Operator Manual Owner manual

T23_AA_Operator Manual_2014 Revised 08/2014
Polyethylene Tube
Precauons for Handling
The polyethylene irrigaon tube is a durable product that will operate reliably for many years if handled
properly and given a reasonable amount of care.
Medium Density Polyethylene is a semi-rigid product that retains its shape when it is not pressurized but can
also be wound on a drum or spool without damage. This characterisc makes it feasible to pump uid through
it while it is rolled up on a reel.
A few simple precauons need to be observed to prevent damaging the tube when operang your Water-Reel.
1. When starng a new Water-Reel for the rst me, you must pull the tube all the way out in order to
correctly ghten the new tube on the spool. It is also important to follow the ming Instrucons on
Page 30 of this manual. The Water-Reel must be med on the rst run.
2. Never transport the Water-Reel with the an-return pawl disengaged! The tubing will become loose and
tangled. Do not aempt to operate your Water-Reel if there are any coils of tube that are loose or mis-
placed. If loose coils of tube are noced aer pulling the tube out, they must be ghtened by rotang the
spool with the hand crank. If this is not possible, pull all of the tube out before aempng to rewind the
tube.
3. Never try to move or relocate the machine if the tube is not fully rewound onto the machine.
4. Never pull the tube o the machine other than by pulling on the sprinkler cart (straight out from the ma-
chine).
5. Never run over the tube with any kind of vehicle and avoid pinching or pulling the tube around objects.
Never bend the tube sharper than 25 mes the inner diameter of the tube.
6. If the tube is frequently pulled out only a poron of its complete length the tube remaining on the drum
will become loose. Occasionally it will be necessary to pull all the tube o the drum to ghten the remain-
ing coils.
7. Be careful when operang other equipment near the tube. Make sure the tube doesn’t get gouged or
punctured.
8. Never leave tube pulled out on ground for more than 12 hours prior to your irrigaon run.
9. Avoid using the PTO or engine drive to rewind the tube when it is not pressurized. When the tube is not
pressurized during rewind the tube will aen and the rewind mechanism cannot funcon properly. Keep
the tube pressurized when rewinding!
10. The Water-Reel’s gearbox is equipped with a brake to prevent coils of tube from becoming loose on the
tube spool due to freewheeling of the drum. Loose coils of tube will make the level-wind mechanism ap-
pear to be out of me. In this case, the level-wind system will be damaged and a mis-wrap will occur.
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