5 OPERATING THE LOTUS
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Make sure that nobody is near the machine at the moment
the PTO is engaged.
Do not allow anyone to come within a 25 m radius from
the machine during work.
Stop the tractor engine before leaving the tractor cab.
- If the machine is newly commissioned: first carry out the
check and maintenance duties which are specified in "7.3
Intermittent Maintenance" before starting the operation.
5.1General instructions
- Engage the PTO at the lowest possible r.p.m. rate; then
drive away.
Never drive through a crop when the rotors are not rotating,
since this may cause damage to the tines and tine arms.
Especially in the early stage of the process, fast and airy
tedding twice a day at a low r.p.m. rate is better than intensive
spreading at a high rotor speed.
The LOTUS tedder behaves as if it were a trailed machine.
Continued tedding in bends is no problem.
During lifting of the machine, the STABILO self steering
device is blocked in the angle of the machine in respect of the
tractor (see "5.3 STABILO Self Steering Device").
If the machine is fitted with a trail type headstock, it assumes
a position straight behind the tractor.
- For a machine with a trail type headstock it is advisable to
lift the machine only if the tractor is straight in front of the
machine.
If crosswise tedding on slopes causes the LOTUS tedder to
sway akwardly, it is possible to work with a locked trail type
headstock/self steering device.
- Block the trail type headstock/self steering device by
means of the locking pin (fig. 12).
- Lift the machine when having to make a turn.
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