Toro 23518 - Transporting the Machine; Loading the Machine

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Toturnleftorright,releasepressureonthe
traction-controllevertowardthedesiredturndirection.
Tomakezeroturns,liftyourfootoffofthe
tine-elevationswitchtoraisethetines.Theheadwill
raisein1second.
Important:Donotmakeazeroturnwhenthe
tinesareinthedownposition.
3.Tostop,positionbothtraction-controlleversinthe
NEUTRAL/OPERATEposition.
TransportingtheMachine
Machineweight:460kg(1,015lb)
Useaheavy-dutytrailerortrucktotransportthemachine.
Ensurethatthetrailerortruckhasallthenecessarybrakes,
lighting,andmarkingasrequiredbylaw .Pleasecarefullyread
allthesafetyinstructions.
CAUTION
Thismachinedoesnothaveproperturnsignals,
lights,reectivemarkings,oraslowmovingvehicle
emblem.Drivingonastreetorroadwaywithout
suchequipmentisdangerousandcanleadto
accidentscausingpersonalinjury.Drivingona
streetorroadwaywithoutsuchequipmentmayalso
beaviolationofStatelawsandtheoperatormaybe
subjecttotrafcticketsand/ornes.
Donotdriveamachineonapublicstreetor
roadway.
Totransportthemachine:
1.Raisethetinesofthemachinebeforedrivingontothe
trailerortruck.
2.Ifusingatrailer,connectittothetowingvehicleand
connectthesafetychains.
3.Ifapplicable,connectthetrailerbrakes.
4.Loadthemachineontothetrailerortruck.
5.Stoptheengine,removethekey,setthebrake,and
closethefuelvalve.
6.Settheparkingbrakeandblockthetires.
7.Usethetie-downpointsonthemachinetosecurely
bindthemachinetothetrailerortruckwithstraps,
chains,cable,orropes(Figure27).
Note:Refertoyourlocalordinancesforspecic
trailerandtie-downregulations.
Figure27
1.Tie-downpoints
LoadingtheMachine
Useextremecautionwhenloadingunitsontotrailersor
trucks.Use1full-widthrampthatiswideenoughtoextend
beyondthereartiresisrecommendedinsteadofindividual
rampsforeachsideofthemachine(Figure28).Theplatform,
whendownandlockedintoposition,mustextendback
betweentherearwheelsandservesasastopfortipping
backward.Havingafull-widthrampprovidesasurfacefor
theplatformtocontactifthemachinestartstotipbackward.
Withtheplatformup,afull-widthrampprovidesasurfaceto
walkonbehindthemachine.
Therampshouldbelongenoughsothattheanglesdonot
exceed15degrees(Figure28).Asteeperanglemaycausetine
componentstogetcaught,asthemachinemovesfromramp
totrailerortruck.Asteeperanglemayalsocausethemachine
totipbackward.Ifloadingonornearaslope,positionthe
trailerortrucksoitisonthedownsideoftheslopeand
therampextendsuptheslope.Thiswillminimizetheramp
angle.Thetrailerortruckshouldbeaslevelaspossible.
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