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Dear Farmer You have just made an excellent choice. Naturally we are very happy and wish to congratulate you for having chosen Pöttinger. As your agricultural partner, we offer you quality and efficiency combined with reliable servicing. In order to assess the spare-parts demand for our agricultural machines and to take these demands into consideration when developing new machines, we would ask you to provide us with some details.
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR Dokument PRODUCT DELIVERY PÖTTINGER Landtechnik GmbH Industriegelände 1 A-4710 Grieskirchen Tel. 07248 / 600 -0 Telefax 07248 / 600-2511 According to the product liability please check the above mentioned items. Please check. Machine checked according to delivery note. All attached parts removed. All safety equipment, drive shaft and operating devices at hand.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of contents TAPER BUSHES WARNING SIGNS Taper bushes installation instructions .....36 CE sign ..............5 Combination of tractor and mounted implement ..37 Meaning of warning signs..........5 ATTACHING TO TRACTOR Attaching in general ...........6 Drive shaft ..............6 Attaching problems ...........6 Telescopic upper link ..........6 Side protection ............7 Hydraulic side protection ...........7...
WARNING SIGNS CE sign The CE sign, which is affixed by the manufacturer, indicates out ward ly that this machine con forms to the engineering guideline regulations and the other relevant EU guidelines. Recommendations EU Declaration of Conformity (see supplement) for work safety By signing the EU Declaration of Conformity, the ma nu fac tu r er declares that the machine being All points referring...
ATTACHING TO TRACTOR Attaching in general When towing implements whose p.t.o stub is positioned a long way forward, the drive shaft must Attention! 1. Observe safety tips in supplement A. be shortened quite a bit. The following 2. Mark off the implement at the tractor's front lifting gear. danger source •...
ATTACHING TO TRACTOR Hydraulic side protection Side protection Guard plates and protective aprons can be raised when Beware! maintenance work is to be done. Be aware! Swing side protec- Danger of crushing exists when swinging tion down before side protection up! For safety reasons it is necessary to wait starting work! for mowing disks to stop completely before...
ATTACHING TO TRACTOR Transport width Adjusting the floor bearing load of the mowing bar When both safety devices are swivelled up and secured Adjusting hints in the catch (3), the consequent width is: - The mowing bar should weigh 150kg resting on the ground (75kg left and right).
SNAP CONNECTOR Pay particul arattention before initial attachment to Tractor! Note! For front lifting gear with double-action hydraulic cycle (danger of damage)! Remedy: - Switch control valve to single-action ST-24-11-2003 - Convert front lifting gear to single-action function (bypass line) through a specialist work shop •...
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SNAP CONNECTOR Snap Connector (1) 1. Mount snap connector (Weiste triangle) onto the front lifting gear in a vertical position or inclined slightly forward. TD28/91/28 2. Lock lower link bolts (2) so that they are free from play. 3. Connect and lift mower unit (H2). 4.
STARTING WORK Safety hints After any contact with foreign objects • Check the condition of knives and the knife holder (see 1. Check: chapter "Maintenance and service"). • Retighten all knife screw fittings. • Carefully check the implement for damage. mowing discs and their drive shaft must be checked in particulare.
STARTING WORK Mower drums direction of travel Operation Important points before starting work Take note! Safety hints: see General Check all safety equipment! supplement-A1 For mowing, the power take-off shaft drive should be Stones and other objects can be picked points 1.
STARTING WORK Operation Cutting height adjustment Safety points 1. Adjust cutting height by turning upper link spindle - Turn engine off when (inclination of the cutting discs max. 5°). adjustment, service and repair work is to be done. - Do not work under the Cutting height adjustment machine without safe support.
SWATH FORMER Operating Principle A narrow swath is formed when using the swath plates while mowing. This avoids driving over the crop with wide tractor tyres. Safety note: Read and comply with the Opera- ting Instructions and particularly the safety notes prior to commis- sioning.
SWATH FORMER Setting opitons for swath width Setting the swath width: The swath discs form the fodder into the required swath width. Swath discs are set individually left and right using the regulating lever (E). Setting the swath disc position The settings listed below should be taken as basic settings.
SWATH FORMER Montage of the transport-rings. Fitting inner conveying guides Additional transport-rings can be fitted to the inner mowing (Only available for Eurocat 311 classic) drums to prevent clogging when working with dense fodder. For dense fodder additional conveying guides can be Adjustment "8 - 10 cm"...
MAINTENANCE Safety point Parking in the open • Turn engine off when ad ju st ment, service and repair When parking in the open for Safety points! work is to be done. long periods of time, clean piston • Turn engine off rods and then coat with grease.
MAINTENANCE AND SERVICE Holder for a quick change of cutter Changing the Cutter Blades blades 1. Prop up the lever (29) on the lower edge of Attention! the drum and push the moveable holder (30) For Your Safety downwards. - Regularly check that cutter blades are tightened firmly! - Cutter blades on a cutter disc should wear out simultaneously (danger of imbalance).
MAINTENANCE AND SERVICE Cutters The cutters on a cutting drum should be TD28/91/21 evenly worn out, (danger of imbalance) otherwise they are to be replaced by new ones. Pay attention to correct assembly! - Cutters with the notation “L” are only to be mounted on the left rotating mowing drum.
MAINTENANCE AND SERVICE Increased cutting height with high – cut mowing plates Distance disc (basic equipment) • In the basic equipment of the machine the cutting height can be adjusted by adding distance discs - See chapter « Bringing into operation » High - cut mower disc (optional equipment) By doing so the cutting height is increased by 23 mm.
TECHNICAL DATA Technical data Description EUROCAT 271 EUROCAT 311 Type 3542 Type 3552 3-point attachment 3-point attachment Attachment (front Weiste A-frame) Kat.II (front Weiste A-frame) Kat.II Working width 2,7 m 3,05 m Transport width 2,65 m Swath width (machines without Conditioner) without swath discs 2,1 m 2,1 m...
The defined use of the mower unit The “EUROCAT 271 classic (Type PSM 3542) and “EUROCAT 311 classic (Type PSM 3552) mowers are definitely confined to normal operations in agricultural undertakings. • The mowing of grassland and short stemmed fodder.
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The original cannot be copied ... Things will run better with genuine Pöttinger parts • Quality and precise fitting The decision must be made, ”original” or ”imitation”? The decision is often governed by price and a ”cheap buy” can sometimes be very expensive. - Operating safety.
Recommendations for work safety SUPPLEMENT - A Recommendations for work safety 5.) Spare parts All points refering to safety in this manual are a. The original com po nents and ac ces so ries have been in di ca ted by this sign. de sig ned especially for these machines and appliances.
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SUPPLEMENT - A 9.) Transport of persons prohibited a. The transport of persons on the machine is not permitted. b. The machine may only be driven on public roads when in the position sti pu la ted for road trans port. 10.) Driving ability with auxiliary equipment a.
DRIVESHAFT Supplement - B Matching driveshaft to tractor Rules for working To determine the actual length re qui red, hold the two Never exceed the ma xi mum p. t. o. speed when using halves of the driveshaft side by side. the implement.
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DRIVESHAFT Supplement - B How a cam type cut out safety clutch works This overload clutch switches the torque transmitted to zero if overloaded. To revert to normal operation, stop the p.t.o. drive briefly. The clutch reengages at a speed below 200 rpm. IMPORTANT! Re-engaging is also possible by decreasing the p.t.o.
FETT Schmierplan Plan de graissage Lubrication chart alle X Betriebsstunden Toutes les X heures de service after every X hours operation 40 F alle 40 Fuhren 40 F Tous les 40 voyages 40 F all 40 loads 80 F alle 80 Fuhren 80 F Tous les 80 voyages 80 F...
ANHANG ANNEXE SUPPLEMENT AANHANGSEL Oberlenker kürzen Raccourcir le 3 ème Topstang korter Shorten upper link point afstellen 1. Gerät an die Unterlenker des 1. Connect the unit to the lower 1. Atteler la machine aux bras 1. Machine aan de hefarmen van Hubwerks ankuppeln.
REPARAIR INSTRUCTIONS Repairs on the cutter bar • Adjust markings in a line (K1, K2). • Only screw the nut (M) on when there is sufficient thread length in order to prevent any damage. • Secure nut (M) against loosening. - with „Loctite 242“...
TAPER BUSHES Taper bushes installation instructions To assemble 1. Clean and degrease the bore and taper surfaces of the bush and the tapered bore of the pulley. 2. Insert the bush in the pulley hub and line up the holes (half thread holes must line up with half straight holes).
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IMPORTANT! ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Combination of tractor and mounted implement The mounting of implements on the front or rear three point linkage shall not result in exceeding the maximum permissible weight, the permissible axle loads and the tyre load carrying capacities ot the tractor. The front axle of the tractor must always to be loaded with at least 20 % of the unladen weight of the tractor.
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IMPORTANT! ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 3 . CALCULATION OF THE REAL FRONT AXLE LOAD T V t a t (If with the front mounted implement (G ) the required minimum front ballasting (G ) cannot be reached, the weight of the front mounted V min implement has to be increased to the weight of the minimum ballasting at the front!) Record the calculated real front axle load and the permissible front axle load of the tractor into the table.
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PÖTTINGER Landtechnik GmbH Industriegelände 1 AT - 4710 Grieskirchen Machine (interchangeable equipment): mower EUROCAT 311 classic EUROCAT 271 classic Type 3552 3542 Serial no. The manufacturer declares that the machines adhere to all relevant provisions in the following EU directive:...
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Im Zuge der technischen Weiterentwicklung La société PÖTTINGER Landtechnik GmbH Following the policy of the PÖTTINGER arbeitet die PÖTTINGER Landtechnik améliore constamment ses produits grâce Landtechnik GmbH to improve their products GmbH ständig an der Verbesserung ihrer au progrès technique. as technical developments continue, Produkte.
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