LEFA AP-90 Potato Harvester User Manual

LEFA AP-90 Potato Harvester

Thank you for purchasing3-point potato harvester from LEFA.
Please follow our recommendations to be fully satisfied with this purchase.
In this manual you will find all the information of use and security.
It is important to follow the instructions for the regular operation of the apparatus and the safety of the operator.
Please read attentively and carefully all the operations and the caution concerning the security described in this manualbefore the startup of the machine.
LEFA declines all responsibility for damage caused by the non-reading of the instructions given in this manualor for any use not in accordance with the destination of the machine or lack of maintenance.
All these machines of LEFA are equipped with an identification plate where you will find the data that is essential to order spare parts.
The models may be different for some details.
Each machine of LEFAis equipped with an identification plate where you will find all the data that is fundamentalto verify the accounting between the machine and the tractor and for all order of spare parts.
The potato harvester of LEFA is designed for the work of the earth surface by model.

SECURITY

Labels of safety and plate of identification

• Read user manual before use or maintenance.
  

• Risk of being caught by the transmission.
  Do not approach the machine and avoid wearing loose clothesthat could become entangled in moving parts
  

• Risk of projections.
  To be held apart from the operating range of the machine. Make sure that all the guards are in their place during the use.
  

• Stop the tractor engine and remove the key before working on the machine.
  

• PTO Speed max. : 540 tr/minMAX
  

• Danger of cutting.
  To be held apart from the operating range of the machine. Make sure that all the guards are in their place during the use.
  

It is strictly prohibited to remove protections of safety, labels of safety and the plate of identification manufacturer.

Safety rules :

In order to avoid accidents during work, it is necessary to observe the most elementary rules of prudence:

1. Operator
   – The operator should not start the machine if they don’ does not have all their mental and physical faculties:
   • Good eyesight and good hearing
   • Read and studied the manual
   •Be attentive to its and others’ security
   • Be familiar with the use and maintenance of the machine
   • It is strictly forbidden to drink alcohol, ingest drugs and other substances that might affect the use of the machine
   – Do not wear loose floating clothing that could be caught by moving parts.
   
   – Wear the appropriate security equipment:
   • Standardized working gloves
   • Safety shoes
   • Helmet
   • Hearing protection device
   • Protective glasses

2. Machine
   – The coupling must be done only on the points provided for this purpose in accordance with safety standards.
   – Prohibition of using the machine as means of transport of people, animals or objects.
   – The machine should be in perfect working condition, maintained with original parts.
   – Use the transmission shafts recommended by the manufacturer.
   – The protectors of transmissions must be in good condition.
   – The machine should be in perfect working condition, maintained with original parts.
   – It is strictly prohibited to make modifications on the machine without authorization of the manufacturer.

3. Utilization
   Prudence is required during the attachment of the machine to the tractor and during its uncoupling.
   Make sure that the PTO of tractor is not engaged or the hydraulic spool valve of tractor is in the neutral position.
   – The maintenance, the cleaning as well as the adjustments must be made only if the engine of the tractor is turned off and the ignition key is removed.
   – Make sure that no one is in the operating area of the machine.

LEFA declines any responsibility for damage of any nature caused by non- observance for the use and safety requirements.

GENERAL CONDITIONS

The Buyer contractually agrees with the current conditions for sale and guarantee clearly not to be contrary to his/her own situation.
For all these goods sent by delivery or mailing, we will invoice you for the price of the courier or mail.
Delivery period is only for reference.
A delay for the appointed time to the goods could not, in any case, cause the claims for damages in any way.
Our goods still take a risk in the process of delivery to the destination, even if the machine is sold at freight prepaid.

GUARANTEE

Our new equipment is warranted against defects in materials and construction defect for one year from the date of delivery. At the end of that period, the guarantee legally ceases.

Excluded from the guarantee:

Deterioration or damages resulting from an insufficiency (misuse of care or maintenance) accident, misuse or abuse or due to normal wear and tear.
The equipment transformed, modified, repaired or disassembled even only partly outside.

The guarantee is limited to the exchange of the recognized defective by our technical department.The parts supposed defective will have to be refunded freely to our establishment accompanied by a request for guarantee. We don’t take part in the expenses of plough caused by disassembling and the reassembly in any manner, nor in the expenses and consequences of the immobilization of the material.

To invoke the benefit of the guarantee, the customer must notify us within three days and in writing, of the defects attributed to the equipment and provide all justifications.The guarantee does not apply if the material is not refunded in the state where it is broken down, or if it is dismounted, repaired, modified beforehand either by a third or by user or the customer.

The parts will always be invoiced and will submit an expense account only after acceptance of the guarantee by our engineering department.

Our responsibility is expressly limited to the defined guarantee above. She couldn’t be committed to reason of accident caused by persons and things in any case, even by the result of a fault or a vice of the equipment sold.

Reserve property: by convention, we reserve the ownership of goods supplied until the last day of full payment.

CONTESATIONS: In case of contestation，only the high court shall have jurisdiction. Traits and acceptances of regulation shall neither make neither novation, nor exceptions to the clauses of the jurisdiction.

STARTING

  Lire tour ce manuel avant utilisation de la machine, latéral avec de l’huile EP80W90 et graissage du rotor.

Make sure the PTO speed of the tractor is 540 r/m to avoid damaging the machine before use.

The recommended work speed of use is from 1.2 to 1.5 Km/h.

Adjust the working depth.

Always turn off the engine of the tractor, as well as the parts in movement.

Loosen the screws (6) Unscrew the screw (7) Choose the correct height by adjusting the wheel right and left (8) Tighten the loose screws.

TRANSMISSION

When the machine is fixed on a tractor, check the cardan length. If it is too long, we can’t cut the outer protection, and then take good care to file it in the work position, the tube must go into each other at least 150mm (below), check when the tool is mounted on the tractor.

Check the condition and installation of the transmission (cardan) by a specialized worker. Always change any damaged protection, and attach the 2 channels of the protector, it should never turn to work.

When you attach the machine to the tractor, always put the pins to the axes of coupling, and change them if they are in poor condition.

When attaching the cardan, make sure it is blocked at both ends by locks when you hook the machine to the tractor. The protections of the cardan must be in perfect condition and immobile during rotation, use the chain provided by security, when the protections are damaged, replace them quickly.

When the machine is stopped, unhooked from the tractor, use the chain of additional universal joint so that it does not rest on the ground. When fixing the universal joint, ensure that it is blocked.

REPLACEMENT OF THE BLADE

Before all interventions on the machine, stop the engine, disconnect the PTO shaft after all moving parts have stopped.

Install the machine on a place, well flat and work as described below.

Unscrew the screws completely (1). Replace worn or damaged blade, pay attention to the assembly. Tighten the screws (1) washer and nut used in (2), (3).

Use only blades of origin for the correct operation of the machine.

INFORMATION SIGNS

For transport the machine perhaps delivered without oil

Read the recommendations before use
PTO speed 540r/min

Attention to the throwing of stones

Always keep protections on the parts moving
Never intervene on the machine when the PTO is in action and always keep distance.

OVERVIEW

AP90

ATTENTION

3-Point Potato Harvester with LEFA may present dangers during its use Read the users manual attentively before use.

References

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