WARNING
Loadingthemachineontoatrailerortruck
increasesthepossibilityofbackwardtip-over,and
couldcauseseriousinjuryordeath.
•Useextremecautionwhenoperatingamachine
onaramp.
•Useonlyasingle,full-widthramp;donotuse
individualrampsforeachsideofthemachine.
•Ifindividualrampsmustbeused,useenough
rampstocreateanunbrokenrampsurfacewider
thanthemachine.
•Donotexceeda15-degreeanglebetweenramp
andground,orbetweenaramp,atrailer,ora
truck.
•Avoidsuddenaccelerationwhiledriving
machineuparamptoavoidtippingbackward.
•Avoidsuddendecelerationwhilebacking
machinedownaramptoavoidtipping
backward.
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1.Trailer3.Notgreaterthan15
degrees
2.Full-widthramp
4.Full-widthramp(sideview)
Theoperatorshoulddetermineifitisbesttohavethe
platformupordownwhenloading,dependingonconditions.
Ifitisnotpossibletouse1full-widthramp,useenough
individualrampstosimulateafull-width,continuousramp.
Avoidsuddenaccelerationwhendrivinguparampand
suddendecelerationwhenbackingdownaramp.Both
maneuverscancausethemachinetotipbackward.
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