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Operation
WARNING
Loadingaunitonatrailerortruckincreases
thepossibilityofbackwardtip-over.Backward
tip-overcouldcauseseriousinjuryordeath.
•Useextremecautionwhenoperatingaunit
onaramp.
•Useonlyasingle,fullwidthramp;DoNot
useindividualrampsforeachsideoftheunit.
•Ifindividualrampsmustbeused,useenough
rampstocreateanunbrokenrampsurface
widerthantheunit.
•DoNotexceeda20degreeanglebetween
rampandgroundorbetweenrampandtrailer
ortruck.
•Avoidsuddenaccelerationwhiledrivingunit
uparamptoavoidtippingbackward.
•Avoidsuddendecelerationwhilebackingunit
downaramptoavoidtippingbackward.
LoadingaUnit
Useextremecautionwhenloadingunitsontrailersor
trucks.Onefullwidthrampthatiswideenoughto
extendbeyondthereartiresisrecommendedinstead
ofindividualrampsforeachsideoftheunit.With
theplatformup,afullwidthrampprovidesasurface
towalkonbehindtheunit.Ifitisnotpossibletouse
onefullwidthramp,useenoughindividualrampsto
simulateafullwidthcontinuousramp.
Rampshouldbelongenoughsothattheangles
betweentherampandthegroundandtheramp
andthetrailerortruckdonotexceed20degrees.A
steeperanglemaycausemowerdeckcomponents
togetcaughtastheunitmovesfromramptotrailer
ortruck.Steeperanglesmayalsocausetheunitto
tipbackward.Ifloadingonornearaslope,position
thetrailerortrucksoitisonthedownsideofthe
slopeandtherampextendsuptheslope.Thiswill
minimizetherampangle.Thetrailerortruckshould
beaslevelaspossible.
Important:DoNotattempttoturntheunit
whileontheramp,youmaylosecontroland
driveofftheside.
Avoidsuddenaccelerationwhendrivinguparamp
andsuddendecelerationwhenbackingdownaramp.
Bothmaneuverscancausetheunittotipbackward.
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