
Safety
Improperuseormaintenancebytheoperatororowner
canresultininjury.Toreducethepotentialforinjury,
complywiththesesafetyinstructionsandthoseinthe
tractionunit
Operator's Man ual
.Alwayspayattentionto
thesafety-alertsymbol,whichmeans
Caution
,
W ar ning
,
or
Danger
—personalsafetyinstruction.Failureto
complywiththeinstructionmayresultinpersonalinjury
ordeath.
Toensureoptimumperformanceandcontinuedsafety
certicationofthemachine,useonlygenuineToro
replacementpartsandaccessories.Replacementpartsand
accessoriesmadebyothermanufacturerscouldbedangerous,
andsuchusecouldvoidtheproductwarranty.
WARNING
Theattachmentcancrushandbreaklegs,arms,
andotherbodyparts.
•Nevergoneartheattachmentwhileitisin
operation.
•Keepallbystandersandpetsasafedistance
fromtheattachment.
•Alwaysclosethejawsoftheattachmentwhen
notinuse.
WARNING
Theremaybeburiedpower,gas,and/ortelephone
linesintheworkarea.Shockorexplosionmay
occurifyoudigintothem.
Havethepropertyorworkareamarkedforburied
linesanddonotdiginmarkedareas.
WARNING
Theremaybeoverheadpowerlinesinthework
area.Shockmayoccurifyoutouchapowerline
withatreeorotherobjectthatyouaretransporting.
Surveyandmarktheareawherethereareoverhead
powerlines,anddonottransporttreesortallobjects
underthepowerlines.
WARNING
Whentheengineisoff,attachmentsintheraised
positioncangraduallylower.Someonenearbymay
bepinnedorinjuredbytheattachmentasitlowers.
Alwayslowertheattachmentlifteachtimeyoushut
offthetractionunit.
Alwaysclosethegrapple’sjawseachtimeyoushut
offthetractionunit.
WARNING
Ifyoustepofftheplatform(wheeledtractionunits
only)withtheloadraised,themachinecouldtip
forward.Someonenearbymaybepinnedorinjured.
Lowertheloadbeforesteppingofftheplatform.
WARNING
Ifyouliftalongobjectoffcenter,itcouldcausethe
machinetotipsideways.Someonenearbymaybe
pinnedorinjured.
Alwaysgrabandliftlongitemsnearthecenter.
WARNING
Liftinguneven,heavyobjectscancausethe
machinetobecomeunstableandtipforward.
Someonenearbymaybepinnedorinjured.
Whenliftinganobject,keepitaslowtotheground
aspossible.
WARNING
Whengoingupordownhill,themachinecould
overturniftheheavyendistowardthedownhill
side.Someonemaybepinnedorseriouslyinjured
bythemachineifitoverturns.
Operateupanddownslopeswiththeheavyend
ofthemachineuphill.Carryingaloadwiththe
attachmentmakesthefrontendheavy.
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