Toro Greensmaster 3150 04358 - Loading the Machine; Towing the Machine

LoadingtheMachine
Useextremecautionwhenloadingthemachineontoatrailer
oratruck.Onefull-widthrampthatiswideenoughtoextend
beyondthereartiresisrequired(Figure32).
Therampshouldbelongenoughsothattheanglesdonot
exceed15degrees(Figure32).Asteeperanglemaycause
mowercomponentstogetcaughtastheunitmovesfromthe
ramptothetrailerortruck.Steeperanglesmayalsocause
themachinetotipbackward.Ifloadingonornearaslope,
positionthetrailerortrucksothatitisonthedownside
oftheslopeandtherampextendsuptheslope.Thiswill
minimizetherampangle.Thetrailerortruckshouldbeas
levelaspossible.
Important:Donotattempttoturnthemachinewhile
ontheramp;youmaylosecontrolanddriveofftheside.
Avoidsuddenaccelerationwhendrivinguparampand
suddendecelerationwhenbackingdownaramp.Both
maneuverscancausethemachinetotipbackward.
WARNING
Loadingamachineontoatrailerortruckincreases
thepossibilityofbackwardtip-overandcouldcause
seriousinjuryordeath.
•Useextremecautionwhenoperatingamachine
onaramp.
•Usetheseatbeltwhenloadingthemachine.
EnsurethattheROPSwillclearthetopofan
enclosedtrailer.
•Useonlyasingle,full-widthramp;donotuse
individualrampsforeachsideofthemachine.
•Ifindividualrampsmustbeused,useenough
rampstocreateanunbrokenrampsurfacewider
thanthemachine.
•Donotexceeda15-degreeanglebetweenthe
rampandthegroundorbetweentherampand
thetrailerortruck.
•Avoidsuddenaccelerationwhiledrivingthe
machineuparamp,toavoidtippingbackward.
•Avoidsuddendecelerationwhilebacking
themachinedownaramp,toavoidtipping
backward.
Figure32
1.Trailer3.Notgreaterthan15
degrees
2.Full-widthramp4.Full-widthramp—side
view
TowingtheMachine
Incaseofanemergency,youcantowthemachineforashort
distance,lessthan0.4km(1/4mile);however,Torodoesnot
recommendthisasstandardprocedure.
Important:Donottowthemachinefasterthan3to
5km/h(2to3mph)becausethedrivesystemmaybe
damaged.Ifthemachinemustbemovedaconsiderable
distance,transportitonatruckortrailer.
1.Locatethebypassvalveonthepumpandrotateitso
thattheslotisvertical(Figure33).
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Figure33
1.Bypassvalve-slotshowninclosed(horizontal)position
2.Beforestartingtheengine,closethebypassvalveby
rotatingitsothattheslotishorizontal(Figure33).Do
notstarttheenginewhenthevalveisopen.
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