Soucy S-TECH 7016 - Safe Operation; Track Rotation

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9.3SAFEOPERATION

•Complywiththefollowinginformationforlongerservicelifeofyourtracksystem:

•Beforeyouoperatethetracksystem,makesurethetracksarecorrectlyadjustedandaligned(seeSECTION6).

•Thereisaslightlossofspeedwhenusingatracksystem.Thisisduetoasmallersprocketdiametercompared

tothewheels,toadditionalweightofthesystem,andtotheincreasedtractionofthetracksystem.Therefore,the

drivingcharacteristicsofyourvehiclewillchangewiththeinstallationofthetracksystem.Takethetimetofamiliarize

yourselfwithoperatingthesystembeforeyouuseitintheelds.

•Thesystemisdesignedtorunonagriculturallandsurfaces.Donotdriveonhardsurfaces(pavedroads)athigh

speedforextendedperiods.

•Tracktreadwearsfasterwithintensiveroading.Treadwearratescanbeminimizedbystayingoffpavement,reducing

transportweightandspeed,andadjustingballastforeventransportweightdistributionfronttoback.

•ATRACKEDMACHINEBALLASTEDFORPROPERFIELDOPERATIONISUSUALLYNOTBALLASTED

CORRECTLYFORROADING.

•Thegreatestrateoftreadwearoccursonahotdaywithapoorly-balanced,heavymachine.Alwaystravelduring

coolerpartsofthedayandatreducedtravelspeedandweight,asthiswilllowertemperaturesofthetreads,guide

lugs,androllingcomponents.

•Usingafrontloaderappliesadditionalloadonthefrontaxleandcouldleadtocomponentsfailures.Neverexceed

themaximumloadspeciedinfollowingtableswhenusingthefrontloader.

•Slowlystartworkingwhenoperatingincoldweather.

•ContactyourSoucyTrackdealerifyouhavequestionsaboutoperatingyourtracksystem.

9.4TRACKROTATION

•Rotatetrackfromsidetosideafter1,000hoursofnormaluseor500hoursofintensiveuse(heavyloadandroad

travel).Thiswilleventhewearonthetracks.Failuretocomplycouldresultinprematurewearoftracks.

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