Land Pride Rotary Cutter RCR2684 Operator's Manual - page 2
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RCR2684 Rotary Cutter 312-785M
1/29/14
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Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Safety at All Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Safety Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Owner Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Serial Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Further Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Section 1: Assembly & Set-up . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Tractor Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Gearbox Vented Dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Hitch Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Manual Storage Tube Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Tractor Hook-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3-Point Tractor Hook-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Driveline Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Check Driveline Collapsible Length . . . . . . . . . . 11
Shorten Driveline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Check Driveline Interference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Check Chain Installation (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Front and Rear Safety Guard Options . . . . . . . . . . 13
Front Safety Guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Rear Chain Guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Single Tailwheel Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Dual Tailwheel Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Section 2: Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Deck Leveling & Height Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Deck Leveling From Left to Right . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Deck Leveling From Front to Rear . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Center 3-Point Link Link Adjustment . . . . . . . . . 16
Tailwheel Height Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Single Tailwheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Dual Tailwheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Section 3: Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . 18
Operating Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Pre-inspection of Tractor & Cutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Transporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Blade Engagement & Disengagement . . . . . . . . . . 20
Blade Engagement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Blade Disengagement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Field Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Unhooking the Rotary Cutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
General Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Section 4: Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Front and Rear Safety Guard Options . . . . . . . . . . 22
Front Rubber Guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Front Chain Guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Rear Chain Guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Hitch/Wheel Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3-Point Hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Single Leveling Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Dual Leveling Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Check Chain Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Section 5: Maintenance & Lubrication . . . . . 24
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Cutter Blade Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Slip-Clutch Protected Drivelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Clutch Run-In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Clutch Disassembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Clutch Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Clutch Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Skid Shoe Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Long Term Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Ordering Replacement Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Tailwheel Spindle Tube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Tailwheel Hub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Driveline U-Joints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Driveline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Inner Tube Bearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Section 6: Specifications & Capacities . . . . . 30
Section 7: Features & Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Section 8: Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Section 9: Torque Values Chart . . . . . . . . . . 34
Section 10: Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
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