Farm Star MDM70-72C 6 - Manual (Page 16)

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The types of Safety Sign and locations on the equipment are shown in the illustration below. Good safety requires
that you familiarize yourself with the various Safety Signs, the type of warning and the area, or particular function relat-
ed to that area, that requires your SAFETY AWARENESS.
REMEMBER: If Safety Signs have been damaged, removed, become illegible or parts replaced without Signs, new
Safety Signs must be applied. New Safety Signs are available from your authorized distributor or factory.
S A F E T Y S I G N L O C AT I O N S
SAFETY SIGN LOCATIONS
NO. PART NO. DESCRIPTION
1 101101 Warning (540 RPM)
2 101103 Danger (Keep Away)
3 M100 (101157) Warning (Prevent Injury)
4 101100 Danger (Rotating Blades)
T R O U B L E S H O O T I N G G U I D E
P R O B L E M P O S S I B L E C A U S E P O S S I B L E R E M E D Y
Leaves a streak of uncut 1. Mower not level side to side. Level 3 pt. hitch linkage on tractor.
or partially cut grass.
2. Blades dull or bent Sharpen or replace blades.
3. Carrier RPM too low. Use correct PTO speed.
4. Field conditions are so wet that Too wet to mow. Stop operation
the tractor tire is pushing grass and wait until it is drier.
into mud.
5. Ground speed too fast. Reduce ground speed by shifting
to a lower gear.
6. Blades locked back. Free blades.
7. Blades riding up due to blade Replace blade bolts.
bolt wear or loose bolts.
8. Grass is down from previous Mow in only one direction.
weather conditions.
9. Possible build up of material Clean mower.
under mower.
10. Weed and grass stems are pushed Mow again in opposite direction.
down by tractor tires and do not
rebound up so they can be cut (this
Mow back and forth with enough
can happen when weed/grass is high) overlap to mow tire track of previous
cut again.
Offset mower to left 4-6” by adjust-
ing stabilizer bars. Then mow in
counter clockwise direction
(rotation direction of blades will
help cut stems pushed forward).
Grass cut lower in center Height of mower lower at rear Adjust mower height and attitude so
of swath than at edge. or front. that mower rear and front are within
1 / 2 ” of same height. See instructions.
Material discharges from 1. Material too high and too much Reduce ground speed but maintain
mower unevenly; bunches material. 540 rpm at tractor PTO, or make
of material along swath. two passes over material. Raise
mower for the first pass and lower
to desired height for the second and
cut a 90˚ to first pass. Raise rear to
mower high enough to permit mater-
ial to discharge, but not so high that
conditions listed above occur.