Section 3: Operating
AP-SD96 Silage Defacer 350-270MK
9/3/19
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Hook-up to Quick Attach Hitch
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DANGER
To avoid serious injury or death:
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A crushing hazard exists while hooking-up and unhooking
to and from a quick attach hitch. Do not allow anyone to
stand between attachment and power machine while
approaching or backing away from the attachment. Do not
operate lift and/or tilt controls while someone is near the
power machine and/or attachment.
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WARNING
To avoid serious injury or death:
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Check quick attach hitch fit-up frequently to ensure it is
properly secured under the attachment’s top hitch hook bars
and lock pins are fully extended into hitches lower slots. An
improper fit-up can cause the attachment to come loose
from the loader hitch plate and fall.
1. Check for and remove any debris on the power
machine’s front loader and the Silage Defacer’s hitch
point areas before hooking up to the attachment.
a. Pay special attention to the underside of
attachment’s top hitch hook bars (#4).
IMPORTANT:
This attachment can only be attached
to and used with skid steers, track loaders, and
tractor front loaders equipped with a universal quick
attach hitch that meets SAE standards.
2. Check hitch plates for structural cracks as well as
bent or deformed components.
3. Carefully and slowly drive up to the attachment hitch
plates (#6). Ensure the loader’s quick attach hitch is
aligned and parallel with the attachment’s top hitch
hook bars (#4).
4. Tilt top of loader’s quick attach hitch slightly forward.
5. Place the top of loader’s quick attach hitch under
attachment’s top hitch hook bars (#4) and slowly
raise loader’s quick attach hitch up until its top edge
is properly hooked under the attachment’s top hitch
hook bars (#4).
6. Slowly tilt top of loader’s quick attach hitch back until
the attachment’s hitch plates (#6) make full contact
with the face of the loader’s quick attach hitch.
7.
Shut down the power machine before dismounting by
following the
8. Push down lock handles on the loader’s quick attach
hitch, ensuring lock pins go through lower slots (#5)
on both hitch plates (#6). Confirm lock handles are
locked in position.
9. Once attachment is properly secured to power
Hook-up to Quick Attach Hitch
Figure 3-2
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