Landoll 825B Series, Operator'S Manual

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3-12 PREPARATION FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING
CAUTION
MODEL 825B SEMITRAILER MAXIMUM
CONCENTRATED LOAD IN A 16 FT.
AREA IS 50,000 LBS.
MODEL 835B SEMITRAILER MAXIMUM
CONCENTRATED LOAD IN A 12 FT.
AREA IS 60,000 LBS.
WARNING
1. THE SEMITRAILER MUST BE COU-
PLED TO A TRACTOR.
2. BEFORE OPERATING:
DO NOT EXCEED THE GROSS AXLE
WEIGHT RATINGS FOR ANY AXLE ON
YOUR VEHICLE. THE COMBINED
WEIGHT OF THE SEMITRAILER AND
C A R G O M U S T N O E X C E E D T H E
GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT RATING
(GVWR) OF THE TRAILER.
DANGER
BE SURE TO KEEP FEET AND ALL
O T H E R P A R T S O F Y O U R B O D Y
CLEAR OF THE BOTTOM OF THE
SEMITRAILER DURING LOWERING
OPERATION. FAILURE TO KEEP YOUR
FEET OR BODY CLEAR MAY RESULT
IN SERIOUS PERSONAL INJURY OR
DEATH.
3-12.1 Practice all standard industrial safety
standards. Do not load any payload that will
overload any component of the trailer or
cause an unsafe condition.
3-12.2 Park the tractor/semitrailer in a straight
line on level even surface. Set the tractor
brakes and release the semitrailer brakes
(See Figure 3-6) .
3-12.3 Start operation of hydraulic power sys-
tem.
3-12.4 Shut off gladhands and disconnect the
air and electrical service lines from the
semitrailer to the gooseneck and store in the
storage compartment provided in the driver’s
side approach plate.
3-12.5
Move TRAILER LIFT lever to the up
position, raising the semitrailer.
3-12.6
Push LOAD BLOCK RELEASE BUT-
TON raising the load blocks up.
3-12.7 Push carrier lock release button to allow
carrier to rotate when activating TRAILER
LIFT lever .
3-12.8 Continue to push RELEASE BUTTONS
while moving TRAILER LIFT lever to the
down position, lowering the semitrailer to the
ground.
3-12.9 Continue with TRAILER LIFT lever in
the down position until the gooseneck lif-
tarms rest on the tractor frame rails. A clear-
ance of 1/8 to 1/4 inch should be obtained
between the gooseneck load hooks and the
frame receiver hooks.
3-12.10 Pull the tractor forward a few inches
and determine that the gooseneck has de-
tached from the semitrailer. If the gooseneck
does not detach from the semitrailer, repeat
steps 3-12.9 and 3-12.10. When gooseneck
does detach from trailer, proceed to pull the
tractor away from the semitrailer.
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