Honda FL5540KO, Operator'S Manual

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OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
Main,
lift and bucket cylinders are double
acting type (both push and pull under
hydraulic power). This means that the loader
can be forced down as well as up. It means
that the bucket can be tilted down or up with
hydraulic pressure.
HYDRAULIC CONTROL VALVE
Your loader control valve has two handles.
The right handle operates the
lift cylinders
(the loader) and has a float position. The left
handle operates the bucket cylinders. Both
handles
will return to neutral except from float
position when released.
LEFT HANDLE
-
BUCKET
RIGHT HANDLE
-
LOADER
A
-
Bucket Dump
B
-
Neutral
C
-
Bucket Back
A
-
Float
Position
B
-
Loader Down
C
-
Neutral
D
-
Loader Up
HANDLE USE
BUCKET
POSITION
A
-Left handle pushed forward,
bucket will dump.
POSITION
B
-Neutral position.
POSITION
C
-Left handle pulled back,
bucket will roll back.
LOADER
POSITION
A
--Right handle pushed all the
way forward (this
is
float position). Handle will
stay until pulled back.
POSITION
B
-Right handle pushed half way
forward, bucket will lower.
POSITION
C
-Neutral position.
POSITION D --Right handle pulled back,
bucket
will raise.
Note: In float position there is no hydraulic
pressure going to the lift cylinders. If the
loader frame is up off the ground, it will lower
to the ground by gravity. When the bucket is
on the ground (and the valve is still in float)
the bucket will follow the shape of the ground
even when the tractor is moving. This allows
hydraulic oil to flow back and forth in the
hydraulic system as the loader is raised and
lowered by the ground contour.
—Do not allow bucket lip to dig
into ground when tractor is moving forward in
float. The bucket bottom should be level with
the ground or slightly rolled back.
NOTE: The float position is most commonly
used with attachments in snow removal.
Tractor should be run at slow ground speed
and the lift and bucket cylinders used to work
material loose and fill the bucket.
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