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DETACHING
• Tractor with Quick Coupler Hitch
1. Raise both latch control levers on quick coupler (A).
2. Start tractor engine.
3. Lower cutter to the ground. Continue lowering
quick coupler until hooks clear cutter hitch pins.
4. Carefully drive tractor away.
• Tractor with Three-Point Hitch
1. Remove quick-lock pins from hitch pins and
install in storage position on tractor draft links.
2. Remove and lower tractor draft links from hitch pins.
3. Disconnect center link from mast straps.
Position tractor center link in transport
location. Reinstall center link pin/hardware.
4. Carefully drive tractor away.
IMPORTANT: After thirty days or more, linings of slip
clutch may draw moisture. Linings may bond to metal
parts causing slip clutch to be ineffective. Loosen all lock
nuts on slip clutch. This will relieve spring load on the
discs reducing this problem during storage. Preparing
cutter for operation, refer to Assembling Slip Clutch
in Service section, page 22.
General Safety
Only qualifi ed people should operate this machine. Wear close fi tting clothing and safety equipment appropriate
to the job. It is recommended that tractor be equipped with Rollover Protective Systems (ROPS) and a seat belt
be used. Before beginning operation, clear work area of objects that may be picked up and thrown. Check for
ditches, stumps, holes or other obstacles that could upset tractor or damage rotary cutter. Always turn off tractor
engine, set parking brake, and allow rotary cutter blades to come to a complete stop before dismounting
tractor.
• Preparing Cutter for Operation
To help prevent severe injury or
death to you or someone else:
a. Do not engage tractor PTO when cutter
is in fully raised position (transport position).
b. Keep all persons away from machine when
raising and lowering cutter.
IMPORTANT: To avoid damaging the machine from
impact on ground when lowering, adjust rate at which
hitch will lower.
1. Adjust tractor rockshaft rate-of-drop. Allow at
least two seconds for machine to lower from
full lift height to the ground. (See your tractor
Operator’s Manual.)
2. If equipped, disengage tractor hitch/rockshaft
control lever from transport lock position and
lower cutter to the ground. (See your tractor
Operator’s Manual.)
3. Adjust tractor lift links to level machine side-to-
side. (See your tractor Operator’s Manual.)
4. Adjust cutting height and angle. (See
Adjusting Cutting Height and Angle in this section.)
Operation 17
OPERATION
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