Dieci Agri Farmer, Operation Manual

Page: 145 / 272

C/71
- ATTENTION
:
- Read the SAFETY REGULATIONS (contained in this manual) carefully for the safety of all personnel and your vehicle.
TOWING THE VEHICLE
The vehicle may only be towed in an emergency and at low
speed (max 4 km/hour) and for short distances (max 500 m).
Only the anchorage points indicated in figure “156/C” can be
used for the the front side and figure “157/C” for the rear
side. The anchorage points are present on both sides, left
and right, and must both be connected for correct towing.
The operations to be carried out are as follows:
- Put the gear in neutral.
- Disengage the negative parking brake
- Connect the towing bracket between the towing vehicle
and the broken down vehicle.
- attEntion -
Never attempt to start the vehicle by towing or
pushing.
With engine off, the steering servo-control does not work.
If the engine cannot be kept running, during towing keep in
mind that it will be much more difficult to operate the steer -
ing wheel. When the vehicle has been started, position the
gearbox in neutral (idle) before starting towing.
With engine off the gear could be engaged. If it is not pos-
sible to start the engine to engage the neutral gear “N”, take
the gear to neutral manually following the indications given
in the “Putting the gear in neutral” chapter (Page C/70).
The parking brake is engaged with the engine switched off.
If the engine cannot be kept running during vehicle towing,
disengage the parking brake manually, following the instruc-
tions given in paragraph “Disengagement of Parking Brake
with engine switched off” (Page C/71).
- attEntion
With engine running during towing, remain seated in the driver’s
seat to prevent the parking brake from engaging automatically.
The towing bracket must be connected to the vehicle tow-
ing setups marked by corresponding symbols (fig.156/C,
fig.157/C).
- attEntion
THE VEHICLE mUST bE TOWED WITH A towing bracket.
The towing bracket must be able to support a towing
weight of 10,000 Kg.
Do not tow the vehicle on public roads and for long dis-
tances. If possible, keep the yellow flashing lights and emer -
gency lights on.
Do not tow the vehicle on a slope.
(fig.156/C) Front anchorage point
(fig.157/C) Rear anchorage point
A
X
A 1
43
2
A
X
A 1
43
2
- attEntion -
Do not stand between the towing vehicle
and the towed vehicle.
- attEntion -
Have the operations described above performed
by expert personnel.