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UNLOADING
1. Engage the tractor PTO to start the beaters and
increase engine speed to 1000 PTO RPM.
2. Raise the hydraulic rear gate completely up.
See figure 5.
3. Start the sliding gate.
4. When material begins discharging from the
beaters, begin forward motion.
5. Plan application onto the field so that you do
not travel over previously spread manure which
is slippery. Travel cautiously on hills and
slopes. Proceed up and down slopes instead of
along them.
SHUT DOWN
1. When the load has been discharged, the
hydraulic control to the sliding gate will return to
neutral, OFF. Allow the beaters to operate for a
few seconds to clear out any remaining material
and then stop the PTO.
2. Start the sliding gate to return to the front of the
spreader. When it reaches the front the hydraulic
control to the sliding gate will return to neutral,
OFF.
3. Once the sliding gate moves forward enough to
clear the rear gate, completely close the rear
gate.
UNHOOK THE TRACTOR
1. Park the spreader on level ground. Put the
tractor in PARK, set the park brake, and turn the
engine off before dismounting.
2. Place wheel chocks in front and in back of two
spreader wheels on opposite sides to prevent
the spreader from rolling after the tractor is
unhooked.
3. Remove the PTO drive shaft yoke from the
splined tractor PTO shaft. Unhook the PTO
storage chain from the slotted storage bracket
and pivot the PTO drive shaft up and into the
storage bracket. Reconnect the storage chain in
the slotted storage bracket to secure the PTO
shaft.
4. Remove the hydraulic hose ends from the tractor
hydraulic ports and store the hose ends in the
slotted hose storage brackets to keep them from
dragging on the ground. See figure 4.
5. Crank the spreader jack down until the spreader
hitch lifts off the tractor draw bar.
6. Remove the hitch pin.
7. Unhook safety chain from tractor drawbar
support. See figure 4.
8. Slowly drive the tractor away from the spreader.
STORAGE AND CLEANING
KEEP AWAY AND KEEP
OTHERS AWAY FROM THE ROTATING BEATERS.
BEATERS CAN CRUSH, DISMEMBER OR KILL.
CLEAR THE AREA OF ALL
PERSONS BEFORE BEGINNING OPERATION.
NOTE:
Performing the preceding steps while
moving forward will minimize heavy discharge onto
the field during startup.
FIGURE 5. HYDRAULIC REAR
GATE AND SLIDING GATE
REAR GATE CYLINDER,
1 ON EACH SIDE
HYDRAULIC REAR GATE
IN RAISED POSITION
