Land Pride RCM6510 User Manual
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RC5510 & RC6510 (540 RPM) RCM5510 & RCM6510 (1000 RPM) Rotary Cutter
5/29/13
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Table of Contents
Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Safety at All Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Look For The Safety Alert Symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Safety Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Section 1: Assembly & Set-up . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Tractor Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Before You Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Torque Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Hitch Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Hitch Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Wing Axle Assembly to Center Axle . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Standard Clevis Hitch Hook-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Double Swivel Clevis Hitch Hook-up . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Bar-Tite Hitch Hook-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Driveline Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Check Driveline Collapsible Length . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Shorten Driveline Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Hydraulic Hook-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Purge Hydraulic System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Unhooking The Rotary Cutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Section 2: Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Center & Wing Section Leveling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Center Deck Leveling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Wing Deck Leveling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Cutting Height Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Section 3: Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . 23
Pre-Start Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Tractor & Cutter Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Blade Operation Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Avoid Extreme Turning Angles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Transport Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Transporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Field Set-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Lower Wing Down & Set Cutting Height . . . . . . . 26
Set Wing Lift Lever In Float Position . . . . . . . . . . 26
Select Gear Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Engage Blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Disengage Blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
General Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Section 4: Options & Accessories . . . . . . . . 29
Safety Guard Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Hitch Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Tire Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Optional Low Lift Blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Hydraulic Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Slow Moving Vehicle Sign Accessory . . . . . . . . . . 30
Section 5: Maintenance & Lubrication . . . . . 31
General Maintenance Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Tractor Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Cutter Blade Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Drivelines With Slip Clutches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Type A Clutches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Type B Clutches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Skid Shoe Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Side Skirt Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Tire Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Long Term Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Ordering Replacement Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Lubrication Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Axle Hub Bearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Optional Tandem Axle Pivot Joints . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Adjustable Turnbuckle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Divider Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Hitch Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Double Swivel Clevis Hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Bar-Tite Hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Intermediate Driveline Joints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Wing Driveline Profile Tubes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Wing Driveline Joints & Shields . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Conventional Driveline Profile Tubes . . . . . . . . . 43
Conventional Driveline Joints & Shields . . . . . . . 43
CV Main Driveline Profile Tubes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
CV Main Driveline Joints & Shields . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Accessing CV Driveline Joints . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Section 6: Specifications & Capacities . . . . . 46
Section 7: Features & Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Section 8: Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Section 9: Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Section 10: Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51