Toro 34215 - Transporting the Machine; Loading the Machine onto a Transport Vehicle

TransportingtheMachine
Machineweight:227kg(500lb)—bothsprayertankand
hopperempty;389kg(857lb)—bothsprayertankand
hopperfull
CAUTION
Thismachinedoesnothaveproperturnsignals,
lights,reectivemarkings,oraslowmovingvehicle
emblem.Drivingonastreetorroadwaywithout
suchequipmentisdangerousandcanleadto
accidentscausingpersonalinjury.Drivingona
streetorroadwaywithoutsuchequipmentmayalso
beaviolationofStatelawsandtheoperatormaybe
subjecttotrafcticketsand/ornes.
Donotdriveamachineonapublicstreetor
roadway.
LoadingtheMachineontoaTransport
Vehicle
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.
Important:Donotattempttoturnthemachinewhile
ontheramp;youmaylosecontrolanddriveofftheside.
•Useextremecautionwhenloadingunitsontotrailersor
trucks.
•Use1full-widthrampthatiswideenoughtoextend
beyondthereartiresisrecommendedinsteadof
individualrampsforeachsideofthemachine(Figure55).
Theplatform,whendownandlockedintoposition,must
extendbackbetweentherearwheelsandservesasastop
fortippingbackward.Havingafull-widthrampprovides
asurfacefortheplatformtocontactifthemachinestarts
totipbackward.Withtheplatformup,afull-widthramp
providesasurfacetowalkonbehindthemachine.
•Therampshouldbelongenoughsothattheanglesdo
notexceed15degrees(Figure55).Asteeperanglemay
causethechassistogetcaughtasthemachinemoves
fromramptotrailerortruck.Asteeperanglemayalso
causethemachinetotipbackward.Ifloadingonornear
aslope,positionthetrailerortrucksoitisonthedown
sideoftheslopeandtherampextendsuptheslope.This
willminimizetherampangle.Thetrailerortruckshould
beaslevelaspossible.
Figure55
1.Trailer3.Notgreaterthan
15degrees
2.Full-widthramp
4.Full-widthramp(sideview)
•Theoperatorshoulddetermineifitisbesttohave
theplatformupordownwhenloading,dependingon
conditions.Ifitisnotpossibletouseonefull-widthramp,
useenoughindividualrampstosimulateafull-width,
continuousramp.
•Avoidsuddenaccelerationwhendrivinguparampand
suddendecelerationwhenbackingdownaramp.Both
maneuverscancausethemachinetotipbackward.
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