FIGURE 1
Gearbox Model T-20 A
Gear-shifting diagram
IV. SAFETY REGULATIONS.
This international warning symbol is for an important information concerning safety. On seeing the symbol, be aware
of a possible injury to yourself or to other persons and carefully read the following instructions:
1. Machine operator must be over 18 years of age and holder of driving licence “A”, “B”, “T” or higher. He/she is obliged
to get acquainted with these instructions for use and to have knowledge of general principles of work safety.
2. Don’t start the engine if it is not connected to working implements. Don’t remove the engine while in operation. Don’t
start the engine in enclosed spaces! After the engine having been switched off, the engine exhaust silencer remains hot –
be careful when handling the engine. Make sure that there are no leakages or spills on engine parts when refuelling.
Should they happen to occur, dry out the stained parts or wait until the petrol evaporates.
3. While working with all machines of the system, all other persons and animals have to be outside the machine’s working
space. The machine operator is allowed to continue working only after they have been shown out to a safe distance.
4. Removal of any protective equipment and machine casing is prohibited!
5. All working implements must be transported on a semi-trailer. Conditions for sets in road traffic are as follows:
– driving these vehicles at impaired visibility is prohibited on all public communications;
– driving these vehicles at non-impaired visibility is prohibited on communications of Class I and II with an exception of
their perpendicular crossing. Driving the vehicles on roads of Class III- field, forest and public roads, is allowed. According to
stipulations of § 34, paragraph 3 of the Decree No. 99/89 Gaz. issued by the Federal Ministry of Interior, the operator is
obliged to apply for a permission at the police traffic inspectorate which determines further conditions for the machine set
operation on surface roads, specifying them on the rear page of Technical certificate enlosed to Instructions for use of the
engine unit. Exemptions for these sets of machines are as follows:
– § 45, 48 semi-trailer is equipped neither with side-marker lights nor with direction indicator lights
– § 44 neither the driving unit nor the semi-trailer are equipped with headlights.
The machine sets are approved by the Czech Ministry of Transport under File No. 24 813/93-222.
6. When working with the cutting mechanisms, rakes and snow ploughs, do pay increased attention to safety. These
machine sets are prohibited to take part in road traffic except for their perpendicular crossing.
7. Safe slope accessibility of all working machines is 7 degrees.
8. The machines must not be operated in recreational and health-care zones at night from 21.00 to 07.00 o’clock.
9. Prior to starting the operation of any working machine of the System, check the function of the safety engine switch by
checking the switch installed on the left handrail of the engine unit. Function of the safety ignition switch is explained in
the manual for operation of engine units.
10. Driving across easily combustible materials such as hay or straw should be prevented.
11. All kinds of machine repair, adjustment or lubrication should be made with the machine out of operation.
12. When using the gearbox for the rotary cultivator, it is necessary to mount the protective covers of the rotary cultivator
mechanism (see instruction manual). Permitted exemption: the covers can be dismounted only when using a ridging blade in
the share carrier and with the least rotary cultivator width at row ridging. If larger widths of rotary cultivator are to be used, the
covers must be unconditionally re-mounted again.