Land Pride PTS500, Operator'S Manual

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Section 1: Assembly & Set-up
Table of Contents
11/29/18 PTS500 & PTS700 (Pull-Type) Broadcast Spreaders 309-125M
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Ball Hitch Hook-up
DANGER
!
To avoid serious injury or death:
Tractor hook-up to equipment is dangerous and can result in
serious injury or death.
Do not
allow anyone to stand between
tractor and spreader while backing-up to implement.
WARNING
!
To avoid serious injury or death:
•
Ballast weights may be required to maintain steering
control. Refer to your tractor’s operator’s manual to
determine proper ballast requirements.
• Engage parking brake, shut off tractor and remove switch
key before dismounting from tractor.
• Do not fill hopper until hitch is secured to a machine such
as a tractor or vehicle. Hitch can become too difficult to
raise and lower to connect to a machine causing bodily
injury or death.
• The Broadcast Spreader can have negative tongue weight if
hopper is tilted back pass center of gravity or if hitch is
raised too high tilting hopper pass center of gravity.
•
Chock front and back of wheels before unhitching to
prevent spreader from rolling and causing property damage
and/or bodily injury.
• Release handle on the ball hitch must be fully down, locked
in the down position with a retaining pin, and retaining pin
secured with pin retainer to prevent hitch from coming
unhooked.
CAUTION
!
To avoid minor or moderate injury:
Keep hands, fingers, and other bodily extremities out from
under the hitch handle and ball socket while lowering hitch
over the ball.
Refer to Figure 1-10:
1. Attach customer supplied 2" ball (#2) to drawbar of
machine pulling the Broadcast Spreader. Tighten
nut (#1) supplied with ball to the correct torque.
A 2" ball with 3/4" shank (P/N 890-975C) can be
purchased from your nearest Land Pride dealer.
2. Back machine to the Broadcast Spreader until
2" ball (#2) is in alignment with ball socket in ball hitch
(#3).
3. If supplied by customer, remove retaining
pin/bolt (#4) and pull up on release handle (#5).
4. With release handle up, lower ball hitch over 2" ball.
5. Make sure ball hitch is fully on the 2" ball and then
push release handle (#5) down until locked.
NOTE: 1/4" Wire retaining pin or bolt and nut (#4) to
be customer supplied.
6. Insert customer supplied retaining pin/bolt (#4) and
secure in place with customer supplied pin retainer.
1/4" Wire retaining pin (P/N 805-065C) may be
purchased from your nearest Land Pride dealer.
Ball Hook-Up
Figure 1-10
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