Tool Installation; Connecting The Harrow To The Tractor - KMC Controls 61 Series Manual

U-bolts. This will free the tools from the
bearing housing.
e) Remove and separate the left and right
tools until the
reached, or the
achieved.

3.3 TOOL INSTALLATION

a) Re-install the length of tools, maintaining
the pattern as outlined above.
b) Using the 2 U-bolts and unitorque nuts,
attach the last set of tooling to the bear-
ing housing.
c) Using the U-bolt and 3/4" nuts, attach the
shaft of the bearing housing to the tool
lever.
d) Loosen the 1" locking nut located on the
tool tension rod.
e) Tighten or loosen the other 1" nut to ap-
ply more or less tension to the tools.
f) Re-tighten the 1" locking nut.
3.4 CONNECTING THE HARROW TO THE
TRACTOR
A clevis style bolt-on cast hitch is standard
equipment on the harrow. The clevis portion
can be removed only if your tractor is
equipped with a double tongue on the
drawbar. If your tractor has a single tongue,
you will need the clevis style double tongue
arrangement.
ATTENTION: Either the tractor hitch or
the harrow MUST have a double clevis
arrangement. During wing folding, there
will temporarily be negative weight on
the hitch!
The cast hitch is held on using two (2) 1" G8
bolts. The cast hitch can be adjusted so that
the harrow frame will be level.
portant to get the harrow frame as level
as possible so that proper depth control
can be achieved.
45' Rotary Harrow
damaged tools are
desired length
It is im-
To adjust height:
a) Remove the 1" bolts holding the cast to
the hitch plate.
is
b) Move the cast hitch up or down to a loca-
tion on the hitch plate where the frame
will be level.
c) Re-bolt the cast hitch in place.
With a single tongue cast hitch, the hitch can
also be inverted to achieve more height
combinations.
arrangement, the large part of the casting
must be on top and sit on top of the tractor
drawbar.
Some examples of correct and incorrect
hitching are shown below:
CORRECT HITCHING METHODS
INCORRECT HITCHING METHODS
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With the double clevis
SEPT 2008