MacDon Double Windrow Attachment - Manual (Page 33)

SECTION OM – OPERATOR’S MANUAL
Form # 169365
OM-9
Issue – May 2008
3.4.3 Unhook From Windrower Adapter
Hitch
a. Stop tractor engine and remove key.
b. Block the transporter wheels to prevent
transporter from moving.
c. Remove pin that holds jack in storage location
on transporter frame. Rotate jack to working
position and re-insert pin to secure jack.
d. Lower jack to the ground. Use a wooden block
if ground is soft.
e. Remove safety chains from windrower hitch.
f. Remove locking pin from pintle and raise pintle
lock.
g. Disconnect breakaway switch lanyard from
windrower hitch.
h. Disconnect electrical plug on windrower hitch.
i. Disengage tractor lift cylinder locks.
j. Start tractor engine and activate header lift
cylinders to lower the hitch and disengage
pintle ring on transporter.
3.4.4 Unhook From Windrower Leaving
Adapter Hitch on Transporter
The following procedure is the normal method
for unhooking the transporter from the
windrower tractor.
a. Stop tractor engine and remove key.
b. Block the transporter wheels to prevent
transporter from moving.
c. Remove pin that holds jack in storage location
on transporter frame. Rotate jack to working
position and re-insert pin to secure jack.
d. Lower jack to the ground. Use a wooden block
if ground is soft.
e. Disengage tractor lift cylinder locks.
f. Start tractor engine and activate header lift
cylinders to lower the adapter hitch onto blocks
or the ground.
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