Operator's Manual

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Toturnleftorright,releasepressureonthemotion
controllevertowardthedesiredturndirection.
Tomakezeroturns,liftyourfootoffofthetineground
engagementfootswitchtoraisethetines.Thehead
willraiseinhalfsecond.
Important:Donotmakeazeroturnwhenthe
tinesareinthedownposition.
3.Tostop,positionbothmotioncontrolleversinthe
neutraloperateposition.
Transporting
TransportingaUnit
Useaheavy-dutytrailerortrucktotransportthemachine.
Lockbrakeandblockwheels.Securelyfastenthemachineto
thetrailerortruckwithstraps,chains,cable,orropes.Be
surethatthetrailerortruckhasallnecessarylightingand
markingasrequiredbylaw.Secureatrailerwithasafety
chain.Refertoyourlocalordinancesforspecictrailerand
tie-downregulations.
CAUTION
Thisunitdoesnothaveproperturnsignals,lights,
reectivemarkings,oraslowmovingvehicle
emblem.Drivingonastreetorroadwaywithout
suchequipmentisdangerousandcanleadto
accidentscausingpersonalinjury.Drivingona
streetorroadwaywithoutsuchequipmentmayalso
beaviolationofStatelawsandtheoperatormaybe
subjecttotrafcticketsand/ornes.
Donotdriveaunitonapublicstreetorroadway.
WARNING
Loadingaunitonatrailerortruckincreasesthe
possibilityofbackwardtip-over.Backwardtip-over
couldcauseseriousinjuryordeath.
Useextremecautionwhenoperatingauniton
aramp.
Useonlyasingle,fullwidthramp;Donotuse
individualrampsforeachsideoftheunit.
Ifindividualrampsmustbeused,useenough
rampstocreateanunbrokenrampsurfacewider
thantheunit.
Donotexceeda15°anglebetweenrampand
groundorbetweenrampandtrailerortruck.
Avoidsuddenaccelerationwhiledrivingunitup
aramptoavoidtippingbackward.
Avoidsuddendecelerationwhilebackingunit
downaramptoavoidtippingbackward.
LoadingaUnit
Useextremecautionwhenloadingunitsontrailersortrucks.
Onefullwidthrampthatiswideenoughtoextendbeyond
thereartiresisrecommendedinsteadofindividualramps
foreachsideoftheunit.Ifitisnotpossibletouseonefull
widthramp,useenoughindividualrampstosimulateafull
widthcontinuousramp.
Rampshouldbelongenoughsothattheanglesbetweenthe
rampandthegroundandtherampandthetrailerortruck
donotexceed15degrees.Steeperanglesmayalsocausethe
unittotipbackward.Ifloadingonornearaslope,position
thetrailerortrucksoitisonthedownsideoftheslopeand
therampextendsuptheslope.Thiswillminimizetheramp
angle.Thetrailerortruckshouldbeaslevelaspossible.
Important:Donotattempttoturntheunitwhileonthe
ramp,youmaylosecontrolanddriveofftheside.
Avoidsuddenaccelerationwhendrivinguparampand
suddendecelerationwhenbackingdownaramp.Both
maneuverscancausetheunittotipbackward.
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