Operation
Transporting

TransportingaUnit

Useaheavy-dutytrailerortrucktotransportthe
machine.Lockbrakeandblockwheels.Securely
fastenthemachinetothetrailerortruckwithstraps ,
chains,cable,orropes.Besurethatthetrailerortruck
hasallnecessarylightingandmarkingasrequiredb y
law.Secureatrailerwithasafetychain.
CAUTION
Thisunitdoesnothaveproperturn
signals,lights,reectivemarkings,ora
slowmovingvehicleemblem.Drivingona
streetorroadwaywithoutsuchequipment
isdangerousandcanleadtoaccidents
causingpersonalinjury.Drivingonastreet
orroadwaywithoutsuchequipmentmayalso
beaviolationofStatelawsandtheoperator
maybesubjecttotrafcticketsand/ornes.
DoNotdriveaunitonapublicstreetor
roadway.
WARNING
Loadingaunitonatrailerortruckincreases
thepossibilityofbackwardtip-over .
Backwardtip-overcouldcauseseriousinjury
ordeath.
•Useextremecautionwhenoperatinga
unitonaramp.
•Useonlyasingle,fullwidthramp;Do
Notuseindividualrampsforeachside
oftheunit.
•Ifindividualrampsmustbeused,use
enoughrampstocreateanunbroken
rampsurfacewiderthantheunit.
•DoNotexceeda15°anglebetweenramp
andgroundorbetweenrampandtrailer
ortruck.
•Avoidsuddenaccelerationwhiledriving
unituparamptoavoidtippingbackward.
•Avoidsuddendecelerationwhilebacking
unitdownaramptoavoidtipping
backward.

LoadingaUnit

Emptygrassbagsbeforeattemptingtoload
unitontrailerortruck.Useextremecautionwhen
loadingunitsontrailersortrucks.Onefullwidth
rampthatiswideenoughtoextendbeyondtherear
tiresisrecommendedinsteadofindividualrampsfor
eachsideoftheunit.Thelowerrearsectionofthe
tractorframeextendsbackbetweentherearwheels
andservesasastopfortippingbackward.Having
afullwidthrampprovidesasurfacefortheframe
memberstocontactiftheunitstartstotipbackward.
Ifitisnotpossibletouseonefullwidthramp ,use
enoughindividualrampstosimulateafullwidth
continuousramp .
Rampshouldbelongenoughsothattheangles
betweentherampandthegroundandtherampand
thetrailerortruckDoNotex ceed15°.Asteeper
anglemaycausemowerdeckcomponentstoget
caughtastheunitmovesfromramptotraileror
truck.Steeperanglesmayalsocausetheunittotip
backward.Ifloadingonornearaslope ,position
thetrailerortrucksoitisonthedownsideofthe
slopeandtherampextendsuptheslope.Thiswill
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