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4.4. CONNECTION TO THE 3-POINT HITCH OF THE TRACTOR
For the connection of the machine to the tractor, please operate in the following way:
• Step backwards with the tractor until arriving in proximity of the lower connections of the fertilizer
spreader.
• Fix the lower connections of the tractor to the pins of the machine and lock them with the safety
plugs.
• Connect the upper linkage of the machine to the 3-point hitch of the tractor putting the appropriate pin
and block the anti-unscrewing device of the 3-point hitch;
• Raise the machine of some centimetres by the ground and operate on the lateral ties of the lifter
bars and on the two turnbuckles, in order to block the lateral movement, so as to prevent excessive
oscillations during the working phase.
The machine must be positioned, through the raising of the lower connections of the tractor, so that the
land distance from the lower extremity of the distributor disc is approximately of 70 cm. To obtain
a regular distribution, it is important that the distributor disc is in horizontal position compared to the
land.
• After having made these operations, the pto shaft must be linked to the splined shaft of the
gearbox of the machine (covered by a safety cowling) and after to the tractor power take-off.
4.5. DRIVELINE INSTALLATION
Before using the pto shaft, please consult the use and maintenance manual attached to the pto
shaft.
In case that the pto shaft, supplied with the machine, is not used, please check that the cowlings of the
machines and of tractors are overlapped to the pto shaft’s shield of 5 cm., at least.
For a correct and safe operation of the machine, please use exclusively pto shafts with CE mark.
Please use pto shafts with integral shields.
• Grease periodically, the pto shaft following the instruction supplied by the pto shaft manufacturer
(see the use and maintenance manual of the pto shaft).
• Observe the sense of assembly of the pto shaft, as indicated by the manufacturer and shown on the
outer cover of the shield (tractor drawing on the external tube of the pto shaft towards the power take-off of
the same tractor).
ATTENTION!
Every time that somebody comes down from the tractor, it is
necessary to disconnect the PTO shaft, stopping the engine and
to put on the parking brake.
ATTENTION!
The PTO shaft must always be connected to at last to the power
take off and disconnected at first, when you stop working.