WARNING
Loadingamachineontoatrailerortruckincreases
thepossibilityoftip-overandcouldcauseserious
injuryordeath.
•Useextremecautionwhenoperatingamachine
onaramp.
•Useonlyafull-widthramp;donotuseindividual
rampsforeachsideofthemachine.
•Donotexceeda15-degreeanglebetweenthe
rampandthegroundorbetweentherampand
thetrailerortruck.
•Ensurethelengthoframpisatleast4timesas
longastheheightofthetrailerortruckbedto
theground.Thiswillensurethatrampangle
doesnotexceed15degreesonatground.
•Backthemachineuprampsandwalkitforward
downramps.
•Avoidsuddenaccelerationordecelerationwhile
drivingthemachineonaramp,asthiscould
causealossofcontroloratip-oversituation.
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1.Full-widthrampinstowed
position
4.Rampisatleast4times
aslongastheheightof
thetrailerortruckbedto
theground
2.Sideviewoffull-width
rampinloadingposition
5.H=heightofthetraileror
truckbedtotheground
3.Notgreaterthan
15degrees
6.Trailer
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