Agricultural work implement to be attached or hitched to a towing vehicle and method of setting up a road operation of an agricultural work implement

Abstract

An agricultural work implement, in particular a mowing unit, for attachment to a towing vehicle is disclosed, along with method of road operation setup, that includes an attachment frame, on which a telescopic support arm is pivotably and/or shiftably arranged, at least one aggregate hinged to the support arm, a gearbox which can be connected to a power take-off shaft of the towing vehicle in a power-receiving manner, and a variable-length output shaft, which is arranged in a power-transmitting manner between the gearbox and the aggregate, wherein the aggregate is positionally changeable by pivoting and/or shifting the support arm and is reversibly adjustable from a field configuration provided for field operation into a transport configuration provided for road operation. The telescoping and/or pivoting of the support arm and/or the adjustment of the gearbox occurs in different sequences as a function of current positions of the support arm and/or the gearbox.