_______5. Servicing and Maintenance
5. Servicing and
Maintenance
Follow the safety instructions for
servicing and maintenance.
5.1 Servicing
Your machine has been designed and
constructed for maximum performance,
operational efficiency and operator
friendliness under a wide variety of
operating conditions.
Prior to delivery, your machine has been
checked at the factory and by your
authorised dealer to ensure that you
receive a machine in optimum condition.
To ensure trouble-free
operation, it is important that
servicing and maintenance work
is performed at the
recommended intervals.
5.2 Cleaning
In order to ensure that the machine is
always in operating condition and to
achieve optimum performance, perform
the cleaning and servicing work at regular
intervals.
The housing, screwed connections and
ball bearings are not watertight.
This section describes the operations to
correctly service the Spread-A-Bale unit.
These instructions are of an informative
nature since they can vary due to climatic
conditions and the type of work and
frequency of operation of the unit.
For all maintenance activities the unit
should be disconnected from any loader
and placed on the ground in a secure
stable manner.
Access underneath the unit may be
required in certain circumstances and it is
imperative that the unit is securely
supported with no possibility of it either
falling over or lowering. It is the
responsibility of any maintenance
personnel to assess the situation and
ensure that this activity takes place safely.
Any maintenance activities should be
planned with all the correct tools and
equipment available. Taking the time to
plan then working in a clean and tidy
manner will allow any maintenance to be
done quickly, safely and at minimum cost.
5.3 Lifting Attachment
In some cases, the unit will be supplied
with the attachments fitted, in others it will
not. The type of attachment will depend on
the handler that is to be used. In all cases
the attachments are to be connected to
the unit as shown in the diagram ensuring
that they have adequate strength for the
loadings shown in the technical
specifications and any variation due to
special circumstances such as wet bales.
Fig. 5.01: Lifting Attachments
