5 Operation
Trailer and load
Operating the manual coupling
DANGER
If the coupling pin drops out or is damaged during
towing, the trailer will become loose and uncon-
trollable. This causes a risk of accident!
– Use only original coupling pins that have been
checked for good condition.
– Ensure that the coupling pin is correctly inserted,
secured and is in good working order.
WARNING
If you briefly leave th
e truck to couple or uncouple a
coupling, there is a
risk of fatal injury caused by the
truck rolling away
and running you over.
– Apply the parking
brake.
– Turn off the key s
witchandremovethekey.
– Activate the bra
ke system on the trailer (variant).
Otherwise, you
must secure the wheels of the
trailer agains
t rolling away using wheel chocks.
Coupling the
trailer
WARNING
Risk of injury due to components moving suddenly!
– Do not reach into the open coupling.
Take measures to prevent the trailer from
rolling away, e.g. use wheel chocks.
– Slowly move the truck backwards.
– Stop just in front of the drawbar.
– Apply the parking brake
– Actuate the remote control switch for
reverse inching (1) in the switch panel.
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