Tarter BOX BLADE, Operation And Assembly Manual

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SAFETY AND INSTRUCTION DECALS
TRAINING AND PREPARATION
Training
Safety is a primary concern in the design and
manufacturing of our product. Unfortunately, our efforts
to provide safe equipment can be wiped out by a single
careless act of an operator or bystander.
In addition to the design and configuration of equipment,
hazard control and accident preventation are dependent
upon the awareness, concern, prudence and proper
training of personnel involved in the operation, transport,
maintenance and storage of this equipment.
It has been said, “the best safety device is an informed,
careful operator.” We ask you to be that kind of operator.
It is the operator’s responsibility to read and understand
all safety and operating instruction in the manual and to
follow them. Accidents can be avoided.
Working with unfamiliar equipment can lead to careless
injuries. Read this manual, and the manual for your tractor,
before assembly or operating, to acquaint yourself with
the machines. If this machine is used by any person other
than you, or is loaned or rented, it is the Box Blade owner’s
responsibiity to make certain that this manual be available
prior to operating and that the operator:
1. Reads and understands the manual.
2. Is instructed in safe and proper use.
Know your controls and how to stop the tractor engine and
Box Blade quickly in an emergency.
Train all new personnel and review instructions frequently
with existing workers. Be certain only a properly trained
and physically able person will operate the machinery. A
person who has not read and understood all operating and
safety instructions is not qualified to operate the machine.
An untrained operator exposes himself and bystanders to
possible serious injury or death. If the elderly are assisting
with farm work, their physical limitations need to be
recognized and accommodated.
PREPARATION
Personal protection equipment including hard hat, safety
glasses, safety shoes, and gloves are recommended during
installation, operation, adjustment, maintenance, repairing,
removal, or moving the implement. Do not allow long hair,
loose fitting clothing, or jewelry to be around the equipment.
PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO LOUD NOISE MAY CAUSE
PERMANENT HEARING LOSS! Tractors with or without
Box Blades attached can often be noisy enough to cause
permanent or partial hearing loss. We recommend that you
wear hearing protection on a fulltime basis if the noise in the
operator’s position exceeds 80 db. Noise over 80 db. on a
long-term basis can cause severe hearing loss. Noise over
90 db. adjacent to the operator over a long-term basis may
cause permanent, total hearing loss.
NOTE: Hearing loss from loud noise (from tractors, chain
saws, radios, and other sources close to the ear) is
cumulative over a lifetime without hope of natural recovery.
Operate the Box Blade only with a tractor that is equipped
with an approved Roll-Over-Protective System (ROPS).
Always wear your seat belt. Serious injury or even death
could result from falling off the tractor - particularly during a
turnover when the operator could be pinned under the ROPS
or the tractor.
• Never allow riders on tractor or Box Blade. There is no
safe place for riders.
• Operate only in daylight or good artificial light.
• Ensure Box Blade is in good operating condition.