
1-GENERALINFORMATION
Totheowner
GENERALINFORMATION
ThisManualhasbeenpreparedtoassistyouinthecor-
rectprocedureforrunning-in,drivingandoperatingand
forthemaintenanceofyournewtractor.ReadthisMan-
ualcarefully.Yourtractorisintendedforuseinnormal
andcustomaryagriculturalapplications.
Ifatanytimeyourequireadviceconcerningyourtractor,
donothesitatetocontactyourauthoriseddealer.Hehas
factorytrainedpersonnel,genuinemanufacturers’parts
andthenecessaryequipmenttocarryoutallyourservice
requirements.
Thespecicationareprovidedforyourinformationand
guidance.Forfurtherinformationconcerningyourtractor
andequipment,consultyourauthoriseddealer.
Alldatagiveninthismanualissubjecttoproductionvaria-
tions.Dimensionsandweightareapproximateonly.The
illustrationsdonotnecessarilyshowtractorsinstandard
conditionorimplythatthesefeaturesareavailableinall
countries.Forexactinformationaboutanyparticulartrac-
tor,pleaseconsultyourauthoriseddealer.
Yourtractorhasbeendesignedandbuilttogivemaxi-
mumperformance,economyandeaseofoperationunder
awidevarietyofoperatingconditions.Priortodelivery,
thetractorwascarefullyinspected,bothatthefactoryand
byyourdealertoensurethatitreachesyouinoptimum
condition.Tomaintainthisconditionandensuretrouble-
freeoperation,itisimportantthattheroutineservices,as
speciedinMaintenanceofthisManual,arecarriedout
attherecommendedintervals.
ABOUTTHISMANUAL
Thismanualgivesinformationforuseofyourmachine,as
intendedandundertheconditionsforeseenbythemanu-
facturerduringnormaloperationandroutineserviceand
maintenance.
Readandunderstand;keepitingoodconditionandal-
wayssafelystoreitintheprovidedpocketinthebackof
yourseatforlatereasyretrieval.
Thismanualdoesnotcontainalltheinformationrelated
toperiodicalservice,convertingandrepairstobecarried
outbyprofessionalservicepersonnel.
TheTableofContentspage(s)areprovidedtohavean
overviewofmainmanual’stopics.Adetailedalphabetic
indexisavailableattheendofthismanualforlocating
specicitems.
Normaloperation
•Normaloperationmeanstheuseofthetractorforthe
purposeintendedbythemanufacturerbyanopera-
torfamiliarwiththetractorandthemountedortowed
equipmentandcomplyingwiththeinformationforop-
erationandsafepractices,asspeciedbythemanu-
facturerinthismanualandbythedecalsonthetractor
andtheequipment.
•Normaloperationincludesthepreparationandstorage
ofthetractor,swingingcomponentsintoworkposition
andviceversa,addingorremovingballastandpicking
upandsettingoffattachments.
•Normaloperationincludestheadjustmentandsetting
ofthetractorandequipment,forthespeciccondition
oftheeldand/orthecrop.
Routineservice
•Routineserviceandmaintenancemeansactivitiesthat
mustbedonedailybyanoperatorfamiliarwiththetrac-
torcharacteristicsandcomplyingwiththeinformation
forroutineserviceandsafepractices,asspeciedby
themanufacturerinthismanualandbydecalsonthe
tractor,inordertomaintainitsproperfunction.Rou-
tineserviceincludesactivitiessuchasfueling,cleaning,
washing,toppingupuidlevels,greasing,replacingof
consumablearticlessuchaslampbulbs.
Converting,periodicalserviceandrepair
•Periodicalservicemeansactivitiesthatmustbedoneat
denedintervalsbytrainedpersonnelfamiliarwiththe
tractorcharacteristicsandwhicharecomplyingwiththe
informationforperiodicalserviceandsafepractices,as
partlyspeciedbythemanufacturerinthismanualand
inotherCompanyliterature,inordertomaintainthe
expectedlifetimeofthetractor.
•Convertingmeansactivitiesthatmustbedoneby
professionalservicepersonnelfamiliarwiththetractor
characteristicsandcomplyingwiththeinformationfor
converting,aspartlyspeciedbythemanufacturerin
thismanual,inassemblyinstructionsorinotherCom-
panyliterature,inordertotthetractortoaspecic
conguration.
•Repairmeansactivitiesthatmustbedonebyprofes-
sionalservicepersonnelonlyfamiliarwiththetractor
characteristicsandcomplyingwiththeinformationfor
repair,asspeciedbythemanufacturerinthedealer’s
workshopmanual,inordertorestoretheproperfunc-
tionofthetractorafterafailureordegradationofper-
formance.
CLEANINGTHETRACTOR
Yourtractorisastate-of-the-artmachinewithsophisti-
cated,electroniccontrols.Thisshouldbetakenintocon-
siderationwhencleaningthetractor,particularlyifusing
ahighpressurewasher.Eventhougheveryprecaution
hasbeentakentosafeguardelectroniccomponentsand
connections,thepressuregeneratedbysomeofthese
machinesissuchthatcompleteprotectionagainstwater
ingresscannotbeguaranteed.
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