Trailer Tractor Vehicles - Coupling; Brand Coupling, Rubber Brace And Rubber Brace Description Label - Ford 1833 Series User Manual

MAINTENANCE AND SERVICE
Attaching and Detaching a Trailer

Trailer Tractor Vehicles - Coupling

Coupling (Rear Drawbar Coupling) is placed
on the chassis rear cross and it shall be used
together with the trailer tractor with rotating
table (Fig. 1) Ford trailer tractors use different
types of couplings.
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Figure-1
CAUTION
Check if the coupling is connected before
driving the trailer tractor. Relevant rules are
provided in the text. (Fig. 2 Trailer connected,
Fig. 3 Trailer not connected). Do not use
couplings that you are not sure if it is
connected or not.
Figure-2
Figure-3
VBG 8500 Brand Coupling, Rubber Brace
and Rubber Brace Description Label
Coupling opening lever and the plastic cover to
the right of the coupling is shown in Fig. 4.
Rubber brace and rubber brace description
label on the front face of the coupling is shown
in Fig. 5 and Fig. 6.
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Opening lever
Figure-4
VBG 8500 brand couplings, shall be used with
the rubber brace couplings delivered as
installed on the component. Rubber brace has
a hole on one end and the other end offers a
handle and a slot. (See Figure -5)
Plastic cover