Swisher LS728C, LS10528C manual Towingsafety

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TOWING￿SAFETY￿

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•Do￿not￿allow￿persons￿to￿ride￿on￿splitter.￿￿Do￿not￿carry￿any￿cargo￿or￿wood￿on￿your￿ splitter.￿￿It￿may￿fall￿off￿and￿endanger￿vehicles￿that￿are￿following￿you.￿

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•Be￿sure￿jack￿stand￿is￿in￿the￿travel￿position￿and￿coupling￿secure.￿￿This￿must￿also￿be￿ retracted￿so￿not￿to￿interfere￿while￿towing.￿￿Retract￿kickstand￿by￿removing￿pin,￿ rotating￿up,￿and￿replacing￿pin.￿

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•Never￿exceed￿45￿MPH￿while￿towing￿your￿splitter.￿￿Be￿extra￿cautious￿when￿ traveling￿over￿rough￿terrain,￿especially￿over￿railroad￿tracks.￿

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•Always￿be￿careful￿while￿backing￿your￿splitter.￿￿You￿could￿jackknife￿your￿log￿ splitter￿if￿not￿careful.￿

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•Before￿using￿splitter,￿disconnect￿it￿from￿tow￿vehicle.￿￿A￿log￿could￿easily￿be￿ pushed￿forward￿into￿the￿vehicle.￿

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•See￿tire￿and￿wheel￿specifications￿for￿PSI￿while￿towing.￿

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•Be￿aware￿of￿the￿extra￿length￿of￿splitter￿while￿turning,￿parking,￿crossing￿ intersections,￿and￿in￿all￿driving￿situations.￿

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￿	OPERATION￿INSTRUCTIONS￿
	POSI-LOCK￿COUPLER￿
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ADJUST￿COUPLER￿LOCKING￿PRESSURE￿ON￿BALL￿BEFORE￿USE.￿￿PLACE￿HANDLE￿IN￿LOCKED￿

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POSITION￿WITH￿BALL￿IN￿COUPLER.￿￿TIGHTEN￿LOCKNUT￿AGAINST￿TENSION￿SPRING￿SO￿THAT￿ COUPLER￿IS￿NOT￿LOOSE￿ON￿BALL.￿CORRECT￿ADJUSTMENT￿WILL￿ALLOW￿HANDLE￿TO￿BE￿

RELEASED￿WITH￿MODERATE￿PRESSURE￿APPLIED￿TO￿HANDLE.￿

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TO￿OPEN,￿PULL￿UP￿ON￿COUPLER￿HANDLE￿AND￿ROTATE￿FORWARD.￿￿PLACE￿COUPLER￿ON￿BALL￿

WHEN￿BALL￿IS￿COMPLETELY￿NESTED￿IN￿BALL￿SOCKET,￿ROTATE￿COUPLER￿HANDLE￿ BACKWARD￿UNTIL￿HANDLE￿IS￿IN￿LOCKED￿POSITION.￿

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AFTER￿TOWING￿FOR￿50￿MILES,￿CHECK￿COUPLER￿FOR￿TIGHTNESS￿ON￿BALL.￿￿ALWAYS￿CHECK￿ TIGHTNESS￿BEFORE￿TOWING.￿￿BE￿SURE￿COUPLER￿HANDLE￿IS￿IN￿LOCKED￿POSITION.￿

WARNING:￿

NEVER￿EXCEED￿WEIGHT￿CAPACITY￿AND￿ALWAYS￿USE￿SAFETY￿CHAINS.￿￿ALWAYS￿USE￿ CORRECT￿BALL￿SIZE,￿MAKING￿SURE￿BALL￿IS￿COMPLETELY￿INSERTED￿INTO￿COUPLER.￿￿LOCK￿ COUPLER￿HANDLE￿SECURELY￿BEFORE￿TOWING.￿￿ALWAYS￿CHECK￿FOR￿DAMAGES￿AND￿ REPLACE￿IF￿DAMAGED.￿￿AVOID￿SHARP￿TURNS￿AND￿STEEP￿VERTICAL￿ANGLES￿WHEN￿TOWING.￿

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