Gehl V270, Operator'S Manual

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7. After the disabled loader is started and running smoothly, have the second
person remove the jumper cables [negative (-) jumper cable first] from the
jumper vehicle’s battery and then from the disabled loader, while being care-
ful NOT to short the two cables together.
Allow sufficient time for the skid-steer loader battery to build up a charge before
operating the loader or shut off the engine.
Changing Attachments
To prevent unexpected release of the attach-
ment from the hitch, be sure to properly
secure the hitch latch pins by rotating the latch levers fully
(manual All-Tach
®
hitch), or by verifying that the pin flags moved
fully to the outside of the hitch. (Power-A-Tach
®
hitch.)
On a manual hitch (Figure 17), two latch levers engage the latch pins to secure
the attachment.
Connecting Attachments
1. Manual hitch: Rotate the latch lever
to the right as view from the front to
fully retract the latch pins.
Power hitch: Activate the switches to
unlock the hitch and fully retract the
latch pins. (See page 25 for a detailed
description of this procedure.)
2. Start the loader engine and be sure the
lift arm is lowered and in contact with
the loader frame.
3. Align the loader squarely with the
back of the attachment.
4. Tilt the hitch forward until the top edge of the hitch is below the flange on the
back side of the attachment and centered between the vertical plates.
5. Slowly drive the loader forward and, at the same time, tilt the hitch back to
engage the flange on the back side of the attachment.
6. Stop forward travel when the flange is engaged, but continue to tilt the hitch
back to lift the attachment off the ground.
7. Manual hitch: Exercise the MANDATORY SAFETY SHUTDOWN PRO-
CEDURE (page 6). Leave the operator’s compartment and rotate the latch
lever to the left when viewed from the front to fully engage the latch pins.
Power hitch: Press and hold the switch on the left instrument panel to energize
the system. press the bottom of the rocker switch on the right instrument panel
to extend the hitch pins and to lock the hitch and fully engage the latch pins.
Important: To check that the attachment is properly installed tilt the attachment
forward slightly, apply downward pressure to the attachment prior to operating.
WARNING
Figure 17 Manual Hitch –
disengaged
1. Latch Lever
2. Latch Pins
1
2
2