Land Pride RTA1250 Tiller User Manual


 
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RTR12 & RTA12 Series (Serial No. 884764-) Rotary Tillers 311-785M
8/12/14
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Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Safety at All Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Look For The Safety Alert Symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Safety Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Owner Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Serial Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Further Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Section 1: Assembly and Set-Up . . . . . . . . . . 9
Dealer Preparations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Tractor Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Torque Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
RTR & RTA Parking Stand Installation . . . . . . . . . . 9
RTR & RTA Rear Chain Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Reverse Rotation (RTR) Rotary Tillers . . . . . . . . . 10
RTR Front Deflector Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
RTR 3-Point Hitch Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Standard Rotation (RTA) Rotary Tillers . . . . . . . . . 12
RTA 3-Point Hitch Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Tractor Hook-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Driveline Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Check Driveline Collapsible Length . . . . . . . . . . 14
Shorten Driveline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Check Driveline Maximum Length . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Check Driveline Interference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Section 2: Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Operating Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Transporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
General Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
General Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Section 3: Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
RTA & RTR12 Tiller Hitch Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Drive Chain Tension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
RTR12 Series Tillers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
RTA12 Series Tillers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Rear Deflector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Skid Shoe Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Section 4: Maintenance and Lubrication . . . 22
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Tine Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Driveline Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Clutch Run-In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Clutch Disassembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Clutch Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Ordering Replacement Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Lubrication Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Driveline U-Joint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Driveline Shield Bearings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Driveline Shaft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Bearing On Right End Of Rotor Shaft . . . . . . . . . 26
Chaincase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Section 5: Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Section 6: Specifications & Capacities . . . . . 28
Section 7: Features & Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Section 8: Torque Values Chart . . . . . . . . . . 32
Section 9: Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
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