Land Pride RC5020 - Manual (Page 22)

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Section 1: Assembly & Set-up
RC5020 (540 RPM) and RCM5020 (1000 RPM) Rotary Cutters 318-474M 5/29/13
Table of Contents
Unhooking From the Cutter
1. See “Long Term Storage” on page 38 if parking the
cutter for long periods and end of season.
2. Disengage PTO, park cutter on a level solid hard
surface. Place tractor gear selector in park and set
park brake.
3. Wait for blades to come to a complete stop and then
fold wings up to transport position.
Refer to Figure 1-12:
4. Remove hairpin cotters (#1) from storage pins (#2).
Refer to Figure 1-13:
5. Swing transport lock bars (#3) down and place over
lock pins (#4). Secure with hairpin cotters (#1).
Refer to Figure 2-2 on page 21:
6. Remove stroke control spacers from center hydraulic
cylinder and lower cutter until front skids are resting
on the ground. Replace stroke control spacers as
needed to support wheels at this position.
7. With tractor gear selector in park and park brake set,
shut tractor engine off, and remove switch key. Move
cylinder lift levers back and forth to release hydraulic
line pressure.
Figure 1-11
Refer to Figure 1-11:
8. Remove parking jack (#3) from the left hand wing
deck and attach to the cutter hitch. Secure parking
jack in place with attached jack pin (#8).
9. Unhook hydraulic hoses (#7), driveline safety
chain (#6), driveline (#5), and hitch safety chain (#4)
from tractor. Store hose ends in hose support loop.
10. Unhook driveline from tractor PTO shaft.
11. Adjust parking jack up or down as needed and
remove connecting pin or bolt (#1) (See Figure 1-11
above, Figure 1-6 on page 15, or Figure 1-8 on
page 16.
12. Drive tractor away from cutter and then lower parking
jack until cutter is resting on its front skid shoes.
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13. Replace connecting pin/bolt (#1) to the cutter as
follows:
a. If unhooking from standard clevis, double clevis,
or swivel clevis hitch, replace connecting pin/bolt
to cutter hitch.
b. If unhooking bar-tite hitch, remove hitch
components from tractor drawbar and reattach to
cutter hitch with connecting bolt.
Transport Bar, Storage Position
Figure 1-12
Transport Bar, Locked Position
Figure 1-13
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