Toro Groundsmaster 7200 Series - Loading the Machine; Loading Safety Precautions

LoadingtheMachine
Useextremecautionwhenloadingorunloading
machinesontoatraileroratruck.Useafull-width
rampthatiswiderthanthemachineforthisprocedure.
Drivethemachineuprampsinreverseanddriveit
downrampsinaforwarddirection(Figure29).
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Figure29
1.Drivethemachineupthe
rampinreverse.
2.Drivethemachineforward
downtheramp.
Important:Donotusenarrowindividualramps
foreachsideofthemachine.
WARNING
Loadingthemachineontoatrailerortruck
increasesthepossibilityoftipoverandcould
causeseriousinjuryordeath.
•Useextremecautionwhenoperatinga
machineonaramp.
•Whenloadingorunloadingthemachine,
usetheseatbeltandensurethattheroll
barisintheraisedposition.Ensurethat
therollbarcanclearthetopofanenclosed
trailer.
•Useonlyafull-widthramp;donotuse
individualrampsforeachsideofthe
machine.
•Donotexceeda15°anglebetweenthe
rampandtheground,orbetweentheramp
andthetrailerortruck.
•Ensurethattheramplengthisatleast4
timesaslongastheheightofthetraileror
truckbedtotheground.Thisensuresthat
therampangledoesnotexceed15°onat
ground.
•Drivethemachineuprampsinreverseand
driveitdownrampsinaforwarddirection.
•Whiledrivingthemachineonaramp,avoid
suddenaccelerationordeceleration,as
thiscouldcausealossofcontrolora
tipoversituation.
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Figure30
1.Full-widthrampinstowed
position
4.Rampisatleast4times
aslongastheheightof
thetrailerortruckbedto
theground
2.Sideviewoffull-width
rampinloadingposition
5.“H”indicatestheheightof
thetrailerortruckbedto
theground.
3.Notgreaterthan15°
6.Trailer
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