HOEFLON C4 - Fitting Ballast with Your Own Equipment

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User manual C4 – C6

7.8.3. Fitting ballast with your own equipment

Preparation

 Position the machine with retracted tracks as close as possible to the ballast so the ballast is

located with the ballast support on the left side, beside the turntable of the machine.

 Make sure the machine is supported on the outriggers in a square configuration, with the tracks

just above the ground and no load on the hook.

 Make sure the boom is horizontal.

Step-for-step

 Set the boom crosswise on the machine with the ballast on the left side of the machine.

 Take the ballast support out of the storage position and mount and secure it in the ballast

removal position.

 Remove the rear cover of the boom with a 10 mm spanner.

 Slide the boom out slightly and switch the control off.

 Attach the ballast removal cable to the back of the outermost sliding boom section with a bow

shackle. Attach the other end of the ballast removal cable to the ballast removal support with

the locking pin. Make sure the cable is not twisted and does not have any loops/windings.

 Switch the control on and slide the boom out until the ballast is at the correct height to slide

the ballast support beneath it. Make sure the ballast cable is guided over the cable sheave

correctly. During extension, pay attention to the front of the boom too.

 Rotate the ballast a quarter turn.

 Slide out the ballast frame and position the ballast on the ballast frame, then lower the ballast

while keeping the cable under tension. Make sure the ballast is straight, to prevent damage to

the sensors.

 Fit the ballast retainer and tighten the two bolts with a 24 mm spanner.

 Check whether the ballast appears on the display of the remote control. If not, check whether

the ballast is positioned parallel to the ballast frame. Reposition if necessary.

 Release tension on the ballast removal cable by sliding the boom in. Make sure the bow shackle

on the ballast cable does not go over the cable sheave.

 Disconnect the ballast removal cable and fit the rear cover of the boom.

 Take the ballast removal support out of the ballast and mount and secure it in the storage

position.

 The machine can now be transported in the transport position.

Check

 Check whether the ballast appears on the display, both in the extended and retracted positions.

 Check that the loose parts have been put away or are attached.