Mounting the Loader
With completion of the initial installation and operation, all loader cylinders should be filled with hydraulic oil and should maintain the position of the boom and mast when dismounted.
NOTE: If the loader is in storage for an extended period of time, it may become necessary to again raise the base of the masts to
Mount the loader as follows:
•Start the tractor; then carefully drive the tractor between the masts, loader hitch arms, and boom assembly. Slowly drive the tractor forward while guiding the base of each mast into the RH and LH mounts.
•Stop the tractor engine and engage the parking brake.
•Remove the two lynch pins and withdraw the mounting pins from the front mount receiver. Refer to Figure 11.
•Using the color coded plugs and matching color coded washers on the loader hoses to guide you, remove the plugs and connect each loader hose to the appropriate hydraulic coupler.
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•While observing the base of the masts, slowly push the imple- ment control lever forward to lower the boom and to the right to dump the bucket. Drive the tractor forward (as needed)
to settle the masts onto the tubular bars of the RH and LH mounts.
•When the masts are firmly settled into the RH and LH mounts, continue to slowly push the control lever forward, and/or to the right, to raise the loader hitch bracket upward into the front mount receiver. As the hitch bracket is raised, the boom cylinder pivot pins should also rotate back into the notches of the RH and LH mounts. Refer to Figure 11. Drive the tractor forward as necessary.
•When the loader hitch bracket is fully up inside the front mount receiver,
•Place the hydraulic hoses in the hose retainer rod on the RH loader hitch arm if not already in the retainer.
•Use the implement control lever to raise the bucket off the ground.
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