Heavy Duty Operation
Important:
If the vehicle is subjected to any of the conditions listed below, maintenance should be
performed twice as frequently:
•
Desert operation
•
Cold climate operation below 32 degrees F (0 degrees C)
•
Trailer towing
•
Frequent operation on dusty roads
•
Construction work
•
After extended operation in mud, sand, water, or similar dirty conditions, have your brakes inspected and cleaned
as soon as possible. This will prevent any abrasive material from causing excessive wear.
Premaintenance
Procedures
Many of the subjects covered in this maintenance section
require raising and lowering the bed. The following
precautions must be taken or serious injury or death
could result.
Before servicing or making adjustments to
the machine, stop engine, set parking brake,
and remove key from the ignition switch.
Remove any load material from the bed or
other attachment before working under a
raised bed. Never work under a raised bed
without positioning the safety support on a fully
extended cylinder rod.
Using the Bed Safety Support
Important:
Always install or remove the bed
support from the outside of the bed.
1. Raise the bed until the lift cylinders are fully
extended.
2. Remove the bed support from the storage brackets
on back of the ROPS panel (Figure 33).
Figure 33
1.
Bed support
3. Push the bed support onto the cylinder rod, making
sure the support end tabs rest on the end of cylinder
barrel and on the cylinder rod end (Figure 34).
Figure 34
1.
Bed support
3.
Bed
2.
Cylinder barrel
4. When finished, remove the bed support from the
cylinder and insert it into the brackets on the back
of the ROPS panel.
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