Land Pride RCM6510 - Manual (Page 22)

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Section 1: Assembly & Set-up
RC5510 & RC6510 (540 RPM) RCM5510 & RCM6510 (1000 RPM) Rotary Cutter 330-057M 5/29/13
Table of Contents
Unhooking The Rotary Cutter
1. See “Long Term Storage” on page 38 if parking the
cutter for long periods and end of season.
2. Disengage PTO, park on a level hard surface. Place
gear selector in park, and set park brake.
3. Wait for blades to come to a complete stop and then
raise wing up to transport position.
Refer to Figure 1-11:
4. Remove hairpin clip (#1) from storage pin (#2).
Refer to Figure 1-12:
5. Swing transport lock bar (#3) down and place over
lock pin (#4). Secure with hairpin clip (#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.
Refer to Figure 1-10:
8. Remove parking jack (#3) from the weight box
storage base 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 1-10
above, Figure 1-6 on page 16, or Figure 1-8 on
page 17.
12. Drive tractor away from cutter and then lower parking
jack until cutter is resting on its front skid shoes.
13. Replace connecting pin/bolt (#9) to the cutter as
follows:
a. If unhooking from standard clevis or double clevis
hitch, replace connecting pin/bolt to cutter hitch.
b. If unhooking swivel clevis or bar-tite hitch, remove
hitch components from tractor tongue and
reattach connecting bolt to cutter hitch.
Figure 1-10
Transport Bar, Storage Position
Figure 1-11
Transport Bar, Locked Position
Figure 1-12
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