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61-SERIES SET UP INSTRUCTIONS THIS MANUAL TO ACCOMPANY MACHINE TO DEALER PART NO. 61-SU-02 PRINTING DATE: SEPT. 2008...
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WARRANTY POLICY KELLEY MANUFACTURING COMPANY (KMC) warrants that all goods sold to the original purchaser of any KMC product shall be free of any defects in material and workmanship if used under normal operating conditions. warranty period begins on the date of purchase by the retail customer and ends twelve (12) months thereafter.
45’ Rotary Harrow SECTION 1 - SAFETY 1.1 GENERAL SAFETY PRACTICES Be sure that your tow vehicle is properly • equipped and is capable of pulling the harrow. All operators are to be instructed in the • safe and proper use of this machine and Always take precautions near overhead •...
45’ Rotary Harrow Familiarize yourself with proper servicing • procedures shown in this manual. NOTE: When servicing, wear protective clothing and use personal safety devices when required. B) Tire Safety A tire that explodes could cause serious • injury. Have a qualified service techni- Tail Lights cian service the tires.
45’ Rotary Harrow 1.4 HARROW SAFETY LOCKS NOTE: Install the safety pins provided to secure the wings and tail locking bar. The harrow is equipped with wing and tail Failure to use the safety pins may cause section lock. These locks are to be used at damage to the frame and void your all times when transporting the harrow.
45’ Rotary Harrow SECTION 2 - ASSEMBLY The following instructions are a step-by-step method of assembling a 4505 Phillips Rotary Harrow. For most owners, the harrow will come completely pre-assembled. For these owners we urge you to have a look at these instructions so you can become more familiar with the machine, how it is put together, and how it works.
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45’ Rotary Harrow ITEM PART NUMBER DESCRIPTION 05-51116-00 MAIN FRAME (RIGHT) 05-51117-00 MAIN FRAME (LEFT) 05-51062-01 HITCH PLATE 31-10951-03 HITCH CASTING (001-301V3) 31-10307-01 PIG TAIL HOSE HOLDER 31-10950-04 HITCH JACK, 7000 LB 05-51038-01 1 1/2” WRENCH 05-51013-01 SPACER 31-10959-01 SAFETY CHAIN 05-51063-01 SAFETY CHAIN BAR 05-51118-00...
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45’ Rotary Harrow 1 EACH SIDE GREASE 1 @ 1 X 5 CAPSCREW G8 1 @ 1 NYLON INSERT LOCKNUT 12 @ 5/8 X 2 CAPSCREW G8 12 @ 5/8 STOVER LOCKNUT G”C” OPTIONAL WHEEL BEAM 4 @ 3/4 X 7 CAPSCREW G8 1 @ 5/8 X 4 CAPSCREW G8 4 @ 3/4 STOVER LOCKNUT G”C”...
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45’ Rotary Harrow STEP 2 Place the right and left main frame (#1 & #2) Onto wooden blocks supporting each end. Place the blocks so that the front ends of the main frames will be close together and the rears will be separated by 7’ - 3”. Using 8 (eight) 5/8”...
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45’ Rotary Harrow STEP 5 Place the front wing mount (#11) over top of the two-main frame beams (#1 & #2). The location of the front wing mount is very important. If it is misaligned, it will be very difficult to install the wings properly. front wing mount beam is located near the middle of the mainframe beams where the 2 -hole brackets located on the outside of ei-...
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45’ Rotary Harrow STEP 8 Attach the hitch jack (#6) to the boss near the front of the unit and raise until harrow is level. STEP 9 Verify the alignment of the LH & RH wheels. Stretch a string between the center of the hitch plate (#3) to the center of the rear beam (#16).
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45’ Rotary Harrow STEP 14 BOLT FLATWASHER Attach the pigtail hydraulic hose holder (#5) to the front of the left mainframe beam using FLATWASHER 1 (one) 1/2” x 1 1/2” bolt, flatwasher, lock- UNITORQUE washer and hex nut. SPACER STEP 15 SAFETY CHAIN BAR Depending on your tractor hitch, you may...
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45’ Rotary Harrow STEP 20 STEP 22 Attach the 2 (two) tail braces (#6) between Install the tire and rim assembly to the hub the tail top bridge (#7), and the tail using 4 on the caster wheel swivel. Secure into (four) 5/8”...
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45’ Rotary Harrow STEP 24 Attach the rear height adjuster (#9) to the back end of the tail. It is clamped to the tail using 2 (two) 5/8” x 4 11/16” x 5 1/4” long U -bolts, 4 (four) nuts and lockwashers. Torque these to 60 ft lbs.
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45’ Rotary Harrow STEP 26 STEP 28 The wing is assembled by first forming the outer triangle of the wing. Attach the right wing stiff arm (#1) to the rear hinge clevis on the main frame of the harrow. This connections uses a 1”...
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45’ Rotary Harrow STEP 30 The tool lever (#11) and the tool tension rod (#12) can now be attached to the flip-over. The tool lever is attached using the lug on the end of the wing. A 1” x 5” G8 bolt, nylon- locking nut, a short grooved bushing, and two plastic washers are used to make the connection.
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45’ Rotary Harrow STEP 31 The wing caster assembly (#9) is now attached to the flip-over. The wing caster wheels are attached in an identical manner as the tail caster wheel from Step 21. Use 4 (four) 3/4” x 6” G8 bolts, stover locknuts and a backing plate to clamp the caster wheel to the 3 1/2”...
45’ Rotary Harrow 2.5 TOOLING INSTALLATION The tooling assemblies can now be connected to the tail section and the tool tension lever. The tooling is pre-assembled to the bearing housings. The tooling should be aligned between the tail and the tool tension lever. The correct tooling assembly must be used on the correct side and these must be facing the correct direction.
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45’ Rotary Harrow STEP 34 STEP 35 Connect to the tail section first. The left side Connection to the tool tension lever is slight- tooling assembly (#2) attaches to the rear ly different. Place the U-bolt through the tool height adjuster (#9 - Section 2.3). The right levers’...
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45’ Rotary Harrow ITEM PMF PART NO KMC PART NO DESCRIPTION 31-10530-01 47-059-002 COUPLER, M-PIONEER X 1/2 F-NPT 31-10503-16 TEE, #6 MJIC X #6 MJIC X #6FJIC 31-10503-17 TEE, #6 MJIC X 3 31-10503-15 ELBOW, #8 MORB X #6 MJIC 31-10503-06 #8 MORB - #6MJIC 31-10503-18...
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45’ Rotary Harrow DOUBLE CLAMP SINGLE CLAMP ARRANGEMENT ARRANGEMENT (“S” ABOVE) (“D” ABOVE) 9 PER HARROW 11 PER HARROW DOUBLE CLAMP SINGLE CLAMP CLAMP LAYOUT ITEM PART NUMBER DESCRIPTION 48-050-022 CLAMP BASES (PREWELDED) 33-050-158 PLASTIC INSERT PAIR 30-90550-05 SAFETY/LOCKING PLATE 30-90550-04 STACKING BOLT, 5/16 X 1 3/4 33-050-160...
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45’ Rotary Harrow STEP 36 STEP 38 First, attach the tail-lifting cylinder (#18). A Attach the main wing lift cylinder (#1). This 3 1/2” bore x 12” stroke cylinder is used. At- is a 4” bore x 30” stroke cylinder. Attach the tach the butt end of the cylinder to the lower butt end of the cylinder to the front wing pair of holes on the rear beam upright post.
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45’ Rotary Harrow STEP 42 Using double clamps run the four lines along the front wing mount and on to the long wing brace. There should be downward sag of about 5” as the four hoses go past the wing hinge point.
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45’ Rotary Harrow 1 x 4 Capscrew G8 Plt STEP 45 (2)1” Flatwasher, UHMW 1” Nylon Insert Locknut Block all the cylinders up so the shafts will not interfere with anything as they are extended. Make sure none of the rod ends are attached at this time.
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45’ Rotary Harrow LOCK STEP 49 LEVER On each side of the front wing mount, attach a lock lever. Be sure the lock lever is oriented with “Corner A”, indicated below, facing the base end of the hydraulic cylinder. Failure to orient the lock lever properly will result in damage.
45’ Rotary Harrow 2.7 WIRING HARNESS WARNING: Place harrow into field position before laying out wiring harness. Failure to do so could result in injury or death. STEP 50 The electrical wiring harness (Item #1) installed onto the harrow is shown in white in photo “Wiring Harness Routing”.
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45’ Rotary Harrow STEP 51 Start strapping the wiring harness to the harrow at point (A) shown in photo “Wiring Harness Routing”. Starting at this point will ensure that the harness will reach all the required areas of the harrow. The section of the harness that goes toward the hitch of the harrow is to be routed under the front wing mount as shown in photo “Routing Under...
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45’ Rotary Harrow TAIL CASTER WHEEL STEP 53 SUPPORT BRACE TAIL CASTER WHEEL The section of the harness that continues to the rear taillights is to run across the rear left beam brace and along the left side of the tail frame.
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45’ Rotary Harrow STEP 55 The two extremity lights, (each consisting of items #1, #2, & #3) are now to be installed. Attach the extremity lights with the supplied 5/16” x 1 11/16” x 2 3/16” U-bolts, and nuts. The extremity light is to extend outward. See photo “Extremity Light”...
45’ Rotary Harrow SECTION 3 - OPERATIONS Adjustment Procedures: 3.1 TOOLING TENSIONING a) Using the 1 1/2” wrench, loosen the 1” locking nut located on the tool tension It is impossible to keep the harrow tool rod. The locking nut will be the nut assemblies perfectly straight during field closest to the tool lever.
45’ Rotary Harrow U-bolts. This will free the tools from the To adjust height: bearing housing. e) Remove and separate the left and right a) Remove the 1” bolts holding the cast to tools until damaged tools the hitch plate. reached, desired length...
45’ Rotary Harrow One circuit controls the three cylinders on 3.5 HYDRAULIC FUNCTION TESTING the main wings and the tail. These three cylinders must activate in the correct order There are four hydraulic lines on the har- so that the harrow wings up and down row that must be connected to your tractor properly.
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45’ Rotary Harrow NOTE: It is important that the two cir- NOTE: The tooling chain should be cuits are activated in the correct order! lying completely to the outside of the The correct sequence of events is as machine. follows: WING DOWN WING UP 1.
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45’ Rotary Harrow If these functions do not happen in the pre- PROBLEM 2: The Tail and/or Wings Will scribed order, it is possible to damage your Not Go Down harrow. Three likely things could cause this sequence to not operate in the correct order; Another common problem is when the tail or the wings will not go down.
45’ Rotary Harrow PROBLEM 3: The Main Wings Do Not Go ITEM “B” Up and Down Together/Descend Too Fast ITEM “A” The harrow uses a pair of matching orifices on the main lift cylinders to cause the main wings to go up and down together and to slow the descent of the wings.
45’ Rotary Harrow The tail section can be adjusted as follows: a) Adjust the tail caster wheel so that the forward most of the bearing housings is on its natural center-line. Use the same procedure for adjustment as the wing caster wheel in Section 3.4.
45’ Rotary Harrow 3.9 FINAL INSPECTION Before operating the machine or testing the wing up of the machine, you should run through the Pre-Operating Set-up in the Operators Manual. You should also: 1. Go over all the connections on the machine and make sure that they are tightened as required.
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The following is a list of serial numbers issued to our machines at the beginning of each year. To determine when a unit was made, find the range within which the par- ticular serial number falls. It would have been produced between January 1 to Decem- YEAR SERIAL NUMBERS 2007...
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