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People operating agricultural equipment should be equipped with working clothes and
footwear, and personal protection measures appropriate for existing threats.
Transportation
Transportation of a planter by means of transport from the manufacturer to a sales person
or a client is described in the chapter ‘Transportation on public roads’ in detail. One shall
remember safety rules during the loading and proper fixing of the planter on a car trailer.
Hooks for ropes or chains are marked with pictograms.
A planter transported on public roads must be equipped with portable light and warning
devices and a triangular sign for low-speed vehicles, fixed in special handles on the
planter
frame, see details in chapter ‘Transportation on public roads’.
It is forbidden to transport any people or items on the frame or in the tank of the planter.
Due to the considerable width of the planter and a fixed connection with the tractor, keep
caution especially at returns during operation and turnings during transportation on public
roads with regard to overlapping of the tool.
Keep extreme caution while making a turn of a tractor with a mounted planter, both during
transportation and also while making returns in the field, especially when there are any
people or items nearby.
Driving speed of the tractor with a planter during transportation cannot exceed:
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driving on hardened roads with flat surface
– 15 km/h,
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driving on field ways
– 10 km/h.
Storage
Disconnecting the planter from the tractor can take place only after the tractor engine
stopped, key taken out and the handbrake pulled.
The planter shall be stored in a dry room, on the tough and flat ground. When lowering the
planter onto the ground, keep extreme caution
– danger of being injured or squeezed!!!
During storage the planter should be leant firmly on the working elements that is furrow
openers and ridgers.
The planter should be stored in places where there is no possibility of accidental injury of
people or animals, on the flat ground, preferably under a roof.
The automatic conveyor planter shall be stored in a clean condition.
Threat!
Pay attention to sharp endings of furrow openers, ridgers, road wheel lugs
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possibility of injury, keep caution during any activities performed near the planter.
Others
It is not allowed to use a planter for other purposes than given in the manual.
CAUTION
Not following these rules may cause threat to the operator and other people
and also may cause damage to a planter. Any damage resulting from not
following these rules is the only responsibility of the user.
3.6. Standard conformity
The machine has been designed and made in accordance with standards concerning
safety in the machine industry, valid on the day of marketing the mounted planter.
Particularly, following legal acts and harmonized standards have been taken into account:
2006/42/WE - Directive on machinery safety introduced by the Ordinance of Minister of
Economy on 21 October 2008 (Journal of Laws ‘Dziennik Ustaw’ No 199, item 1228).
PN-EN ISO 12100:2012P - Machinery. Safety. General principles for design. Risk
assessment and risk reduction.
