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Table of Contents
Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Safety at All Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Look for the Safety Alert Symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Safety Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Owner Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Section 1: Assembly & Set-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Skid Steer/Tractor Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Torque Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Before You Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Special Set-Up Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Installation of Optional Upper Jaws . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Upper Jaws & Hydraulic Cylinders . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Installation of Hydraulic Components For Upper Jaws
10
Customer Supplied Hydraulics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Optional Hydraulic Hose Hook-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Installation of Optional Hydraulic Hoses . . . . . . . 11
Installation of Optional Shields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Installation of Optional End Plates . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Skid Steer & Tractor Hook-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Hydraulic Hose Hook-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Clearance Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Purging Hydraulic System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Section 2: Operating Procedures . . . . . . . . . 15
Operating Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
General Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Operating Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Transport Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Grapple Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Picking Up A Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Traveling With a load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Releasing A Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Section 3: Maintenance & Lubrication . . . . . 19
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Skid Steer/Tractor Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Long-Term Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Lubrication Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Section 4: Specifications & Capacities . . . . . 21
Section 5: Features & Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Section 6: Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Section 7: Torque Values Chart . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Section 8: Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
