Alamo 3109 manual Dismounting Loader, Mounting Loader

ASSEMBLY

ASSEMBLY

Dismounting Loader

1.Locate tractor and loader on firm level ground.

2.Rotate parking stands from storage position to operation position by removing hair pins and clevis pins. Reinstall clevis pin and hair pin when parking stands are in operation position. See Figure Asm-L-0167.

3.Level and lower bucket to ground. Rotate bucket down slightly to remove pressure on hitch pins (See Figure Asm-L-0168).

4.Remove lynch pins and hitch pins from mounting.

5.Start tractor engine and release brakes. Retract lift cylinders, allowing parking stands to support weight of loader. Drive tractor forward slightly so parking stands are firmly positioned. Operate loader control lever to extend lift cylinders, allowing top of loader upright to rotate forward out of upper mounting saddle. Operate loader control lever to retract bucket cylinder, which will curl bucket backward causing the loader upright to lift off of the mounting shaft. Continue to curl bucket until loader upright has rotated upward from the mounting position to clear front tires or fenders on tractor.

6.Stop engine and apply brakes. Disconnect hydraulic hoses from tractor.

7.Start tractor engine and release brakes. Slowly back tractor out of loader.

Mounting Loader

Mounting is basically reverse of dismounting.

1.Slowly drive tractor up to loader. Shut off tractor and apply brakes.

2.Connect hydraulic hoses.

3.Start engine and release brakes. Operate loader control lever to extend bucket cylinder, which will rotate bucket down, causing the loader upright to rotate downward placing mounting shaft in mounting pocket. Operate loader control lever to retract lift cylinders, causing the top of loader upright to rotate rearward. Continue to rotate loader upright into mounting saddle until upright will no longer rotate.

4.Shut off tractor, apply brakes.

5.Install hitch pins and linch pins, into mounting.

6.Remove hair pins and clevis pins from parking stands, rotate stands into storage position and secure with clevis pins and hair pins (Figure Asm-L-0167).

3109 01/11 Assembly Section 3-6

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