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WARNING
Loadingamachineontoatrailerortruckincreases
thepossibilityofatip-overandcouldcauseserious
injuryordeath.
•Useextremecautionwhenoperatingamachine
onaramp.
•EnsurethattheROPSisintheuppositionand
usetheseatbeltwhenloadingorunloadingthe
machine.EnsurethattheROPSwillclearthe
topofanenclosedtrailer.
•Useonlyafull-widthramp;donotuseindividual
rampsforeachsideofthemachine.
•Donotexceeda15°anglebetweentherampand
thegroundorbetweentherampandthetrailer
ortruck.
•Ensurethatthelengthoftherampisatleast4
timesaslongastheheightofthetrailerortruck
bedtotheground.Thiswillensurethatramp
angledoesnotexceed15°onatground.
•Backthemachineuptherampsanddriveit
forwarddowntheramps.
•Avoidsuddenaccelerationordecelerationwhile
drivingthemachineonarampasthiscould
causealossofcontroloratip-over.
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Figure39
1.Full-widthrampinstowed
position
4.Therampisatleast4
timesaslongastheheight
ofthetrailerortruckbed
totheground.
2.Sideviewoffull-width
rampinloadingposition
5.H=heightofthetraileror
truckbedtotheground
3.Notgreaterthan15
degrees
6.Trailer
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