Toro 07413LT - Towing the Machine; Towing a Trailer

TowingtheMachine
Incaseofanemergency,youcantowthemachine
forashortdistance;however,thisshouldnotbea
standardoperatingprocedure.
WARNING
Towingatexcessivespeedscouldcausea
lossofsteeringcontrol,resultinginpersonal
injury.
Nevertowthemachineatfasterthan8km/h
(5mph).
Towingthemachineisa2-personjob.Ifyoumust
movethemachineaconsiderabledistance,transport
itonatruckortrailer;refertoTowingaTrailer(page
25).
1.Shutoffthemachineandremovethekey.
Important:Ifyoutowthemachinewiththe
keyintheONposition,theelectricalsystem
maybedamaged.
2.Afxatowlinetothetongueatthefrontofthe
machine’sframe(Figure24).
3.Disengagetheparkingbrake.
TowingaTrailer
Themachineiscapableofpullingtrailers.T owhitches
areavailableforthemachine,contactyourauthorized
Torodistibutorfordetails.
Whenhaulingcargoortowingatrailer,donot
overloadyourmachineortrailer.Overloadingeither
themachineorthetrailercancausepoorperformance
ordamagetothebrakes,axle,motor,transaxle,
steering,suspension,bodystructure,ortires.
Alwaysloadatrailerwith60%ofthecargoweightin
thefrontofthetrailer.Thisplacesapproximately10%
ofthegrosstrailerweight(GTW)onthetowhitchof
themachine.
Toprovideadequatebrakingandtraction,alwaysload
thecargobedwhenusingatrailer.Donotexceed
theGTWorGVWlimits.
Avoidparkingamachinewithatraileronahill.Ifyou
mustparkonahill,engagetheparkingbrakeand
blockthetiresofthetrailer.
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