Section 1: Assembly & Set-up
12/12/18
RCB6610 & RCBM6610 Series 2 S/N Rotary Cutters 330-584M
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LP Performance Hitch Hook-up
DANGER
!
To avoid serious injury or death:
A crushing hazard exists while hooking-up and unhooking
implement. Keep people and animals away while backing-up
to implement or pulling away from implement. Do not operate
hydraulic controls while a person or animal is directly behind
the power machine or near the implement.
WARNING
!
To avoid serious injury or death:
The ball detent pin must be fully inserted into the park jack
with ball visible and popped out on the far side of the jack
before working on or around an unhooked cutter.
1.
Make certain park jack (#3) is properly attached to
the cutter hitch and secured with ball detent pin (#8).
2. Adjust park jack angle if it is not vertical. Refer to
3. If clevis (#9) is not already supported horizontal,
rotate clevis (#9) horizontal and flip hitch holder (#16)
up so that its holes are on top as shown.
4. Insert customer-supplied hitch pin (#1) through holes
in hitch holder (#16) as shown in detail A. Secure with
hairpin cotter (#2).
5. Store center 3-point link in its storage hook.
6. Start tractor, raise 3-point arms fully up, and carefully
back tractor within close proximity of clevis (#9).
7.
Shut tractor down properly before dismounting. Refer
to
NOTE:
Hitch pin (#1) and hairpin cotter (#2) are
customer-supplied.
8. Verify tractor drawbar is adjusted correctly. Refer to
9. Raise or lower park jack (#3) to align clevis (#9) with
tractor drawbar. Drawbar should fit between lower
and upper plates of clevis.
10. Restart tractor and continue to back tractor up to
cutter hitch until hitch holes in tractor drawbar and
hitch clevis (#9) are aligned.
11. Shut tractor down properly before dismounting.
12. Remove bushings in clevis if customer supplied hitch
pin diameter is larger than 1". See
on page 32 for instructions.
13. Remove hairpin cotter (2) and hitch pin (#1) from
hitch holder (#16) and rotate hitch holder down.
14. Attach cutter to tractor drawbar with hitch pin (#1) and
hairpin cotter (#2) as shown in detail B.
15. Lower park jack (#3) until hitch weight is supported
by tractor drawbar.
16. Remove park jack (#3) from jack mount (#15) and
attach it to the weight box with detent pin (#8). Make
sure jack base is level or lower than the jack crank
head. See cover picture for correct positioning.
17. Attach hitch safety chain (#4) to the tractor. Adjust
chain length to remove all slack except what is
necessary to permit turning. Lock chain hook
securely to the safety chain.
18. Continue with
IMPORTANT:
Protect park jack by attaching it to the
Tractor Hookup to LP Performance Hitch
Figure 1-9
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