000 299 119 5 - BA ROLLANT 240 - 250 - 254 - 255 2.1.1
Contents
CONTENTS
1. Introduction
Introduction ............................................................................ 1.1.1
2. Contents
3. General notes
Road traffic ............................................................................ 3.1.1
To be observed especially ..................................................... 3.2.1
Type plate (baler) ............................................................ 3.3.1
Machine serial number .................................................... 3.3.1
4. Safety precautions
Safety precautions ................................................................. 4.1.1
Personal injury may result if these safety precautions
are not followed ............................................................... 4.1.1
Safety signs ..................................................................... 4.1.3
Transporting baler on a public thoroughfare .................... 4.1.3
Transporting baler on a public thoroughfare .......................... 4.1.5
Recommended warning lights ......................................... 4.1.5
Preparing for transport ..................................................... 4.1.5
4.
4. Safety signs
5. Specifications
CLAAS Rollant 240/250/Rollant 250/254/255 RC .................. 5.1.1
Feeder mechanisms ........................................................ 5.1.1
Wrapping unit .................................................................. 5.1.2
Wheels ............................................................................. 5.1.3
Hydraulic system ............................................................. 5.1.3
Required tractor hydraulics .............................................. 5.1.3
Flow rate of hydraulic oil .................................................. 5.1.3
Electrical systems ............................................................ 5.1.3
Weights ............................................................................ 5.1.3
CLAAS Rollant 240/250/Rollant 250/254/255 RC .................. 5.1.4
Dimensions of the round baler ......................................... 5.1.4
CLAAS Rollant 240/250/Rollant 250/254/255 RC .................. 5.1.5
Safety features ....................................................................... 5.1.5
6. Description and function
Transmission of power .................................................... 6.1.1
Pick-up ............................................................................. 6.1.1
Crop guard ....................................................................... 6.1.1
Baffle plate ....................................................................... 6.1.1
Roller crop guard ............................................................. 6.1.1
Cutting unit
(ROLLANT 250/254/255 RC) .......................................... 6.1.1
Rotor backwinding unit
(ROLLANT 240/250/254/255) .......................................... 6.1.2
Hydraulic rotor reverse device
(ROLLANT 254/255 with control panel) ........................... 6.1.2
Hydraulic rotor reverse device from tractor
(ROLLANT 250/254/255) ................................................. 6.1.2
Bale chamber .................................................................. 6.1.2
Wrapping ......................................................................... 6.1.2
Bale discharge ramp ........................................................ 6.1.3
Bale transport .................................................................. 6.1.3
Storage of round bales .................................................... 6.1.3
7. Prior to operation
Check and observe before starting operation ....................... 7.1.1
Attach the baler ..................................................................... 7.2.1
Connecting the universal drive shaft to the baler ............ 7.2.1
Universal drive shaft with taper lock ................................ 7.2.2
Fitting the drive shaft with the CC taper lock ................... 7.2.2
Jack stand ....................................................................... 7.2.2
Before you hitch the baler: .............................................. 7.2.2
Attaching to the swinging drawbar with a safety nut ....... 7.2.3
Attaching to the swinging drawbar with a counter nut ..... 7.2.4
Adjusting the length of the drawbar fork arms ................. 7.2.4
Adjusting the hitch eye .................................................... 7.2.5
Greasing the hitch eye .................................................... 7.2.5
Connecting the universal drive shaft to the tractor
(for swinging drawbar hitching) ....................................... 7.2.6
Shortening the propeller shaft ......................................... 7.2.7
Attaching to the jaw-type hitch with a safety nut
(In Germany only permitted with
type-approved drawbar) .................................................. 7.2.8
Attaching to the jaw-type hitch with a counter nut ........... 7.2.9
Adjusting the drawbar fork arms ..................................... 7.2.9
Adjusting the hitch eye .................................................. 7.2.10
Set up ball head coupling .............................................. 7.2.10
Attaching the universal drive shaft to the tractor
(for top-fitted tow jaw) .................................................... 7.2.11
Electrical systems .................................................................. 7.3.1
Control box ...................................................................... 7.3.1
Standard operation .......................................................... 7.3.1
Control Terminal .............................................................. 7.3.1
Power supply ................................................................... 7.3.2
Machines with lighting equipment ................................... 7.3.2
Hydraulic System .................................................................. 7.4.1
Hydraulic system for standard machines ........................ 7.4.1
Hydraulic system of CLAAS Control Terminal models .... 7.4.2
Before transporting the baler ................................................. 7.5.1
Bale discharge ramp ............................................................. 7.6.1
Installing the bale discharge ............................................ 7.6.1
Ramp setting to signal bale ejection ............................... 7.6.5
8. Setting up the baler
Pick-up .................................................................................. 8.1.1
Pick-up, transport and work positions ............................. 8.1.1
Adjusting the working height of the pick-up
(pick-up without gauge wheels) ....................................... 8.1.1
Adjusting the working height of the pick-up
(pick-up with gauge wheels) ............................................ 8.1.1
Support wheels ............................................................... 8.1.2
Pick-up crop guard .......................................................... 8.1.2
Short crop baffle .............................................................. 8.1.2
Roller crop guard ............................................................. 8.1.3
Adjusting the roller crop guard ........................................ 8.1.4
Adjusting the roller crop guard where there are
problems with the bale material feed .............................. 8.1.5
Driving the baler with the roller crop guard ..................... 8.1.5
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