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2.2 General safety
Warning signs and other notices on the machine provide important information for the safe
operation. Observing them will serve your safety.
Before starting work, make yourself familiar with all the equipment and controls as well as their
functions.
The user should wear close-fitting clothing.
Keep the machine and in particular the bearings clean to avoid risk of fire.
Check around the machine before moving off or starting up (watch out for children!). Make sure
you have adequate all-round visibility.
Always match your speed to the local conditions. Avoid sudden turning manoeuvres when driving
uphill or downhill or when travelling across a slope.
Observe the respective regulations when using public roads.
Take into account the length, the wide overhang, the folded height and the sideways force acting
on the machine when turning or negotiating curves.
2.3 Special safety instructions
Take extreme care when hitching up or unhitching machine to/from the tractor.
Never allow persons to stand between the tractor and the SUMO machine unless the tractor is
secured against rolling away by means of parking brake and/or wheel chocks.
It is forbidden to allow persons to ride on the machine at any time. A safe distance should be
maintained from the machine by observers when in work.
Ensure all persons are stood clear of the machine when folding or unfolding.
When making adjustments to the machine the tractor engine should be switched off to prevent the
hydraulics from operating.
When making adjustments to the machines care should be taken not to trap any body parts in
moving or pivoting parts.
When working on the coulters, extra consideration should be placed on the safety of personnel.
Ideally the DTS should be folded up with the wings positioned in their transport support carriers.
If this is not possible and there is no other way than to work beneath the coulters then the DTS
must be reversed up to a suitably strong wall to protect against crushing in the unlikely event that
the hydraulics should fail. Also the front end should be hitched up to a tractor, with the parking
brake applied on the tractor.
