Operator's Manual

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ASSEMBLING THE MOWER - TM5490
Assembling the Mower
WARNING - PREVENT ACCIDENTS: Take
care to avoid the sharp edges of the cutting cyl-
inder and bottom blade when lifting or working
on the cutterhead.
The cutterhead is heavy - It is recommended
that suitable lifting equipment be used when
removing the cutterhead from the carton and
during installation.
If lifting equipment is not available, the cutter-
head should be lifted from each end as indi-
cated, by two people. All items numbers can be
found on the delivery checklist above.
1. To release the cutterhead suspension arms.
Start the tractor engine, hitch up the mower,
connect the PTO shaft, then operate the control
lever to lift the suspension arms to the fully
raised position to reduce pressure on the arms.
Unlock the cutterhead suspension arms by
releasing the red transport latches to their
released position and carefully lower the
arms to the oor. Refer to ‘Commissioning
the Mower’ and ‘Attaching the Mower to the
Tractor’
2. Unpack 5 Cutterheads (item 19).
3. Lay out the cutterheads around the mower in
the correct positions as shown.
4. 254mm cutterheads - Fit the bump stop (item
26), 2 roller box plates (item 15) and roller
plate (item 13) to the cutterheads 2 and 6
(hydraulic motor end) using 1 carriage bolt
M10 x 55, 1 bolt hex. head M10 x 90, 2 nyloc
nuts and 2 plain washers (item 4, 5, 6 and 10)
5. Modify cutterheads 4 and 5 from left hand to
right hand conguration. Remove protective
cover (Item 5) and discard. Remove circlip
(Item 7). Remove counterweight (Item 6)
together with ‘O’ ring (Item 9) and ret to the
non-drive end. Tighten the socket head cap
screws to a torque of 80 Nm. Ret the circlip
to the drive end.
Note: It is important that the circlip is tted to
the drive end.