CAUTION
To help prevent personal injury from exposed fork tines, always store bale spear with tines pointed down, or against bale, building or other stable object.
The bale spear is to be used only for handling round bales. Do not use for digging rocks, pulling out fence, or as a craning device with a chain over the spear.
Picking Up a Round Bale with Bale Spear
Approach bale with spike level and centered on bale. Push spike into bale until bale is against the frame. Raise and roll bale back just high enough to provide ground clearance for transport, Figure 28.
Transporting a Round Bale
To help prevent personal injury or accident caused from a bale falling off the spike, carry the bale low and slightly rolled back. Travel slowly over rough ground.
Figure 30. Transporting a Round Bale
CLEANING
After Each Use
● Remove large debris such as clumps of dirt, grass, crop residue, etc. from machine.
● Inspect machine and replace worn or damaged parts.
Figure 28. Picking Up a Round Bale | ● Replace any safety decals that are missing or not | |
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Picking Up Round Bale on a Slope with Bale Spear
To help prevent injury caused by tractor rollover when handling round bales on a slope, avoid side slope travel whenever possible. Drive up slope to pick up bale and back down in reverse. Transport bale as close to the ground as possible.
Approach bale with tractor facing uphill, spike level and centered on bale. Push spike into bale until bale is against the frame. Raise and roll bale back just high enough to provide ground clearance for transport. Select low tractor speed before moving or turning on a slope, Figure 29.
Figure 29. Picking Up Round Bale on a Slope
Periodically or Before Extended Storage
●Clean large debris such as clumps of dirt, grass, crop residue, etc. from machine.
●Remove the remainder using a
1.Be careful when spraying near scratched or torn safety decals or near edges of decals as water spray can peel decal off surface.
2.Be careful when spraying near chipped or scratched paint as water spray can lift paint.
3.If a pressure washer is used, follow the advice of the pressure washer manufacturer.
●Inspect machine and replace worn or damaged parts.
●Sand down scratches and the edges of areas of missing paint and coat with Woods spray paint of matching color (purchase from your Woods dealer).
●Replace any safety decals that are missing or not readable (supplied free by your Woods dealer). See Safety Decals section for location drawing.
20 Operation | MAN0556 (9/21/2007) |
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