3-CONTROLSANDINSTRUMENTS
Mid-mounttwo-spoolcontrolvalvelever
Themidmounttwo-spoolcontrolvalve(1)locationisto
theright-handsideoftheinstrumentpanel.Thecon-
trolvalveoperatesthefront-endloaderandotherfront
mountedimplements.
Thecontrolvalveisequippedwithacontrolleverlockout
(2)thatlocksthecontrolvalvehandleintheneutralposi-
tionanddoesnotallowthevalvetooperate.
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Tooperatethecontrolvalve,movethecontrollever(1)in
anyofthefourdirections.
Releasethecontrollevertostopthecylinderinanyposi-
tion,theleverautomaticallyreturnstoneutral.
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Movethecontrolleverforwardtolowertheloader/re-
tractcylinder(A).
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Movethecontrollevertothelefttocurlthebucket/re-
tractcylinder(B).
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Movethecontrolleverrearwardtoraisetheloader/ex-
tendcylinder(C).
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Movethecontrollevertotherighttodumpbucket/ex-
tendcylinder(D).
Movethecontrolleverfullyforwardto"FLOAT"position
(E)whichallowstheloaderboomliftcylinderstoextend
orretract.Thisvalvepositionwillallowtheloadertofol-
lowthegroundcontourduringoperation.Floatisalsoa
“dented”position,meaningyoumustmanuallyreturnthe
controlvalvelevertotheneuralposition.
NOTE:Donotusethe"FLOAT"position(E)iftheloader
bucketisofftheground.
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