
1-GENERALINFORMATION
Manualscopeandrequiredtraininglevel
Introductiontothismanual
Thismanualgivesinformationabouttheuseofyour
CASECONSTRUCTIONmachineasintendedandunder
theconditionsforeseenbyCASECONSTRUCTIONdur-
ingnormaloperation,routineservice,andmaintenance.
Thismanualdoesnotcontainalltheinformationthatre-
latestoperiodicservice,conversions,andrepairsthat
onlytrainedservicepersonnelcanperform.Someof
theseactivitiesmayrequireappropriatefacilities,techni-
calskills,and/ortoolsthatCASECONSTRUCTIONdoes
notsupplywiththemachine.
ThemanualcontainsthechaptersasshownontheCon-
tentspages.SeetheIndexattheendofthismanualto
locatespecicitemsaboutyourCASECONSTRUCTION
machine.
Normaloperation
Normaloperationconsistsoftheuseofthismachine
forthepurposeCASECONSTRUCTIONintendsbyan
operatorthat:
•Isfamiliarwiththemachineandanymountedequip-
mentortowedequipment
•Complieswiththeinformationonoperationandsafe
practicesasspeciedbyCASECONSTRUCTIONin
thismanualandbythesignsonthemachine
Normaloperationincludes:
•Preparationandstorageofthemachine
•Additionandremovalofballast
•Connectionanddisconnectionofmountedequipment
and/ortowedequipment
•Adjustmentandcongurationofthemachineand
equipmentforthespecicconditionsofthejobsite,
eld,and/orcrop
•Movementofcomponentsintoandoutofworkingpo-
sitions
Routineserviceandmaintenance
Routineserviceandmaintenanceconsistsofthedaily
activitiesnecessarytomaintainthepropermachine
function.Theoperatormust:
•Befamiliarwiththemachinecharacteristics
•Complywiththeinformationonroutineserviceandsafe
practicesasspeciedbyCASECONSTRUCTIONin
thismanualandbythesignsonthemachine
Routineservicecaninclude:
•Fueling
•Cleaning
•Washing
•T oppingupuidlevels
•Greasing
•Replacingconsumableitemssuchaslightbulbs
Periodicservice,conversions,andrepairs
Periodicserviceconsistsofactivitiesthatarenecessary
tomaintaintheexpectedlifeoftheCASECONSTRUC-
TIONmachine.Theseactivitieshavedenedintervals.
Trainedservicepersonnelfamiliarwiththemachinechar-
acteristicsmustperformtheseactivitiesatthedened
intervals.Trainedservicepersonnelmustcomplywith
theinformationonperiodicserviceandsafepracticesas
partlyspeciedbyCASECONSTRUCTIONinthisman-
ualand/orothercompanyliterature.
Periodicserviceincludes:
•Oilchangeservicefortheengine,hydrauliccircuits,or
transmission
•Periodicexchangeofothersubstancesorcomponents
asrequired
ConversionactivitiesrebuildtheCASECONSTRUCTION
machineinacongurationthatisappropriatefora
specicjobsite,crop,and/orsoilconditions.Conversion
activitiesmustbedone:
•Bytrainedservicepersonnelfamiliarwiththemachine
characteristics
•Bytrainedservicepersonnelthatcomplywiththe
informationonconversionaspartlyspeciedbyCASE
CONSTRUCTIONinthismanual,assemblyinstruc-
tions,and/orothercompanyliterature
RepairactivitiesrestoreproperfunctiontoaCASECON-
STRUCTIONmachineafterafailureordegradationof
performance.Dismantlingactivitiesoccurduringthe
scrappingand/ordismantlingofthemachine.
Trainedservicepersonnelfamiliarwiththemachinechar-
acteristicsmustperformtheseactivities.Trainedservice
personnelmustcomplywiththeinformationforrepairas
speciedbyCASECONSTRUCTIONintheserviceman-
ual.
Beforeyouoperate
Readthismanualbeforeyoustarttheengineoroperate
thisCASECONSTRUCTIONmachine.Contactyour
CASECONSTRUCTIONdealerif:
•Youdonotunderstandanyinformationinthismanual
•Youneedmoreinformation
•Youneedassistance
Allpersonstrainingtooperate,orwhowilloperatethis
CASECONSTRUCTIONmachineshouldbeoldenough
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