Toro 74901 Z Master 5000 - Machine Transporting; Machine Loading Safely

TransportingMachines
Useaheavy-dutytrailerortrucktotransportthemachine.
Ensurethatthetrailerortruckhasallnecessarybrakes,
lighting,andmarkingasrequiredbylaw .Pleasecarefullyread
allthesafetyinstructions.Knowingthisinformationcould
helpyou,yourfamily,petsorbystandersavoidinjury.
WARNING
Drivingonthestreetorroadwaywithoutturn
signals,lights,reectivemarkings,oraslow
movingvehicleemblemisdangerousandcanlead
toaccidentscausingpersonalinjury.
Donotdrivemachineonapublicstreetorroadway.
Totransportthemachine:
1.Ifusingatrailer,connectittothetowingvehicleand
connectthesafetychains.
2.Ifapplicable,connectthetrailerbrakes.
3.Loadthemachineontothetrailerortruck.
4.Stoptheengine,removethekey,setthebrake,and
closethefuelvalve.
5.Usethemetaltiedownloopsonthemachineto
securelyfastenthemachinetothetrailerortruckwith
straps,chains,cable,orropes(
Figure39).
Figure39
1.Tractionunittiedownloops
LoadingMachines
Useextremecautionwhenloadingunitsontrailersortrucks.
Onefullwidthrampthatiswideenoughtoextendbeyond
thereartiresisrecommendedinsteadofindividualrampsfor
eachsideoftheunit(Figure40).Thelowerrearsectionof
themachineframeextendsbackbetweentherearwheelsand
servesasastopfortippingbackward.Havingafullwidth
rampprovidesasurfacefortheframememberstocontactif
theunitstartstotipbackward.Ifitisnotpossibletouseone
fullwidthramp,useenoughindividualrampstosimulatea
fullwidthcontinuousramp.
Therampshouldbelongenoughsothattheanglesdonot
exceed15degrees(
Figure40).Asteeperanglemaycause
mowercomponentstogetcaughtastheunitmovesfrom
ramptotrailerortruck.Steeperanglesmayalsocausethe
unittotipbackward.Ifloadingonornearaslope,position
thetrailerortrucksoitisonthedownsideoftheslopeand
therampextendsuptheslope.Thiswillminimizetheramp
angle.Thetrailerortruckshouldbeaslevelaspossible.
Important:DoNotattempttoturntheunitwhileon
theramp;youmaylosecontrolanddriveofftheside.
Avoidsuddenaccelerationwhendrivinguparampand
suddendecelerationwhenbackingdownaramp.Both
maneuverscancausetheunittotipbackward.
WARNING
Loadingaunitontoatrailerortruckincreasesthe
possibilityofbackwardtip-overandcouldcause
seriousinjuryordeath.
•Useextremecautionwhenoperatingauniton
aramp.
•EnsuretheROPSisintheuppositionwhile
usingtheseatbeltwhenloadingthemachine.
EnsuretheROPSwillclearthetopofan
enclosedtrailer.
•Useonlyasingle,fullwidthramp;DoNotuse
individualrampsforeachsideoftheunit.
•Ifindividualrampsmustbeused,useenough
rampstocreateanunbrokenrampsurfacewider
thantheunit.
•Donotexceeda15degreeanglebetweenramp
andgroundorbetweenrampandtrailerortruck.
•Avoidsuddenaccelerationwhiledrivingunitup
aramptoavoidtippingbackward.
•Avoidsuddendecelerationwhilebackingunit
downaramptoavoidtippingbackward.
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