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3.1.
SETTINGS AND USE
FOREWORD:
As far as possible, read this chapter while standing in front of the machine.
When you receive the machine, check that its characteristics are appropriate. Then carry out all of the
preliminary operations prior to start-up as described in this manual.
3.1.5.
Technical characteristics
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3.1.5.
Hitching and unhitching of the machine
No-one must be within 50 metres of the machine while it is being hitched or
unhitched
Before hitching or unhitching the machine, it is important to ensure that:
- The tool is or will be on stable ground and no-one is within 50 metres of the machine.
- The top-links of the tractor's three-point hitch are adjusted to the same dimensions
- The tractor tyres are inflated to the same pressure
- The tractor is suitable for the tool to be hitched and is weighted appropriately
- The tractor connections are suited to the tool to be hitched.
- When hitching, do not exceed:
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The tractor's total authorised weight
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The permissible load capacities of the tyres mounted on the tractor.
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The tractor's authorised axle loads
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It is ESSENTIAL to read the safety instructions before reading the practical instructions
for hitching and unhitching the machines
Power of tractor mini
Power of tractor Maxi
Weight (kg)
Width (m)
Type of coupling
Coupling Cat.3
