Ifor Williams Trailers TT2012 - Operation - Tiltbed Trailers; 4.1 Safe Operation of Tiltbed Trailers; 4.2 Loading Tiltbed Trailers; Maintenance

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4 – Operation – Tiltbed Trailers ............................................................................................................ 25
4.1 – Safe Operation of Tiltbed Trailers ............................................................................................ 25
4.2 – Loading Tiltbed Trailers with Vehicles or other Rolling Loads ................................................. 26
4.2.1 – General Notes on Loading – Manual Tilt ........................................................................... 26
4.2.2 – Loading Vehicles or Rolling Loads with an Electric Winch ................................................ 31
4.2.3 – Loading Vehicles or Other Rolling Loads with a Manual Winch ....................................... 33
4.2.4 – Loading Vehicles and other Plant under Own Power ....................................................... 34
4.2.5 – Notes Specific to Different Tiltbed Types.......................................................................... 34
5.3 – Unloading Tiltbed Trailers carrying Vehicles or other Rolling Loads ....................................... 35
4.4 Using Tiltbed Trailers as Flat Trailers (Tiltbed function not used) .............................................. 37
4.5 Fitting and Using the Wheel Chock Kit on TB Trailers ................................................................. 37
4.6 – Fitting and Using CT177 Ski-Jump Kit ....................................................................................... 38
5 Maintenance ...................................................................................................................................... 39
5.2 – Hydraulic System ...................................................................................................................... 39
5.2.1 – Hydraulic System Maintenance ........................................................................................ 39
5.2.2 – Draining the Tank .............................................................................................................. 39
5.3 – Battery ...................................................................................................................................... 41
5.3.1 – Battery Maintenance ........................................................................................................ 42
5.4 – Parts ................................................................................................................................... 43
5.4.1 Replacement parts ............................................................................................................... 43
5.4.2 Accessories ........................................................................................................................... 43
5.5 – Tyres ......................................................................................................................................... 43
5.5.1 Pressure, Load, Speed and Interchangability ....................................................................... 43
5.5.2 Tyre Repairs ......................................................................................................................... 44
5.5.3 Changing a Wheel ................................................................................................................ 44
5.7.3 – Wheel Bearings ................................................................................................................. 46
5.7.4 – Brake Cables ...................................................................................................................... 46
5.8 Coupling Maintenance ................................................................................................................ 47
5.8.1 – Bellows .............................................................................................................................. 47
5.8.2 – Coupling Head ................................................................................................................... 47
5.8.3 – Coupling Damper .............................................................................................................. 47
5.9 – Breakaway Cable ...................................................................................................................... 48
5.9.1 – Checking the Breakaway Cable ......................................................................................... 48
5.9.2 – Replacing the Breakaway Cable ........................................................................................ 48