- Dethmers Manufacturing Company Automobile Accessories User Manual

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SAFETY SIGN CARE
• Keep safety signs clean and legible at all times.
• Replace safety signs that are missing or have become illegible.
• Replacement parts that displayed a safety sign should also display current sign.
• Safety signs are available from your distributor, dealer parts department, or factory.
How to install safety signs:
• Be sure installation surface is clean and dry.
• Decide on exact position before you remove backing paper.
• Remove smallest portion of split backing paper.
• Align decal over specifi ed area and carefully press small portion with exposed sticky
backing in place.
• Slowly peel back remaining paper and carefully smooth remaining portion of decal into
place.
• Small air pockets can be pierced with a pin and smoothed out using piece of decal
backing paper.
REMEMBER
Your best assurance against accidents is a careful and responsible operator. If there is any
portion of this manual or function you do not understand, contact your local authorized dealer
or manufacturer.
• Carefully study and understand this manual.
• Give tow bar a visual inspection for any loose bolts, worn parts, or cracked welds, and make
necessary repairs. Follow maintenance safety instructions included in this manual.
• Be sure there are no tools lying on tow bar, towing unit or towed vehicle.
• Do not use tow bar until you are sure that area is clear, especially around children and
animals.
• Don’t hurry learning process or take tow bar for granted. Ease into it and become familiar
with your new tow unit.
• Practice operation of your tow unit and its attachments. Completely familiarize yourself
and other operators with its operation before using.
• Securely attach to towing unit. Use an appropriately sized and rated hitch ball and/or
a class III, class IV receiver and attach safety cables.
• Criss cross safety cables under tow bar, secure to mounting loops on towing vehicle.
• Do not allow anyone to stand between vehicles when backing up.
• Make sure tow rating on towing unit is high enough for what it is towing.
• To prevent swaying of towed vehicle insure all tires are infl ated to specifi cations. Failure to
infl ate tires evenly will result in towed vehicle to pull unevenly.
BEFORE OPERATION: