BIG BALE Transtacker Extra, Operation And Maintenance Manual

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5.0 Operation
5.15 Erecting a Complete Tower Cont.
10a. Move the joystick forward (Fig. 65) to bring the
machine down manually.
10b. If the machine is clear and the stack is stable, press
the bottom left button and move the joystick forward
(Fig. 66)
to bring the machine down automatically and the
enter ‘Road mode’.
5.16 Placing towers against existing towers
1. Reverse the half tipped machine gently into the previous
stack until it touches. Drive forward counting the lugs on the
tyres
(Fig. 67)
. After 4, stop and continue tipping and allow
the machine to roll back as it tips. Adjust the number of lugs
to tighten or open the contact with previous stacks.
2. Use a tramline or convenient features to maintain
alignment of subsequent stacks.
3. When erecting towers side by side, either side frame can
be lowered to enable closer placing of adjacent stacks.
Removal of the safety pins will be required but do not lower
the sides until the platform is half tipped and the individual
bales secured by inter layer friction (Fig. 68). Move the
joystick left and right to open the gates.
4. Once the machine is half tipped, carefully lower the
appropriate side and gently manoeuvre the stack into
position before raising fully. Remember the machine will
roll back as it tips, so ensure good alignment with the base
of the adjacent stack so that the open side is not stressed
by contact with the existing stack.
Fig. 68 Note 1
Tip to at least 45° before opening the side clamps, to
ensure bales are secured by inter-layer friction. This will
also reduce stress on the side clamp cylinder pins.
Fig. 68 Note 2
Ensure good alignment of the stack bases so that an open
side clamp is not stressed by contact with an existing stack.
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Fig. 68
Fig. 67
Fig. 65
Fig. 66