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8.6 PTO shaft ......................................................................................................................................... 31
8.6.1 Length adjustment..................................................................................................................... 31
8.7 Regulating direction of travel ............................................................................................................ 32
8.8 Checking the Locking of the Transport Position .............................................................................. 33
8.9 Setting the Rotor Inclination ............................................................................................................. 34
8.9.1 Rotor chassis (serial) ................................................................................................................ 34
8.9.2 With trailing wheel version (optional) ........................................................................................ 36
8.9.3 With tandem chassis version (optional) .................................................................................... 38
9 Start-up .................................................................................................................................................. 40
9.1 Mounting onto the Tractor ................................................................................................................ 40
9.2 Connecting the Lower Link ............................................................................................................... 40
9.3 Hydraulics ......................................................................................................................................... 41
9.3.1 Special Safety Instructions ........................................................................................................ 41
9.3.2 Connecting the hydraulic lines .................................................................................................. 42
9.4 Lighting connection .......................................................................................................................... 43
9.5 Connecting the electrical controls .................................................................................................... 44
9.6 Install the PTO shaft ......................................................................................................................... 45
9.7 Using the safety chain ...................................................................................................................... 46
9.8 Swivelling parking support into transport position ............................................................................ 48
10 Driving and Transport .......................................................................................................................... 49
10.1 Travelling on an incline .................................................................................................................... 49
10.2 Fixing the Rotors .............................................................................................................................. 51
10.3 Lifting the rotor arms to transport position ....................................................................................... 52
10.3.1 For design without single-rotor lifting mechanism ..................................................................... 53
10.3.2 For design with hydraulic single-rotor lifting mechanism .......................................................... 54
10.3.3 For design with electrical single-rotor lifting mechanism .......................................................... 55
10.4 Protecting the tine tips (transport position and rotary rake switched off) ......................................... 56
11 Operation ............................................................................................................................................... 57
11.1 Preparation for Swathing .................................................................................................................. 57
11.2 Removing the tine protections from the tine tips .............................................................................. 57
11.3 Lowering the rotor arms into working position ................................................................................. 58
11.3.1 For design without single-rotor lifting mechanism ..................................................................... 58
11.3.2 For design with hydraulic single-rotor lifting mechanism .......................................................... 59
11.3.3 For design with electrical single-rotor lifting mechanism .......................................................... 60
11.4 Releasing Rotor Locking Device ...................................................................................................... 61
11.5 Move the hoop guards to the working position. ............................................................................... 62
11.6 Move the hoop guards to transport position. .................................................................................... 62
11.7 Adjusting the Working Width ............................................................................................................ 63
11.8 Setting the Working Depth ............................................................................................................... 64
11.9 Selecing Rotor Operation ................................................................................................................. 66
11.10 Rotor Operation (With Hydraulic Single-Rotor Lifting Mechanism Design) ..................................... 66
11.11 Rotor Operation (With Electric Single-Rotor Lifting Mechanism Design) ......................................... 67
11.12 Travelling on an incline .................................................................................................................... 68
11.13 Travelling speed und drive speed .................................................................................................... 68
11.14 Swathing ........................................................................................................................................... 69
11.15 Overload protection .......................................................................................................................... 69
11.16 Parking ............................................................................................................................................. 70
12 Settings ................................................................................................................................................. 72