Toro 31222 - Pushing the Machine by Hand; Loading Machines

Figure26
1.Seatlatch
2.Tolowertheseat,pullupontheseatlatchreleasebar
andlowertheseatintothelockedposition.
Figure27
1.Seatlatchreleasebar
PushingtheMachinebyHand
Ifthemachinestalls,runsoutoffuel,etc.youmayneedto
pushit.Todoso,yourstneedtoopenbothofthehydraulic
by-passvalves.
Important:Alwayspushthemachinebyhandand
neveralongdistance.Nevertowthemachinebecause
hydraulicdamagemayoccur.
PushingtheMachine
1.Disengagethepowertakeoff(PTO),turntheignition
keytooffandapplytheparkingbrake.
2.Removethekeyfromtheignitionswitch.Both
by-passvalvesmustbeopened.
3.Lifttheseat.
4.Rotateeachby-passvalvecounterclockwise1turn
(Figure28).
Thisallowshydraulicuidtoby-passthepump
enablingthewheelstoturn.
Important:Donotrotatetheby-passvalvesmore
than1turn.Thispreventsvalvesfromcomingout
ofthebodyandcausinguidtorunout.
5.Disengagetheparkingbrakebeforepushing.
ChangingtoMachineOperation
Rotateeachby-passvalveclockwise1turnandhandtighten
them(torqueofapproximately8N-m(71in-lb)(Figure28).
Note:Donotovertightentheby-passvalves.
Themachinewillnotdriveproperlyunlesstheby-passvalves
areturnedin.
Figure28
1.By-passvalves
LoadingMachines
Useextremecautionwhenloadingunitsontrailersortrucks.
Onefullwidthrampthatiswideenoughtoextendbeyond
thereartiresisrecommendedinsteadofindividualrampsfor
eachsideoftheunit(Figure29).Thelowerrearsectionof
thetractorframeextendsbackbetweentherearwheelsand
servesasastopfortippingbackward.Havingafullwidth
rampprovidesasurfacefortheframememberstocontactif
theunitstartstotipbackward.Ifitisnotpossibletouseone
fullwidthramp,useenoughindividualrampstosimulatea
fullwidthcontinuousramp.
Therampshouldbelongenoughsothattheanglesdonot
exceed15degrees(
Figure29).Asteeperanglemaycause
machinecomponentstogetcaughtastheunitmovesfrom
ramptotrailerortruck.Steeperanglesmayalsocausethe
unittotipbackward.Ifloadingonornearaslope,position
thetrailerortrucksoitisonthedownsideoftheslopeand
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