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LoadingtheMachineontoa
TransportVehicle
WARNING
Loadingthemachineontoatrailerortruck
increasesthepossibilityoftip-overandcould
causeseriousinjuryordeath.
•Useextremecautionwhenoperatinga
machineonaramp.
•Useonlyasingle,full-widthramp;donot
useindividualrampsforeachsideofthe
machine.
•Ifyoumustuseindividualramps,use
enoughrampstocreateanunbrokenramp
surfacewiderthanthemachine.
•Donotexceeda15-degreeanglebetween
rampandground,orbetweenaramp,a
trailer,oratruck.
•Avoidsuddenaccelerationwhiledriving
machineuparamptoavoidtipping
backward.
•Avoidsuddendecelerationwhilebacking
machinedownaramptoavoidtipping
backward.
Important:Donotattempttoturnthemachine
whileontheramp;youmaylosecontrolanddrive
offtheside.
•Useextremecautionwhenloadingunitsonto
trailersortrucks.
•Use1full-widthrampthatiswideenoughto
extendbeyondthereartiresinsteadofindividual
rampsforeachsideofthemachine(Figure28).
Theplatform,whendownandlockedintoposition,
mustextendbackbetweentherearwheels,and
servesasastopfortippingbackward.Havinga
full-widthrampprovidesasurfacefortheplatform
tocontactifthemachinestartstotipbackward.
Withtheplatformup,afull-widthrampprovidesa
surfacetowalkonbehindthemachine.
•Therampshouldbelongenoughsothatthe
anglesdonotexceed15degrees(Figure28).
Asteeperanglemaycausetinecomponentsto
getcaught,asthemachinemovesfromrampto
trailerortruck.Asteeperanglemayalsocause
themachinetotipbackward.Ifloadingonornear
aslope,positionthetrailerortrucksoitisonthe
downsideoftheslopeandtherampextendsup
theslope.Thisminimizestherampangle.The
trailerortruckshouldbeaslevelaspossible.
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Figure28
1.Trailer3.Notgreaterthan
15degrees
2.Full-widthramp
4.Full-widthramp(sideview)
•Youshoulddetermineifitisbesttohavethe
platformupordownwhenloading,dependingon
conditions.Ifitisnotpossibletouse1full-width
ramp,useenoughindividualrampstosimulatea
full-width,continuousramp.
•Avoidsuddenaccelerationwhendrivinguparamp
andsuddendecelerationwhenbackingdowna
ramp.Bothmaneuverscancausethemachineto
tipbackward.
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