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WARNING
Loadingamachineontoatrailerortruckincreases
thepossibilityoftip-overandcouldcauseserious
injuryordeath.
•Useextremecautionwhenoperatingamachine
onaramp.
•Useonlyafull-widthramp;donotuseindividual
rampsforeachsideofthemachine.
•Donotexceeda15-degreeanglebetweenthe
rampandthegroundorbetweentherampand
thetrailerortruck.
•Ensurethatthelengthoftherampisatleast4
timesaslongastheheightofthetrailerortruck
bedtotheground.Thiswillensurethatthe
rampangledoesnotexceed15degreesonat
ground.
•Backthemachineuptherampandwalkit
forwarddowntheramp.
•Avoidsuddenaccelerationordecelerationwhile
drivingthemachineonaramp,asthiscould
causealossofcontroloratip-oversituation.
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Figure26
1.Full-widthrampinstowed
position
4.Therampisatleast4
timesaslongastheheight
ofthetrailerortruckbed
totheground
2.Sideviewoffull-width
rampinloadingposition
5.H=heightofthetraileror
truckbedtotheground
3.Notgreaterthan
15degrees
6.Trailer
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