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3.7.2 Attaching the safety signs and information signs ...................................................................... 38
3.7.3 Contact for KRONE NORTHAMERICA .................................................................................... 38
3.8 Location and meaning of the information signs on the machine ...................................................... 40
3.9 Safety Equipment ............................................................................................................................. 42
4 Machine Description ............................................................................................................................ 43
4.1 Machine overview ............................................................................................................................. 43
4.2 Overload protection .......................................................................................................................... 45
4.3 Identification Plate ............................................................................................................................ 46
4.3.1 Contact for KRONE NORTHAMERICA .................................................................................... 47
4.4 Approved adaptations ...................................................................................................................... 48
5 Technical data ....................................................................................................................................... 49
5.1 Consumables ................................................................................................................................... 50
5.1.1 Oils ............................................................................................................................................ 50
5.1.2 Lubricating grease ..................................................................................................................... 50
5.2 Ballasting of forage harvester .......................................................................................................... 51
6 Commissioning ..................................................................................................................................... 52
6.1 Checks before starting up the machine for the first time .................................................................. 52
6.2 Adapting the machine to the CLAAS forage harvester, type 493 and up ........................................ 53
6.2.1 Aligning the coupling disc ......................................................................................................... 55
6.2.2 Connecting operation panel to forage harvester ....................................................................... 59
7 Start-up - CLAAS .................................................................................................................................. 60
7.1 Checking and observing before start-up .......................................................................................... 61
7.2 Attachment to the CLAAS forage harvester ..................................................................................... 62
7.3 Coupling ........................................................................................................................................... 62
7.3.1 Connecting Drive Type 491, Type 492 ..................................................................................... 63
7.3.2 Connecting the drive, type 493 and up ..................................................................................... 64
7.3.3 Connecting hydraulic hoses ...................................................................................................... 65
7.4 Detaching the machine..................................................................................................................... 67
7.4.1 Moving support jacks on right/left into parking position ............................................................ 67
7.4.2 Removing Hydraulic Lines ........................................................................................................ 68
7.4.3 Connecting ................................................................................................................................ 68
7.4.4 type 491, type 492 ..................................................................................................................... 69
7.4.5 from Type 493 ........................................................................................................................... 69
8 Driving and Transport .......................................................................................................................... 70
8.1 Preparing the machine for road travel .............................................................................................. 72
8.2 Switching off the machine ................................................................................................................ 72
8.3 Lifting the machine ........................................................................................................................... 73
9 Operation ............................................................................................................................................... 74
9.1 From transport into working position ................................................................................................ 74
9.1.1 Removing the protective cover ................................................................................................. 75
9.1.2 Support jacks right/left in transport position .............................................................................. 76
9.1.3 Swinging the right-hand / left-hand side parts into working position ......................................... 77
9.1.4 Locking Oscillating Movement of Header ................................................................................. 78
9.1.5 Swinging the plant divider into working position ....................................................................... 79
9.2 Using the Machine for Work ............................................................................................................. 80
9.2.1 Field mode on slopes ................................................................................................................ 80
9.2.2 Insert the maize header ............................................................................................................ 81
9.2.3 Setting the rotational speed of the maize header ..................................................................... 82