INSTALLATION
OFF-LOADING & UP-ENDING BALER
3-1
THE FOLLOWING REQUIRES AN EXPERIENCED FORK LIFT DRIVER, 8,000 #
CAPACITY FORKLIFT, AND 8,000 # CAPACITY CHAINS OR CABLES.
1. INSERT THE FORKLIFT FORKS UNDER THE BALER IN THE
APPROXIMATE LOCATIONS SHOWN BELOW, AND MARKED BY
“X”. KEEP THE FORKS AS WIDE APART AS POSSIBLE. SET THE
BALER ON LEVEL GROUND.
FRONT VIEW OF
BALER ON SIDE
INTEGRAL STAND
OFF ON BALER
“X” IS RECOMMENDED LOCATION FOR FORK LIFT FORKS
WHEN OFF-LOADING BALER FROM TRAILER
8000 # CAP.
FORK LIFT
BOTTOM
VIEW OF
BALER
FORKS
2. INSERT FORKS UNDER BALER AS SHOWN. DO
NOT LIFT BALER BY HYDRAULIC COMPONENTS.
ATTACH AN 8000 LB CHAIN OR CABLE FROM THE
FORK LIFT GUARD TO EACH UPPER LIFT LUG ON
THE UPPER SIDE OF THE BALER. THE CHAIN/CABLE
SHOULD BE OF SUFFICENT LENGTH TO ALLOW
BALER TO PIVOT FROM A HORIZONTAL TO A
VERTICAL POSITION.
8000# CHAIN OR CABLE
ATTACHED TO FORK LIFT
GUARD, AND UPPER
BALER LIFT LUGS
SIDE VIEW OF
BALER UPPER
CORNER
LIFTING LUGS
LOCATED IN THE
UPPER CORNERS
LEVEL
SURFACE
WOODEN BLOCK
USE THICK CARDBOARD TO
PROTECT BALER DURING
UP-ENDING
3. BEFORE UP-ENDING BALER, ATTACH A SAFETY CHAIN FROM
EACH FORK TO THE UPPER LIFT LUGS ON THE BALER THAT ARE
CLOSEST TO THE FORKS (SEE BELOW). TO UP-END THE BALER,
SLOWLY RAISE THE FORKS, AND DRIVE FORWARD IN A STRAIGHT
LINE.
TIP: BEFORE UPENDING,
PLACE A 1”-2” STACK OF
CARDBOARD IN THIS
POSITION, FOR THE BALER
TO SETTLE ON. REMOVE
CARDBOARD AFTER BALER
IS VERTICAL.
8000#
CHAIN
8000# SAFETY CHAIN/CABLE BETWEEN
FORKS , AND BALER LIFT LUGS