50 General Maintenance
2. Using the joystick, extend both automated arms to get better access to the hopper area.
3. Fully retract the packer by pressing the yellow button on the packer control station.
4. Turn OFF the hydraulic pump and the engine.
5. Lock out and tag out the vehicle (see Locking Out and Tagging Out the Vehicle on page 14).
NEXT: ACCESSING PACKER: See “E. Accessing Packer - Dual H
ELPING-HAND™ Units” on
page 70.
Accessing Packer
A. Accessing Packer - Standard Units W/ Loading Arm
NOTE: For standard units w/o loading arm, go to page 52; for co-mingle units w/ loading arm go to
page 55; for co-mingle units w/o loading arm, go to page 62; for dual Helping-Hand units, go
to page 70.
Once you have prepared the packer for removal, you need to gain access to the packer.
To do so:
1. Remove the anti-spill guards located on each side of the hopper.
An R-pin located just behind the anti-spill guard (see Figure 3-25) must be pulled completely to
allow for the removal of the guard.
Figure 3-24
Anti-spill guards
Danger!
Secure the area around the path of the automated arms when performing maintenance
or repair.
Danger!
Do not enter the hopper while the packer is moving.