Section 1: Assembly & Set-Up
6/17/21
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Hook-up to Front Loader Hitch Plate
Figure 1-3
Hook-up to Front Loader Hitch
DANGER
!
To avoid serious injury or death:
A crushing hazard exists while hooking-up and unhooking the
implement. Keep people and animals away while backing-up
to the implement or pulling away from the implement. Do not
operate hydraulic controls while a person or animal is directly
behind the power machine or near the implement.
WARNING
!
To avoid serious injury or death:
Check hitch fit-up frequently. An improper fit-up can cause the
attachment to come loose from the loader hitch plate and fall.
Refer to Figure 1-3:
1. Check for and remove any debris in the hitch point
areas before hooking-up to grapple.
2. Drive tractor slowly to the grapple while making sure
the tractor’s loader hitch plate is parallel with the top
angle bars on the grapple.
3. Rotate top of loader tilt arms slightly forward.
4. Place top of loader hitch plate under the grapple top
angle bars and slowly raise loader hitch plate up until
hitch plate is seated under the top angle bars.
5. Rotate top of loader tilt arms back until face of loader
hitch plate makes full contact with grapple frame.
6. Raise loader arms until park stands (#1) are slightly
off the ground.
7.
Place tractor in park or set park brake, shut tractor
engine off, and remove switch key.
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NOTE:
This grapple is designed for attaching to
tractors with a loader hitch plate on the front
mounted loader.
8. Push lock handles on loader hitch plate down. Make
sure lock pins go through bottom slots in grapple and
lock handles are locked down.
9. Rotate park stands (#1) up. Refer to
on page 10 for detailed instructions.
on page 13.
Unhook From Front Loader Hitch
WARNING
!
To avoid serious injury or death:
•
Store attachment on solid, level ground with hydraulic
cylinders fully extended, upper jaw fully closed, and park
stands locked in the rotated down position. The attachment
can tip over if stored improperly.
•
Before dismounting to lock park stands down, close upper
jaw, tilt top of loader hitch plate fully forward, and lower
attachment until the upper jaw is resting on the ground.
•
Before dismounting to unhook attachment, fully close upper
jaw and lower loader lift arms until the lower jaw and
parking stands are resting on solid level ground.
Refer to Figure 1-3:
on page 22 if parking
grapple for long periods and at end of season.
2. Park tractor and grapple on a flat, level, solid surface.
3. With upper jaw closed, rotate front loader hitch plate
fully forward and lower grapple to ground. The upper
jaw should be resting on the ground.
4. Place transmission in park or set park brake, shut
tractor engine off, and remove switch key.
5. Rotate park stands (#1) down. Refer to
on page 10 for detailed instructions.
6. Return to tractor and start engine. Rotate front loader
hitch plate to vertical position and lower loader arms
until unit is resting on the lower jaw and park stands.
7.
Shut tractor engine off and remove switch key.
8. Operate hydraulic control lever/buttons back and
forth to release hydraulic system pressure.
9. Disconnect hydraulic hoses from the tractor/loader
and store hoses on the grapple.
10. Pull lock handles on the loader hitch plate up to
remove lock pins from bottom slots in the grapple
hitch plate.
11. Return to the tractor, start engine, and tilt bottom of
loader hitch plate slightly back towards the tractor.
12. Slowly lower loader hitch plate until top angle bars
and loader hitch plate have separated.
13. Back tractor slowly away from the grapple
making
sure it does not interfere with unit.