Blizzard SPEEDWING 8600SW Owner's Manual page 18

Control Lever Movement
From the center position, the control lever can be
moved in one of eight directions to control various
movements of the snowplow blade. To change from
one movement of the blade to another, the control
lever must be moved back to the center position
before selecting the desired function. Whenever the
lever is released, it should spring back into the center
position to stop any blade movement.
ON / OFF
RAISE
1
L
3
LOWER
Function Description of Operation
Move the control power switch to ON to activate the hydraulic system. Turn the control OFF
ON/OFF
to lock the blade in place. This prevents accidental movement of the blade.
Move control lever toward top of control body to raise snowplow and cancel FLOAT mode.
RAISE
Function times out after 3.5 seconds.
Move control lever toward bottom of control body to lower snowplow. Release lever to stop
LOWER
blade at desired height.
Move control lever to LOWER position and hold for 3/4 second to activate this mode.
FLOAT light in upper right corner of control face will illuminate. Blade will lower to ground
surface and follow contour of surface as it dips or raises. Function does not time out;
FLOAT
however, control will shut down after 20 minutes of nonuse.
Move lever to RAISE position momentarily to cancel FLOAT. FLOAT will continue during
Angle Left and Angle Right functions if not interrupted by Raise function.
L Move the control lever left to angle the blade left. Function times out after 3.5 seconds.
(Angle Left)
R Move the control lever right to angle the blade right. Function times out after 3.5 seconds.
(Angle Right)
Lit. No. 40688, Rev. 04
OPERATING YOUR SNOWPLOW
Float Light
(green)
FLOAT
2
R
4
Control Functions
Raise, Lower, Float, Angle
Moving the control lever straight up and down or from
side to side on the control body will result in the blade
movements described in the following table.
NOTE: If a control function times out before the
desired blade movement is complete, release the
lever to the center position, then move it back to
the desired function.
18 May 1, 2012