MacDon Double Windrow Attachment - Manual (Page 32)

SECTION OM – OPERATOR’S MANUAL
Form # 169365
OM-8
Issue – May 2008
3.4.2 Hookup to Windrower Adapter Hitch
a. Open pintle on adapter hitch.
b. Start tractor and activate header lift cylinders
on tractor to lower tractor hitch.
c. Slowly approach transporter hitch with tractor
and line up pintle with hitch ring on transporter.
d. Activate header lift cylinders on tractor until
pintle engages hitch ring on transporter. Raise
slightly to take weight of the hitch jack.
e. Stop tractor engine and remove key.
f. Close pintle lock and insert locking pin.
g. Route safety chains through tractor hitch frame
and connect under frame. Ensure hook safety
latches are closed.
h. Turn jack handle to retract jack. Remove pin
from jack and rotate jack to transport position.
Secure jack with pin.
i. Plug in wiring harnesses at tractor hitch and
transporter.
j. Attach breakaway switch lanyard to tractor
adapter hitch.
k. Start tractor and raise header lift legs to full
height (towing mode).
l. Stop tractor engine and remove key.
m. Engage header lift cylinder stops. See tractor
operator’s manual.
n. Remove blocks if used, from transporter
wheels.