Toro 74310 - Loading the Machine

LoadingtheMachine
Useextremecautionwhenloadingthemachineontoatrailer
ortruck.Onefull-widthrampthatiswideenoughtoextend
beyondthereartiresisrecommendedinsteadofindividual
rampsforeachsideofthemachine(Figure26).Thelower
rearsectionofthemachineframeextendsbackbetweenthe
rearwheelsandservesasastopfortippingbackward.Having
afull-widthrampprovidesasurfacefortheframemembers
tocontactifthemachinestartstotipbackward.Ifitisnot
possibletouseonefull-widthramp,useenoughindividual
rampstosimulateafull-widthcontinuousramp.
Therampshouldbelongenoughsothattheanglesdonot
exceed15degrees(Figure26).Asteeperanglemaycause
mowercomponentstogetcaughtasthemachinemovesfrom
theramptothetrailerortruck.Steeperanglesmayalsocause
themachinetotipbackward.Ifloadingonornearaslope,
positionthetrailerortrucksothatitisonthedownside
oftheslopeandtherampextendsuptheslope.Thiswill
minimizetherampangle.Thetrailerortruckshouldbeas
levelaspossible.
Important:Donotattempttoturnthemachinewhile
ontheramp;youmaylosecontrolanddriveofftheside.
Avoidsuddenaccelerationwhendrivinguparampand
suddendecelerationwhenbackingdownaramp.Both
maneuverscancausethemachinetotipbackward.
WARNING
Loadingamachineontoatrailerortruckincreases
thepossibilityofbackwardtip-overandcouldcause
seriousinjuryordeath.
•Useextremecautionwhenoperatingamachine
onaramp.
•Useonlyasingle,full-widthramp;donotuse
individualrampsforeachsideofthemachine.
•Ifindividualrampsmustbeused,useenough
rampstocreateanunbrokenrampsurfacewider
thanthemachine.
•Donotexceeda15degreeanglebetweenthe
rampandthegroundorbetweentherampand
thetrailerortruck.
•Avoidsuddenaccelerationwhiledrivingthe
machineuparamp,toavoidtippingbackward.
•Avoidsuddendecelerationwhilebacking
themachinedownaramp,toavoidtipping
backward.
Figure26
1.Trailer3.Notgreaterthan
15degrees
2.Full-widthramp4.Full-widthramp—side
view
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