Landoll 900B Series, Operator'S Manual

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3-11 LOADING PROCEDURE
DANGER
1. DO NOT GO NEAR UNDERCAR-
RIAGE WHEN CAM ROLLERS ARE
PARTIALLY IN POCKETS. CHECK
THAT CAM ROLLERS ARE COM-
PLETELY IN, OR COMPLETELY OUT
OF POCKETS. IF A HYDRAULIC HOSE
IS DISCONNECTED FROM THE SYS-
TEM, THE UNDERCARRIAGE COULD
SLIDE ABRUPTLY INTO THE POCK-
ETS, DROPPING TAIL.
2. KEEP ALL PERSONS CLEAR WHILE
OPERATING HYDRAULIC TRAVELING
TAIL TO AVOID SERIOUS INJURY OR
D E A T H B Y B E I N G P I N C H E D I N
TRAILER BED.
3-11.1 Practice all standard industrial safety
standards. Do not load any payload that will
overload any component of the trailer or
cause an unsafe condition.
3-11.2 Park the tractor/semitrailer in a straight
line on level even surface. Set the tractor
brakes and release the semitrailer brakes
(See Figure 3-4).
3-11.3 Start operation of hydraulic power sys-
tem. If the hydraulic engine package is in-
stalled, start and warm up engine following
engine
operating instructions in Section
3-17. (Read engine operator’s manual.)
CAUTION
DO NOT HOOK WINCH CABLE TO THE
TAIL, WHEN PULLING THE UNDER-
CARRIAGE FORWARD TO LOWER AP-
PROACH PLATE TO THE GROUND.
WARNING
AIR RIDE SUSPENSION MUST BE IN
TRANSPORT (OFF) POSITION WHILE
MOVING UNDERCARRIAGE FOR-
WARD.
3-11.4 Move undercarriage forward (into pock-
ets) using the TAIL/AXLE CONTROL
LEVER until approach plate touches the
ground (See Section 3-9).
3-11.5 If winch cable is connected to tail bed,
disconnect cable from tail bed or reel out ca-
ble as needed to keep it from becoming too
tight when lowered
(See Section 3-14).
3-11.6 Switch the air ride suspension to lower
(on) position for lowest load angle after pull-
ing undercarriage forward to stabilize trailer
for loading.
WARNING
IN LOADING OR UNLOADING POSI-
T I O N ,
T H E A P P R O A C H P L A T E
S H O U L D B E R E S T I N G O N T H E
GROUND AND THE UNDERCARRIAGE
FULLY FORWARD.
WARNING
ALWAYS USE LOW LOAD ANGLE TO
L O A D A N D U N L O A D P O W E R E D
PRODUCTS.
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