J36/M30 WALK-BEHIND TROWEL — OPERATION AND PARTS MANUAL — REV. #10 (05/07/12) — PAGE 25
OPERATION
Auxiliary Lifting Tube
Remove the auxiliary lifting tube located on top of the main handle.
Insert the tube into the socket located on the opposite side of the
gearbox (Figure 23) from the handle.
Make sure that the hole in the tube engages with the pin in the
socket. With one person lifting from the main handle, and another
lifting from the auxiliary lifting tube pick up the machine to move
onto a slab.
Figure 23. Lifting the Trowel
Lifting Bale
The lift bale provides an optimal lift point for moving the trowel.
Lift
bales
or
forklift
can be used to lift a trowel up onto a building with
a crane.
Using a
crane
to move a machine with a lift bale is highly
recommended, and is perfectly safe for the machine. Extra care
should be taken when lifting the machine off the ground, however.
Serious damage to the machine or personal injury could be
caused by dropping a trowel.
Lifting the Trowel Onto a Slab
Extra care should be taken when lifting the trowel off the ground.
Serious damage to the machine or personal injury could be
caused by dropping a trowel.
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This section is intended to assist the operator with the initial
start-up of the walk-behind trowel. It is extremely important
that this section be read carefully before attempting to use
the trowel in the field.
DO NOT
use your trowel until this section is thoroughly
understood.
DO NOT
attempt to operate the trowel until the Safety,
General Information and Inspection sections of this manual
have been read and thoroughly understood. Depending on
engine manufacturer, operating steps may vary. See engine
manufacturer's operating manual. The following start-up
procedure makes reference to a
HONDA
Engine (Manual
Start).
CAUTION
The trowel is
heavy
and
awkward
to move around. Use
proper heavy lifting procedures and
DO NOT
lift the trowel
by the guard rings.
CAUTION
The trowel must be stabilized by the person carrying the
operator’s handle
(Figure 23). If it is not stabilized properly
the handle may swing around and
flip
the trowel, thus causing
damage to the trowel and bodily injury.
CAUTION