Shipping Weights And Dimensions
Tractor Shipping Weight ... 63,000 pounds(28 636 kg)
Cutter Shipping Weight ... 18,000 pounds(8182 kg)
Shipping Length ... 49-feet-5-inches(15.06 m)
Shipping Width ... 10-feet-5-inches(3.18 m)
Shipping Width (with cutter assembly and grade sensing components removed, except optional averaging skis left in place ... 12 feet(3.66 m)
Shipping Height (with cutter assembly removed) ... 11-feet-5-inches(3.48 m)
Shipping Height (with cutter assembly)
Machines 8AC00102 and (8AC00103) ... 12-feet-3-inches(3.73 m)
Machines 8AC00104 and up ... 11-feet-9-inches(3.58 m)
Loading The Machine Onto A Trailer
The following procedures are to prepare the machine to transport it as a 10'-5" (3.18 m) load. If a 12-foot (3.66 m) load allowable, the averaging ski beams may be left in place, but the other grade sensing components and the wheel assemblies on the front of the averaging ski beams must be removed.
- 1. Park the machine on level grade with the cutter on the ground and shut the engine down.
- 2. Remove the elevation sensors from their mounts and install them in the shipping mounts on the handrails.
- 3. Remove the grade sensing wheel assemblies from the cutter.
- 4. If optional averaging skis are installed, remove the support brackets, feeler rods and guide wands. Attach a lifting device to one averaging ski beam, disconnect the beam guide from the mainframe, remove the outside retainer from the beam mounting bracket, slide the beam off the mounting bracket then lift the beam away. Install the retainer on the mounting bracket, then remove the mounting bracket from the leg yoke. If applicable, remove the averaging ski and mounting bracket from the other side.
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INADVERTENT ENGAGEMENT OF THE CUTTER DRIVE COULD CAUSE PERSONAL INJURY. SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN, LOCK THE CUTTER CONTROL AT "OFF", AND REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH. |
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- 5. Disconnect the quick-disconnect couplings in the hoses for the moldboard cylinders, the cutter door cylinder, cutter clutch air system and the spray bars on the cutter.
- 6. Unplug the cutter housing light wires.
- 7. Unbolt the U-joint drive from the pump drive gearbox drive sheave, then securely tie the free end of the drive shaft to the clutch cover.
- 8. Start the engine, raise the mainframe enough for the cutter to clear the cutter shipping skid, position the skid under the cutter, then lower the mainframe until the cutter is resting on the skid.
- 9. Remove the four pins that connect the cutter to the mainframe, then raise the mainframe to clear the cutter.
- 10. Turn the front track to the far left limit.
- 11. Use the lower conveyor lift control valve to raise the front of the lower conveyor, then move the cutter forward and out the left side of the machine.
- 12. Set the front track overdrive control at "On" and the rear track overdrive control at "Off", move the park brake control to "Off", then carefully back the machine onto the trailer. Keep the mainframe as low as possible.
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IT IS POSSIBLE TO LOSE THE INHERENT BRAKING ABILITY OF THE TRACK DRIVE HYDROSTATIC TRANSMISSION IN A PERIOD OF MACHINE ACCELERATION, DECELERATION OR WHEN THE PUMP IS IN NEUTRAL. THE LOSS OF INHERENT BRAKING COULD CAUSE PERSONAL INJURY. TO MINIMIZE THE POSSIBILITY OF LOSING THE INHERENT BRAKING, THE REAR OVERDRIVE MUST BE AT "OFF" WHENEVER OPERATING UP OR DOWN GRADES IN EXCESS OF 8 PERCENT. THE FRONT TRACK OVERDRIVE CONTROL MUST BE AT "ON" WHEN LOADING THE MACHINE ONTO A TRAILER FOR TRANSPORTING. STAY NEAR THE PARKING BRAKE CONTROL. THE CONTROL MUST BE INSTANTLY MOVED TO "ON" TO PREVENT A "RUNAWAY" IF THE TRACK PUMP CHARGE PRESSURE FALLS BELOW THE REQUIRED LIMIT FOR CONTROL OF THE TRACK PUMP SWASHPLATE. BRACE YOURSELF FOR A "QUICK" STOP ANYTIME THE PARKING BRAKE CONTROL IS MOVED TO "ON" WITH THE MACHINE MOVING. AVOID GRADES WHERE TRACK PRESSURES ABOVE 3500 PSI (24 133 kPa) ARE REQUIRED. |
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- 13. After the machine is in position on the trailer, MOVE THE PARK BRAKE CONTROL TO "ON", lower the mainframe evenly to the lower limit, install the shipping supports on the upper conveyor, lower the conveyor onto the supports, then shut the engine down. Lower the forward console cover.
- 14. Tie the machine down.
- 15. Load the cutter, grade sensing wheel assemblies and, if applicable, the optional averaging ski assemblies onto a second trailer.
Unloading The Machine From A Trailer
- 1. Remove the tie-downs.
- 2. Check the machine visually for any shipping damage.
- 3. Check the oil and coolant levels of the engine and the hydraulic oil level. Add oil or coolant as needed.
- 4. Unlock the forward console top cover, swing the cover up to expose the control panel, then start the engine (see the starting instruction plate on the console).
- 5. Raise the upper conveyor slightly and remove the shipping supports.
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IT IS POSSIBLE TO LOSE THE INHERENT BRAKING ABILITY OF THE TRACK DRIVE HYDROSTATIC TRANSMISSION IN A PERIOD OF MACHINE ACCELERATION, DECELERATION OR WHEN THE PUMP IS IN NEUTRAL. THE LOSS OF INHERENT BRAKING COULD CAUSE PERSONAL INJURY. TO MINIMIZE THE POSSIBILITY OF LOSING THE INHERENT BRAKING, THE REAR OVERDRIVE MUST BE AT "OFF" WHENEVER OPERATING UP OR DOWN GRADES IN EXCESS OF 8 PERCENT. THE FRONT TRACK OVERDRIVE CONTROL MUST BE AT "ON" WHEN LOADING THE MACHINE ONTO A TRAILER FOR TRANSPORTING. STAY NEAR THE PARKING BRAKE CONTROL. THE CONTROL MUST BE INSTANTLY MOVED TO "ON" TO PREVENT A "RUNAWAY" IF THE TRACK PUMP CHARGE PRESSURE FALLS BELOW THE REQUIRED LIMIT FOR CONTROL OF THE TRACK PUMP SWASHPLATE. BRACE YOURSELF FOR A "QUICK" STOP ANYTIME THE PARKING BRAKE CONTROL IS MOVED TO "ON" WITH THE MACHINE MOVING AVOID GRADES WHERE TRACK PRESSURES ABOVE 3500 PSI (24 133 kPa) ARE REQUIRED. |
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- 6. Set the overdrive controls at "Off", move the park brake control to "Off", then carefully drive the machine off the trailer. Keep the mainframe as low as possible.
- 7. Unload the cutter, grade sensing wheel assemblies and, if appicable, the optional averaging ski assemblies from the second trailer. Install the cutter (see page 4-9), the grade sensing wheel assemblies (see page 4-11) and or the optional averaging ski assemblies (see page 4-13).