Operator's Manual

4.Cleanthehydraulicportsandinstallthe
protectivecoversintotheports.
AddingBallasttothe
Machine
DANGER
Topreventpersonalinjuryordeathfrom
rolloverwhenthemachineisequippedwith
theloader,addtherecommendedamountof
ballasttothemachine.
•Addthecorrectballasttothehitch.
•Useballasttopreventthefrontaxleor
tractorcomponentsfromoverloadduring
loaderoperation.
•Alwayswearyourseatbelt.
DeterminingtheBallast
Addballasttothehitchuntiltherearaxleweighton
levelgroundisatleast25%ofthegrossvehicle
weight.
Usethefollowingstepsandformulastodetermine
theballast:
1.Putafullloadinthebucket,liftthebuckettothe
furthestpositionforwardasshowninFigure32.
2.Atascale,measurethegrossvehicleweight
(GVW)atthefrontandrearaxle,withtheloader
raisedsothatthebucketpivotpinisashighas
theboompivotpin(Figure32).
3.Usethefollowingformulasintheorderlistedin
thetabletocalculatetheamountofrearballast.
Note:IfRislessthanrequiredrearaxleweight
(RRAW),noballastisrequired(Figure32).
IfRisgreaterthanRRAW,ballastisrequired
(RBR).
Formulas
1
GVW
=
F
+
R
2RRAW
=
GVW
x
25%
3RBR
=
RRAW
–
R
4BR
=
RBRX
133%
Abbreviations
Abbreviationsfortheformulas
FFrontaxleweight
RRearaxleweight
GVWGrossvehicleweight
RRAWRequiredrearaxleweight
Abbreviations(cont'd.)
RBRRearballastrequired
BRBallastrequired
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Figure32
1.Fullload4.3-pointballast
2.Bucketpivot5.R
3.Armpivot6.F
FillingtheBallastBox
•Weightcanbeaddedtotheballastboxbyadding
0.3m
3
(10.4ft
3
)ofmortar.
Note:A36kg(80lb)bagofmortarcontains
about0.02m
3
(0.6ft
3
)ofmortar.
•Donotaddconcreteorgraveltotheballastbox.
•Ifyouneedmoreweight,youmayuseadditional
weights.
InstallingtheBallastBox
Ifyoumountandoperatetheloader,youmustrst
installtheballastboxtothe3-pointhitch.Referto
InstallingaRear3-PointAttachment(page28).
RemovingtheBallastBox
Removetheballastboxbeforeyouremovetheloader;
refertoRemovingtheLoader(page39).
EnteringtheMachine
WARNING
Improperlyenteringthemachinecancause
injury.
Alwaysusethehandleandsteptoenterthe
machine.Toavoidinjurywhileentering,
maintaina3-pointcontact:1handonthe
handleand2feetonthestep.
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