Operator's Manual

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1.Pumpby-passvalve
4.Releasetheparkingbrake.
5.Pushthemachinetothedesiredlocation.
6.Settheparkingbrake.
7.Closetheby-passvalves,butdonotovertighten
them.Torqueto110to130in-lb(12to15N-m).
Important:Donotstartoroperatethemachine
withtheby-passvalvesopen.Damageto
systemmayoccur.
TransportingMachines
Useaheavy-dutytrailerortrucktotransportthe
machine.Ensurethatthetrailerortruckhasall
necessarybrakes,lighting,andmarkingasrequiredby
law .Pleasecarefullyreadallthesafetyinstructions.
Knowingthisinformationcouldhelpyou,yourfamily,
petsorbystandersavoidinjury.
Totransportthemachine:
1.Raisetheplatformofthemachinebeforedrivingup
ontothetrailerortruck.
2.Ifusingatrailer,connectittothetowingvehicle
andconnectthesafetychains.
3.Ifapplicable,connectthetrailerbrakes.
4.Loadthemachineontothetrailerortruck.
5.Stoptheengine,removethekey,setthebrake,and
closethefuelvalve.
6.Usethemetaltiedownloopsonthemachineto
securelyfastenthemachinetothetrailerortruck
withstraps,chains,cable,orropes(
Figure26).
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1.Tractionunittiedownloop
LoadingMachines
Useextremecautionwhenloadingunitsontrailersor
trucks.Onefullwidthrampthatiswideenoughto
extendbeyondthereartiresisrecommendedinsteadof
individualrampsforeachsideoftheunit(Figure27).
Theplatformwhendownandlockedintoposition,
extendsbackbetweentherearwheelsandservesasa
stopfortippingbackward.Havingafullwidthramp
providesasurfacefortheplatformtocontactifthe
unitstartstotipbackward.Withtheplatformup,afull
widthrampprovidesasurfacetowalkonbehindthe
unit.Theoperatorshoulddetermineifitisbesttohave
theplatformupordownwhenloading,dependingon
conditions.Ifitisnotpossibletouseonefullwidth
ramp,useenoughindividualrampstosimulateafull
widthcontinuousramp.
Therampshouldbelongenoughsothattheangles
donotexceed20degrees(
Figure27).Asteeperangle
maycausemowercomponentstogetcaughtastheunit
movesfromramptotrailerortruck.Steeperangles
mayalsocausetheunittotipbackward.Ifloadingon
ornearaslope,positionthetrailerortrucksoitison
thedownsideoftheslopeandtherampextendsupthe
slope.Thiswillminimizetherampangle.Thetraileror
truckshouldbeaslevelaspossible.
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