Switching From Transport To Working Position; Preparing The Rake For Work - SaMASZ Z2-780 Operator's Manual

CAUTION:
Use the machines with PTO shafts designed to drive them. Before the work
begins, check the safety guards (in tractor, rake and PTO shaft), if they are
placed correctly and are not damaged. Damaged or lost parts must be
replaced with genuine ones. Make sure the PTO shaft is properly mounted. It
is forbidden to approach the rotating parts, because it may lead to serious
injuries or even death. All service and repair operations must be done only
after the tractor engine has been stopped, all rotating parts have come to the
complete standstill and the cutterbar is on the ground. Before the operation
begins, read operator's manuals of both the machine and PTO shaft.
CAUTION:
PTO shaft's end with wide-angle join should be mounted on rake's side.

5.5. Switching from transport to working position

make sure there is nobody around in the place where you are going to lower the rake,
unblock the locks with a cord,
by means of hydraulic lifting lower arms of the rake in the slowliest way in order to cushion
contact with the ground,
take off arms from transport holders, put them into the rotors and secure them with cotter pins,
lower safety guards.

5.6. Preparing the rake for work

CAUTION:
During storing of the machines in company SaMASZ the cylinders are
protected by special grease in order to secure them against weather which
may cause their premature wear. Before starting the operation excess grease
should be removed from the cylinders.
Due to large dimensions of rakes, 4 arms are originally dismounted on each rotor for transport
purposes (TIR). In order to dismount these quicker they are mounted in factory with bolts. For
operation purposes put expansion pins which are provided with the machine instead of factory bolts
as given below:
untighten bolts from four outer arms on the rakes in each of transmissions (Fig. 10),
support rake arm in order to avoid damaging transmission connecting rod (Fig. 11),
Fig. 10. Provisional mounting of rake arms with
bolts
Operator's manual
Double – sided rotary rake
Z2-780; Z2-840
Fig. 11. Supporting rake arm
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