
Safety 5
MAN0160
(05/16/2023)
TRAINING
■Safety instructions are important! Read all at-
tachment and power unit manuals; follow
all safety rules and safety decal information.
(Replacement manuals and safety decals are
available from your dealer. To locate your
nearest dealer, check the Dealer Locator at
www.WoodsEquipment.com, or in the United
States and Canada call 1-800-319-6637.) Failure
to follow instructions or safety rules can result in
serious injury or death.
■If you do not understand any part of this manual
and need assistance, see your dealer.
■Know your controls and how to stop engine and
attachment quickly in an emergency.
■Operators must be responsible, trained, familiar
with the instructions and be physically capa-
ble of the safe operation of the equipment, its
attachments, and all controls. Do not allow any-
one to operate this equipment without proper
instructions.
■Keep hands and body away from pressurized
lines. Use paper or cardboard, not hands or
other body parts to check for leaks. Wear safe-
ty goggles. Hydraulic uid under pressure can
easily penetrate skin and will cause serious in-
jury or death.
■Make sure that all operating and service person-
nel know that if hydraulic uid penetrates skin,
it must be surgically removed as soon as possi-
ble by a doctor familiar with this form of injury
or gangrene, serious injury, or death will result.
CONTACT A PHYSICIAN IMMEDIATELY IF FLUID
ENTERS SKIN OR EYES. DO NOT DELAY.
■Never allow children or untrained persons to op-
erate equipment.
PREPARATION
■Check that all hardware is properly installed.
Always tighten to torque chart specications
unless instructed otherwise in this manual.
■Do not connect a low-pressure hydraulic hose
into a high-pressure system—it will burst the
hose. Do not use a high-pressure hose in place
of a low-pressure hose—it is possible to rupture
the valve.
■Always wear relatively tight and belted clothing
to avoid entanglement in moving parts. Wear
sturdy, rough-soled work shoes and protective
equipment for eyes, hair, hands, hearing, and
head.
■Make sure attachment is properly secured, ad-
justed, and in good operating condition.
■Power unit must be equipped with ROPS or
ROPS cab and seat belt. Keep seat belt secure-
ly fastened. Falling off power unit can result in
death from being run over or crushed. Keep
foldable ROPS systems in “locked up” position
at all times.
■A minimum 20% of tractor and equipment weight
must be on the tractor front wheels when attach-
ments are in transport position. Without this
weight, tractor could tip over, causing personal
injury or death. The weight may be attained with
a loader, front wheel weights, ballast in tires
or front tractor weights. Weigh the tractor and
equipment. Do not estimate.
■Make sure all safety decals are installed.
Replace if damaged. (See Safety Decals section
for location.)
■Make sure circuit selector lever does not hit
tractor cab, etc. throughout operating range of
3-point hitch of tractor. Bend lever, if necessary,
to clear cab, but it should still be convenient to
operate from the tractor seat.
OPERATION
■Do not allow bystanders in the area when op-
erating, attaching, removing, assembling, or
servicing equipment.
■ Do not operate equipment while under the inu-
ence of alcohol or drugs.
■ Operate only in daylight or good articial light.
■Keep hands, feet, hair, and clothing away from
equipment while engine is running. Stay clear of
all moving parts.
Safety is a primary concern in the design and man-
ufacture of our products. Unfortunately, our efforts
to provide safe equipment can be wiped out by an
operator’s single careless act.
In addition to the design and conguration of
equipment, hazard control and accident preven-
tion are dependent upon the awareness, concern,
judgement, and proper training of personnel in-
volved in the operation, transport, maintenance
and storage of equipment.
It has been said “The best safety device is an in-
formed, careful operator.” We ask you to be that
kind of operator.
SAFETY RULES
ATTENTION! BECOME ALERT! YOUR SAFETY IS INVOLVED!
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