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2.3 SAFETY TRAINING
1. Safety is a primary concern in the design and manufacture of our products. Unfortunately, our efforts to
provide safe equipment can be wiped out by a single careless act of an operator or bystander.
2. In addition to the design and configuration of equipment, hazard control and accident prevention are
dependent upon the awareness, concern, prudence and proper training of personnel involved in the
operation, transport, maintenance and storage of this equipment.
3. It has been said, “The best safety feature is an informed, careful operator.” We ask you to be that kind
of an operator. It is the operator’s responsibility to read and under-stand ALL Safety and Using instruc-
tions in the manual and to follow these. Accidents can be avoided.
4. Working with unfamiliar equipment can lead to careless injuries. Read this manual before assembly or
using, to acquaint yourself with the machine. If this machine is used by any person other than yourself,
or is loaned or rented, it is the machine owner’s responsibility to make certain that the operator, prior to
using:
a. Reads and understands the operator’s manuals.
b. Is instructed in safe and proper use.
5. Know your controls and how to stop tractor and machine quickly in an emergency. Read this manual
and the one provided with tractor.
6. Train all new personnel and review instructions frequently with existing workers. Be certain only a
properly trained and physically able person will use the machinery. A person who has not read and
understood all using and safety instructions is not qualified to use the machine. An untrained operator
exposes himself and bystanders to possible serious in- jury or death. If the elderly are assisting with
the work, their physical limitations need to be recognized and accommodated.
2.4 SAFETY SIGNS
1. Keep safety signs clean and legible at all times.
2. Replace safety signs that are missing or have become illegible.
3. Replaced parts that displayed a safety sign should also display the current sign.
4. Safety signs displayed in Section 3 each have a part number in the lower right hand corner. Use this part
number when ordering replacement parts.
5. Safety signs are available from your authorized Distributor or Dealer Parts Department or the factory.
How to Install Safety Signs:
• Be sure that the installation area is clean and dry.
• Be sure temperature is above 50°F (10°C).
• Determine exact position before you remove the backing paper.
• Remove the smallest portion of the split backing paper.
• Align the sign over the specified area and carefully press the small portion with the ex- posed
sticky backing in place.
• Slowly peel back the remaining paper and carefully smooth the remaining portion of the sign in place.
• Small air pockets can be pierced with a pin and smoothed out using the piece of sign backing paper.
