................................... 26
6.8. Adjusting force of the pressure of roller conditioner.................................................................. 27
6.9. Maintenance and service ........................................................................................................... 27
6.9.1. Checking the knives and knife holders ...................................................................................... 27
6.9.2. Checking the tension and tine and roller conditioner's driving chain.......................................... 28
6.9.3. Daily maintenance .................................................................................................................... 28
6.9.4. After-season maintenance ......................................................................................................... 28
7.
LUBRICATION...................................................................................................................... 29
7.1. Cutterbar................................................................................................................................... 29
7.2. Intersecting axis gears............................................................................................................... 29
7.3. Roller conditioner's gearbox...................................................................................................... 30
7.4. Bearings and joints ................................................................................................................... 31
8.
DEFECTS
AND THEIR REPAIRS ....................................................................................... 32