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Lower (lifting)
Draft Arms
Figure 11
Tractor
Hitch Pin
Figure 12
Upper (pivot)
Draft Arm
Tractor
Hitch Pin
Figure 13
End of tractor
PTO shaft
Chipper on the
Ground
Figure 14
3-POINT HITCH DR
12
Upper (pivot) Draft
Attaching the 3-POINT HITCH DR SELF-FEEDING CHIPPER
Arm
Before performing the following procedure, be sure your tractor engine is off,
brake is set, and the key removed for safety.
Note: The PTO Driveshaft provided with your new machine is sized to fit a standard
category 1 PTO (1-3/8" DIA. x 6" Spline).
Chipper
Hookup
Pins
clockwise when viewing the PTO from the rear of the tractor. If the PTO rotates
counterclockwise, you must have your tractor modified by installing a gearbox to
reverse the direction of rotation.
The length of the PTO Driveshaft that is included with your new machine may need
to be modified. See the procedure for checking the PTO Shaft length needed and
modification instructions in this chapter.
1. Back the Tractor to the Chipper and position the Lower Draft Arms near the
2. Slide the Lower Draft Arms onto the Chipper Hookup Pins and secure with
3. Position the Upper Draft Arm inside the Mounting Bracket and align with
4. Insert the Tractor Hitch Pin to secure the Upper Draft Arm to the Chipper.
Calculating length of PTO Shaft needed
The PTO Shaft provided with your Chipper is 27" overall compressed length and
will work for most applications without modifications. Before you install the
PTO Shaft it is good practice to run through the following dimension checks to
Mounting
calculate optimum PTO Shaft length to determine if modifications are needed.
Bracket
Without the PTO Shaft installed, use the table below to record the dimensions
as outlined in the following steps.
SHAFT TO SHAFT MEASUREMENTS
Chipper
Mounting Hole
ON GROUND
SHAFTS LEVEL
End of
FULLY RAISED
Chipper PTO
Shaft
1. Lower the Chipper all the way onto the ground in the operating position.
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SELF-FEEDING™ CHIPPER
The PTO shaft on the tractor that is to use this machine must rotate
Chipper Hookup Pins (Figure 11).
Tractor Hitch Pins (Figure 12).
the Mounting Bracket Holes (Figure 13).
Measure from the end of the Tractor PTO Shaft to the end of the Chipper
PTO Shaft and record this dimension in the "ON GROUND" row of the
table above (Figure 14).
Inches
Inches
Inches
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