Operator's Manual

PushingtheMachinebyHand
Important:Nevertowthemachinebecausehydraulic
damagemayoccur.
PushingtheMachine
1.Disengagethepowertake-off(PTO)andturnthe
ignitionkeytooff.Movetheleverstotheneutral
lockedpositionandapplytheparkingbrake.Remove
thekey.
2.Lifttheseat.
3.Rotateeachby-passvalvecounterclockwise1turn
(Figure34).
Thisallowshydraulicuidtoby-passthepump
enablingthewheelstoturn.
Important:Donotrotatetheby-passvalvesmore
than1turn.Thispreventsvalvesfromcomingout
ofthebodyandcausinguidtorunout.
Figure34
1.Rightby-passvalve
2.Leftby-passvalve
4.Disengagetheparkingbrakebeforepushing.
ChangingtoMachineOperation
Rotateeachby-passvalveclockwise1turnandhandtighten
them(torqueofapproximately71in-lb(8N-m)(Figure34).
Note:Donotovertightentheby-passvalves.
Themachinewillnotdriveunlesstheby-passvalvesare
turnedinward.
LoadingMachines
Useextremecautionwhenloadingunitsontrailersortrucks.
Onefull-widthrampthatiswideenoughtoextendbeyond
thereartiresisrecommendedinsteadofindividualrampsfor
eachsideoftheunit(Figure35).Thelowerrearsectionof
thetractorframeextendsbackbetweentherearwheelsand
servesasastopfortippingbackward.Havingafull-width
rampprovidesasurfacefortheframememberstocontactif
theunitstartstotipbackward.Ifitisnotpossibletouseone
full-widthramp,useenoughindividualrampstosimulatea
full-widthcontinuousramp.
Therampshouldbelongenoughsothattheanglesdonot
exceed15degrees(
Figure35).Asteeperanglemaycause
mowercomponentstogetcaughtastheunitmovesfrom
ramptotrailerortruck.Steeperanglesmayalsocausethe
unittotipbackward.Ifloadingonornearaslope,position
thetrailerortrucksoitisonthedownsideoftheslopeand
therampextendsuptheslope.Thiswillminimizetheramp
angle.Thetrailerortruckshouldbeaslevelaspossible.
Important:Donotattempttoturntheunitwhileonthe
ramp;youmaylosecontrolanddriveofftheside.
Avoidsuddenaccelerationwhendrivinguparampand
suddendecelerationwhenbackingdownaramp.Both
maneuverscancausetheunittotipbackward.
WARNING
Loadingaunitontoatrailerortruckincreasesthe
possibilityofbackwardtip-overandcouldcause
seriousinjuryordeath.
•Useextremecautionwhenoperatingauniton
aramp.
•Useonlyasingle,full-widthramp;Donotuse
individualrampsforeachsideoftheunit.
•Ifindividualrampsmustbeused,useenough
rampstocreateanunbrokenrampsurfacewider
thantheunit.
•Donotexceeda15degreeanglebetweenramp
andgroundorbetweenrampandtrailerortruck.
•Avoidsuddenaccelerationwhiledrivingunitup
aramptoavoidtippingbackward.
•Avoidsuddendecelerationwhilebackingunit
downaramptoavoidtippingbackward.
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