SAC 5000 Series, Operator'S Manual

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SAFETY...YOU CAN LIVE WITH IT
EQUIPMENT SAFETY GUIDELINES
Every year many accidents occur which could have been avoided by a few seconds of thought and a more
careful approach to handling equipment. You, the operator, can avoid many accidents by observing the following
precautions in this section. To avoid personal injury, study the following precautions and insist those working
with you, and you yourself, follow them.
In order to provide a better view, certain illustrations in this manual may show an assembly with a safety shield
removed. However, equipment should never be operated in this condition. Keep all shields in place. If shield
removal becomes necessary for repairs, replace shield prior to use.
Replace any caution, warning, danger or instruction safety decal that is not readable or is missing. Location
of such decals is indicated in this manual. The part numbers for the decals are located in the lower right hand
corner of the decal, and listed in this manual on the following pages.
Do not attempt to operate this equipment under the infl uence of alcohol or drugs.
Review safety instructions with all users annually.
Operator should be a responsible adult. DO NOT ALLOW PERSONS TO OPERATE OR ASSEMBLE
THIS UNIT UNTIL THEY HAVE DEVELOPED A THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF SAFETY
PRECAUTIONS AND HOW IT WORKS.
Do not paint over, remove, or deface any safety signs or warning decals on your equipment. Observe all
safety signs and practice the instructions on them.
Never exceed limits of a piece of machinery. If its ability to do a job, or to do so safely is in question DON’T
TRY IT .
LIGHTING AND MARKING
It is the responsibility of customer to know lighting and marking requirements of local highway authorities and
to install and maintain equipment to provide compliance with regulations. Add extra lights when transporting at
night or during periods of limited visibility. Lighting kits are available from your dealer or from manufacturer.
SAFETY SIGN CARE
• Keep safety signs clean and legible at all times.
• Replace safety signs that are missing or have become illegible.
• Replaced parts that displayed safety signs should also display current safety signs.
• Safety signs are available from your distributor, dealer parts department, or factory.
How to install safety signs:
• Be sure that installation area is clean and dry.
• Decide on exact position before you remove backing paper.
• Remove smallest portion of split backing paper.
• Align decal over specifi ed area and carefully press small portion with exposed sticky backing in place.
• Slowly peel back remaining paper and carefully smooth remaining portion of decal into place.
• Small air pockets can be pierced with a pin and smoothed out using piece of decal backing paper.