Loading the Machine
Use extreme caution when loading or unloading machines
onto a trailer or a truck. Use a full-width ramp that is wider
than the machine for this procedure. Back the machine up the
ramp and drive it forward down the ramp (Figure 29).
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Figure 29
1. Back the machine up the
ramp.
2. Drive the machine forward
down the ramp.
Important: Do not use narrow individual ramps for
each side of the machine.
WARNING
Loading a machine onto a trailer or truck increases
the possibility of tip-over and could cause serious
injury or death (Figure 30).
• Use extreme caution when operating a machine
on a ramp.
• Use only a full-width ramp; do not use individual
ramps for each side of the machine.
• Do not exceed a 15-degree angle between the
ramp and the ground or between the ramp and
the trailer or truck.
• Ensure that the length of ramp is at least 4 times
as long as the height of the trailer or truck bed
to the ground. This ensures that the ramp angle
does not exceed 15 degrees on at ground.
• Back the machine up the ramp and drive it
forward down the ramp.
• Avoid sudden acceleration or deceleration while
driving the machine on a ramp as this could
cause a loss of control or a tip-over situation.
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Figure 30
1. Full-width ramp in stowed
position
4. Ramp is at least 4 times
as long as the height of
the trailer or truck bed to
the ground
2. Side view of full-width
ramp in loading position
5. H=height of the trailer or
truck bed to the ground
3. Not greater than
15 degrees
6. Trailer
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