CID X-Treme Tree Reaper User manual

SAFETY RULES | OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS | MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES
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Brush Cutter
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Copyright © 2022 Construction Implements Depot, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This manual may
not be reproduced or copied, in part or in whole without written permission from CID, Inc.
TRBCMAN01 / FIRST EDITION / MAY 2022
MODEL COMPARISON
TRBC162672 / TRBC162678
• 72” or 78” wide cut width
• 5” cut capacity
• 16-26 GPM direct drive motor
• No case drain required
• 3x AR400 non-welded blades
• Replaceable skid shoes
• Optional Mulching Teeth x12
• Optional Reaper Grill
TRBC172772 / TRBC172778
• 72” or 78” wide cut width
• 7” cut capacity
• 17-27 GPM direct drive motor
• Case drain required
• 3x AR400 non-welded blades
• Replaceable skid shoes
• Optional Mulching Teeth x12
• Optional Reaper Grill
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TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
LETTER TO OWNER.............................................................................................................6
SECTION 2 SAFETY INFORMATION
2.0 Introduction.............................................................................................................................8
2.1 Safety Symbols........................................................................................................................9
2.2 Safety Pictograms.................................................................................................................10
2.3 Safety Decal Instructions.....................................................................................................11
2.4 Safety Decal Locations.........................................................................................................12
2.5 Safety Decal Chart.................................................................................................................13
2.6 Skid Steer Tractor Requirements........................................................................................14
2.7 Personal Protective Equipment Requirements...............................................................14
2.8 General Safety Instructions.................................................................................................15
SECTION 3 OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
3.0 Unpacking Your Brush Cutter...............................................................................................18
3.1 Nomenclature..........................................................................................................................18
3.2 How to Mount Brush Cutter............................................................................................19-20
3.3 How to Dismount Brush Cutter............................................................................................21
3.4 How to Start Brush Cutter....................................................................................................22
3.5 How to Stop Brush Cutter.....................................................................................................23
3.6 Initial Use Procedure.......................................................................................................23-24
3.7 Cutting Operations...........................................................................................................25-29

SECTION 4 MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES
4.0 Maintenance Overview.................................................................................................................32-33
4.1 Maintenance Schedule.......................................................................................................................33
4.2 Maintenance Logs...............................................................................................................................34
4.3 Storage Tips..........................................................................................................................................35
4.4 Blade Assembly Maintenance Procedures..............................................................................36-37
4.5 Blade Holder Removal........................................................................................................................38
4.6 Blade Holder Installation....................................................................................................................39
4.7 Blade Removal.....................................................................................................................................40
4.8 Blade Sharpening and Replacement Notes...................................................................................41
4.9 Blade Installation................................................................................................................................42
4.10 Gear Box (BC65) Maintenance..................................................................................................43-44
SECTION 5 TROUBLESHOOTING
5.0 Troubleshooting Chart......................................................................................................................46
SECTION 6 SPECIFICATIONS
6.0 Specication Chart............................................................................................................................48
SECTION 7 PARTS INFORMATION
7.0 Parts Information Form.....................................................................................................................50
7.1 Cutter Deck..........................................................................................................................................51
7.2 Motor and Hydraulics.........................................................................................................................52
7.3 Blade Holder and Blades...................................................................................................................53
7.4 Front Grill..............................................................................................................................................54
SECTION 8 WARRANTY INFORMATION
8.0 Warranty Statement...........................................................................................................................56
8.1 Return Goods Authorization Policy.................................................................................................57
SECTION 9 SAFETY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FORMS..............................................60-62
SECTION 10 MAINTENANCE LOG SHEETS.................................................................64-66

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THANK YOU
Dear Owner:
We appreciate your business and thank you for choosing Construction
Implements Depot, Inc. as your provider of quality skid steer attachments. We
are committed to providing you with a heavy duty product that will provide
years of satisfaction and safe operation.
This manual will provide instructions on how to safely operate and maintain
the X-treme Tree Reaper Brush Cutter. All users must read and understand
this manual before operating this machine. Upon reading this manual, all users
should sign the “Safety Acknowledgement Form” at the end of this manual. Store
this manual in the document canister attached to your brush cutter.
Please record your model and dealer information on the inside front cover. You
will be asked to provide this information when ordering parts or requesting
service. If you need more information on this product, contact your local dealer
or visit www.cidattachments.com.
Sincerely,
The CID Team
Construction Implements Depot, Inc.

SAFETY
INFORMATION
SECTION 2
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2.0 Introduction
The X-treme Tree Reaper Brush Cutter is designed and manufactured with safety in
mind. However, improper use and operator error can result in death or serious injury.
It is important that you read and fully understand the safety instructions and operating
procedures presented in this manual before operating this brush cutter. Accident
prevention is a combination of good judgement, common sense, awareness and
proper training!
BEFORE you operate this Brush Cutter:
1. KNOW how to safely operate your skid steer loader.
2. READ and UNDERSTAND the safety instructions and operating procedures
contained in this manual.
3. ACKNOWLEDGE your understanding of all safey instructions presented in this
manual by signing the “Safety Acknowledgement Form” at the end of this manual.
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X-treme Tree Reaper Brush Cutter implement, attachment, rotary
cutter, machine, brush cutter, cutter
Skid Steer skid steer loader, skid steer tractor,
loader, prime mover
Operator user, personnel
The following terms may be used interchangeably throughout this manual.
Alternate Terms Used
Although every e󰀨ort has been made to ensure a safe product, every possible
circumstance that could pose a potential hazard cannot be anticipated. The warnings
presented in this manual and on this product, are therefore not all-inclusive.
In addition to the safety messages presented in this section, you must also read and
understand the safety messages presented in the other sections of this manual.
Term

SAFETY ALERT SYMBOL - This symbol is used to alert
you to potential personal injury hazards. Obey all safety
messages that follow this symbol to avoid possible injury
or death.
2.1 Safety Symbols
Indicates an imminently hazardous situation which,
if not avoided, will result in death or serious injury.
This signal word is limited to the most extreme
situations.
Hazard Classications
Hazards are identied by the “Safety Alert Symbol” and followed by the signal word
“DANGER”, “WARNING”, or “CAUTION”.
Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if
not avoided, could result in death or serious injury.
Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which,
if not avoided, may result in minor or moderate
injury.
Indicates a situation which may cause damage to equipment or
property. Messages are not related to personal injury.
Indicates specic safety-related instructions or procedures.
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This manual and the decals on this machine use safety symbols, hazard labels,
pictograms and color coded signal words to alert you to potential hazards that may cause
severe injury or death if a safety instruction is ignored.

2.2 Safety Pictograms
Pictograms are graphic symbols meant to alert you of a potential hazard. Read and
understand the hazard description for each of these symbols.
Pictogram Description
PINCH HAZARD: Keep clear of skid steer and brush cutter
machine to prevent death or serious injury from pinching
of moving parts.
FLYING DEBRIS HAZARD: ONLY operate this machine
using a skid steer that has a shatter proof cab to prevent
death or serious injury from objects being thrown.
OPERATING MANUAL: Operators must read and
understand the safety instructions in the operating
manual to prevent death or serious injury.
EYE PROTECTION & CARDBOARD: Operators and
Maintenance personnel must wear proper eye protection
and use cardboard or wood to investigate hydraulic leaks
to prevent death or serious injury from being injected
with high pressure hydraulic uid.
HIGH PRESSURE FLUID INJECTION HAZARD: Operators
and Maintenance personnel must not place ngers or
hands directly over a hydraulic leak to prevent death or
serious injury from being injected with high pressure
hydraulic uid.
NO BYSTANDERS: DO NOT operate this machine near
bystanders. Bystanders must stay back at least 300 feet
from the machine to prevent death or injury from objects
being thrown.
CRUSH HAZARD: DO NOT place any part of the body
under the machine or skid steer arms to prevent death or
serious injury from being crushed .
SAFETY CHAIN: Must be installed to prevent the mower
deck from being raised more than 2 feet from ground
level.
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2.3 Safety Decal Instructions
Decals must be kept clean and legible at all times.
Operators must inspect the machine for safety decals.
Replace missing, worn or damaged decals immediately.
When using a hot pressure washer to clean this machine
make sure water jet is not too close to the decal as this may
cause the decal to peel.
When replacing parts, be sure safety decals are in place prior
to using the machine.
Make sure metal surface is dry and free of dirt and grease
before a󰀩xing decals to this machine.
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The safety decals a󰀩xed to this machine are to keep you safe. DO NOT ignore
these decals. Read and understand each decal’s safety message. Follow these
Safety Decal Instructions:

WARNING
DO NOT EXCEED
20-30
GPM
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2.4 Safety Decal Locations
WARNING
!
STAY CLEAR 300 FEET
CIDSCTRBC
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Donotplace any part of body or limb under raised
loaderarms,bucket, or attachments at any time.
Topreventserious injury or death from pinching:
• Keep all persons and objects clear while any
partofthis machine is in motion.
Topreventserious injury or death:
•Relievepressure on hydraulic system
before servicing or disconnecting hoses.
•Wearproper hand and eye protection
when searching for leaks. Use wood or
cardboard instead of hands.
•Keepall components in good repair.
HIGH-PRESSUREFLUIDHAZARD
DANGER
HAZARD!
FLYINGDEBRIS
STAYBACK
TOPREVENT DEATH OR
SERIOUSINJURY
DAN GE R
!
Toprevent seri ous injury or death never operate in
populated areas or where throw objects coul d injure
persons or damage property.
•Never o perate rotary cutter with deck rais ed
more than t wo (2) feet.
•Safet yc hain must be installed before opera ting.
Topreventserious injur y or deathnever operate in
populatedareas orwherethrowobjects could injure
personsordamageproperty.
•Neveroperate ro tarycutterwithdeck raised
more thantwo (2) feet.
•Safetychain m ustbe installedbeforeoperating.
AUXILIARY
HYDRAULIC
FLOW NOT
TO EXCEED
17-27
GPM
NOTICE
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2DANGER COMBO LABEL
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AUXILIARY HYDRAULIC FLOW NOT
TO EXCEED
NOTICE LABEL
*WHEN ORDERING CHOOSE THE
PROPER DECAL FOR YOUR MODEL
1
4
STAY CLEAR 300 FEET
WARNING LABEL
(CIDSCTRBC)
WARNING
!
STAY CLEAR 300 FEET
CIDSCTRBC
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5CID LOGO DECAL
** NOTE: NON-SAFETY DECAL 2
Do not place any part of body or limb under raised
loader arms, bucket, or attachments at any time.
To prevent serious injury or death from pinching:
• Keep all persons and objects clear while any
part of this machine is in motion.
To prevent serious injury or death:
• Relieve pressure on hydraulic system
before servicing or disconnecting hoses.
• Wear proper hand and eye protection
when searching for leaks. Use wood or
cardboard instead of hands.
• Keep all components in good repair.
HIGH-PRESSURE FLUIDHAZARD
DANGER
HAZARD!
FLYING DEBRIS
STAY BACK
TO PREVENT DEATH OR
SERIOUS INJURY
DANGER
!
To prevent serious injury or death never operate in
populated areas or where throw objects could injure
persons or damage property.
• Never operate rotary cutter with deck raised
more than two (2) feet.
• Safety chainmust be installed before operating.
To prevent serious injury or death never operate in
populated areas or where throw objects could injure
persons or damage property.
• Never operate rotary cutter with deck raised
more than two (2) feet.
• Safety chainmust be installed before operating.
NOTICE
AUXILIARY
HYDRAULIC
FLOW NOT
TO EXCEED
17-27
GPM
CIDAF1727
NOTICE
AUXILIARY
HYDRAULIC
FLOW NOT
TO EXCEED
14-20
GPM
CIDAF1420
2.5 Safety Decal Chart
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CONTACT YOUR LOCAL DEALER TO ORDER REPLACEMENT DECALS.

2.6 Skid Steer Loader Requirements
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A tracked skid steer or Compact Track Loader (CTL) will provide superior
stability in this application.
• Ensure your skid steer loader is in good
operating condition.
• Skid steer must have an impact resistant
cab enclosure.
• Follow the operating instructions in your
skid steer operator’s manual.
VS.
Tracked Wheeled
2.7 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Requirements
All operators should wear hearing protection, safety glasses, hand protection
and dust mask while operating this machine.

2.8 General Safety Instructions
Below are general safety instructions that relate to the overall operation and
maintenance of this machine. It is important that you read and understand each of
these messages to prevent serious injury or death.
NEVER use drug or alcoholic beverages while operating or servicing this machine.
ALWAYS operate this attachment during daylight or well-lit areas.
Install this brush cutter on a skid steer loader equipped with a thermoplastic
polycarbonate door panel and side panels only.
To prevent the skid steer loader and implement from rolling forward, stop the
engine and set the parking brake when exiting the skid steer loader.
Inspect implement for missing hardware prior to using this machine.
DO NOT allow children to play on or around this equipment at any time. Store
this implement in an area not frequented by children.
ALWAYS wear the proper personal protection equipment while operating or
servicing this machine. NEVER operate or service this machine with bare feet,
sandals, or other light footwear.
ALWAYS wear work gloves when handling cutter blades as they are often very
sharp.
ALWAYS use eye protection while operating or servicing this machine.
DO NOT speed! Keep your driving speed between 2 and 5 mph.
ALWAYS watch for overhead power lines.
DO NOT place hands or feet under mower deck while blades are spinning.
NEVER operate this brush cutter when bystanders are within 300 feet of your
work area. Flying debris could cause serious injury or death.
NEVER position your body or limbs under an unsupported cutter deck.
DO NOT allow this machine to contact buildings, utilities, large rocks or tree
stumps or you may loose control of the skid steer loader.
DO NOT operate this machine during lightning or severe weather conditions.
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OPERATING
INSTRUCTIONS
SECTION 3

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3.0 Unpacking Your Brush Cutter
3.1 Nomenclature
Your attachment arrives from the factory strapped to a wood pallet and requires no nal
assembly. Use a steel band cutting tool to remove the steel straps.
Shipping straps are under great tension, and could lash out uncontrollably when cut
causing injuries to your body or bystanders. Wear safety glasses and gloves while
removing the steel straps.
MOTOR COVER
DECK WELDMENT
WEAR SKID
UNIVERSAL SKID STEER
ATTACHMENT BRACKET
MANUAL HOLDER
PUSH BAR
LEFT SIDE
RIGHT SIDE
FRONT
Note: Model shown above without front grill.
REAR

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1. Enter operator’s cab and start skid steer loader.
2. Tilt the skid steer loader quick attach coupler slightly down and drive forward to the rear
of the cutter until the top edge of the quick attach coupler connects into the attachment
mounting bracket. See gure 3.2a below.
3. Slightly tilt the skid steer quick attach coupler up until the coupler and mounting bracket
fully engage. See gure 3.2b below.
4. Activate the coupler pin mechanism to lock the pins into the attachment bracket. If your
skid steer does not have this mechanism, shut skid steer engine o󰀨 and exit the cab.
5. Push the skid steer quick attach locking levers down until you can see the coupler pins
extend into the slots on the attachment bracket.
Refer to your skid steer operator’s manual for specic instructions on how to mount and
dismount your attachment.
General Attachment Method
To avoid serious injury or death, ensure coupler pins fully extend through the
slots on the attachment bracket and that levers are down in the locked position to
prevent cutter from detaching from prime mover.
3.2 How to Mount Brush Cutter
Figure 3.2a - Brush Cutter Mounting Figure 3.2b - Coupler to Bracket

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3.2 How to Mount Brush Cutter Cont.
6. Connect hydraulic hoses and the case drain hose (high ow only) to the auxiliary
supply couplers located on your skid steer loader lift arm.
To keep contaminants from entering the hydraulic system, use a clean cloth to
wipe away dirt and grease from the hydraulic couplers.
To avoid serious injury or death from ying objects, install safety chain to limit the
height of the brush cutter.
Figure 3.2c - Safety Chain
7. Install the safey chain so the cutter deck is below eye level of the operator while
seated in the operator’s seat. You should not be able to see the blades while
seated in the operator’s seat. See gure 3.2c below.