Land Pride RTA1050, RTA1550, RTA1058, RTA1542, RTA1558, RTA1042, RTA1034 manual Table of Contents

Table of Contents

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

Safety at All Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Look For The Safety Alert Symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Safety Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Owner Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Serial Number Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Further Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Section 1 Assembly and Set-Up . . . . . . . .8

Tractor Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Hitch and Driveline Guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Leg Stand Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Tractor Hook-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Driveline Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Checking Driveline Minimum Length . . . . . . . . 10

Checking Driveline Maximum Length . . . . . . . 11

Section 2 Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

General Notes for Field Operations . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Operating Check List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Transporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Section 3 Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

RTA10 Tiller Hitch Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

RTA15 Tiller Hitch Sideshift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Drive Chain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Rear Deflector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Skid Shoe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Section 4 Maintenance and Lubrication .17

Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Tine Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Driveline Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Clutch Run-In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Clutches With 8-Hex Head Socket Bolts . . . . . 17

Clutches With 4-Tightening Nuts . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Clutch Disassembly & Reassembly . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Clutches With 8-Hex Head Socket Bolts . . . . . 18

Clutches With 4-Tightening Nuts . . . . . . . . . . . 19

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

Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Driveline U-Joint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Driveline Shaft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Chaincase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Bearing On Right End Of Rotor Shaft . . . . . . . 22

Side Plug Gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Top Plug Gearbox (10 Series) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Top Plug Gearbox (15 Series) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Section 5 Specifications and Capacities 23

RTA10 Series Rotary Tiller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 RTA15 Series Rotary Tiller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Section 6 Features and Benefits . . . . . . .24

RTA10 Series Rotary Tiller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 RTA15 Series Rotary Tiller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Section 7 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . .26 Section 8 Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Torque Values Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

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RTA10 & RTA15 Series Rotary Tillers 311-252M 5/05/06