Land Pride RC5020 User Manual
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RC5020 (540 RPM) and RCM5020 (1000 RPM) Rotary Cutters 318-474M
5/29/13
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Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Safety at All Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Look For The Safety Alert Symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Safety Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Owner Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Section 1: Assembly and Set-up . . . . . . . . . 11
Tractor Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Before You Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Torque Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Hitch Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Hitch Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Wing Axle Assembly to Center Axle . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Standard Clevis Hitch Hook-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Double Swivel Clevis Hitch Hook-up . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Bar-Tite Hitch Hook-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Driveline Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Check Driveline Collapsible Length . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Shorten Driveline Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Hydraulic Hook-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Purge Hydraulic System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Unhooking From the Cutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Section 2: Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Leveling Center Deck & Wings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Cutting Height Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Section 3: Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . 23
Pre-Start Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Tractor & Cutter Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Blade Operation Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Avoid Extreme Turning Angles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Transport Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Transporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Field Set-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
General Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Section 4: Options & Accessories . . . . . . . . 29
Safety Guard Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Hitch Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Tire Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Hydraulic Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Shredder And Baffle Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Section 5: Maintenance & Lubrication . . . . . 32
General Maintenance Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Tractor Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Cutter Blade Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Gearbox Mounting Bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Skid Shoe Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Drivelines With Slip Clutches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Type A Clutches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Type B Clutches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Tire Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Long Term Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Ordering Replacement Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Lubrication Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Axle Hub Bearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Adjustable Turnbuckle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Hitch Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Double Swivel Clevis Hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Bar-Tite Hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Divider Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Wing Driveline Profile Tubes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Wing Driveline Joints & Shields . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Intermediate Driveline Joints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Conventional Driveline Profile Tubes . . . . . . . . . 43
Conventional Driveline Joints & Shields . . . . . . . 43
CV Main Driveline Profile Tubes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
CV Main Driveline Joints & Shields . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Accessing CV Driveline Joints . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Section 7: Specifications & Capacities . . . . . 46
Section 8: Features and Benefits . . . . . . . . . 48
Section 6: Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Section 9: Torque & Tire Inflation Charts . . . 50
Section 10: Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
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