Land Pride RC35120 RCM35120 Table of Contents

Table of Contents

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RC35120 RCM35120 Rotary Cutter 312-301M

11/16/00

Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Safety Notations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Safety Rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Safety Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Terminology: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Deﬁnitions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Owner Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Section 1 Assembly and Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Tractor Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Lift-Type Cutter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Hitch & Axle Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Tailwheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Pull-Type Cutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Tongue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Rear Axle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Leveling Rod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Driveline Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Lift-Type Cutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Pull-Type Cutter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Safety Guards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Tractor Hook-Up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Lift-Type Cutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Pull-Type Cutter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Section 2 Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Transporting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Operating Check List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Cutting Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Section 3 Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Lift-Type Cutting Height. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Pull-Type Cutting Height. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Deck Attitude Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Section 4 Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Section 5 Maintenance and Lubrication . . . . . . . .19

Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Service Cutting Blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Skid Shoe Service & Replacement. . . . . . . . . . . 19

Flex Couplers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Clutch Run-In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Pivoting Upper Hitch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Lift-Type Tailwheel Spindle Hub . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Lift-Type Tailwheel Hub. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Pull-Type Tailwheel Hub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Ratchet Jack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Driveline U-Joints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Driveline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

T-Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

4-Plate Slip Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Disassembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Section 6 Speciﬁcations and Capacities. . . . . . . .24

Section 7 Appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Torque Values Chart for Common Bolt Sizes . . .25