Operating manual No. 677-1 USA

II. List of contentsI. Foreword ............................................................................................................................ 3II. List of contents .................................................................................................................. 4III. General safety instructions .............................................................................................. 61. Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 101.1 Position of the safety labels on the machine, containing technicalsafety information .................................................................................................... 101.2 Positioning of the general information signs on the machine ................................. 121.3 Technical data ........................................................................................................ 132. General preparation for use ........................................................................................... 142.1 Special safety instructions ..................................................................................... 142.2 Preparations on the tractor ..................................................................................... 142.2.1 Lifting device on the tractor (three-point linkage)................................................... 142.3 Attachment of swather to tractor ............................................................................ 152.3.1 Attachment to the tractor lower link arms............................................................... 152.3.2 Hydraulic connection ............................................................................................. 152.3.3 Function of the switches on the control unit............................................................ 172.3.4 Lighting cable connection ...................................................................................... 182.3.5 Universal drive shaft connection ............................................................................ 182.3.6 Length adaption ..................................................................................................... 182.4 Transport of the swather on public roads .............................................................. 192.5 Preparing the rotary swather for use ..................................................................... 192.5.1 General .................................................................................................................. 192.5.2 Mounting the tine bars on the rotary swathers........................................................ 192.5.3 Securing the tine points when swather is set down ............................................... 202.6 Universal drive shaft .............................................................................................. 202.6.1 General .................................................................................................................. 203. Handling the swather when in use ................................................................................ 213.1 Mounting on the tractor ........................................................................................... 213.2 Overload protection feature .................................................................................... 213.3 Converting from transport to working position ........................................................ 223.4 Separate actuation of the left-hand/right-hand swather disk .................................. 233.5 Conversion from working to transport position ....................................................... 253.6 Removal from tractor .............................................................................................. 274. Basic setting ................................................................................................................... 284.1 Height of the tractor lower link arms ....................................................................... 284.2 Setting the working depth ....................................................................................... 284.3 Setting the working width ........................................................................................ 304.4 Setting the cam track .............................................................................................. 314.5 Setting the lateral inclination of the swather chassis .............................................. 314.6 Travel speed and drive r.p.m ................................................................................. . 314.7 Stabilizers and rotor flotation .................................................................................. 324.8 Ground following of the rotors.................................................................................. 324