Header Or Attachment Height System - Personal Safety - New Holland CR6.80 TIER 4B Service Manual

Header or attachment height system - Personal safety

DANGER
Crushing hazard!
Always do the following before you enter the area below the header and/or feeder:
• Disengage the threshing mechanism.
• Lift the header to its maximum height.
• Apply the parking brake.
• Stop the engine.
• Place the lift cylinder lockout over the cylinder rod.
Failure to comply will result in death or serious injury.
The left-hand cylinder is fitted with a lift cylinder lockout
which must be lowered onto the cylinder rod to prevent
accidental lowering of the header/feeder.
Whenever work is carried out underneath the header/
feeder, the lockout must be lowered onto the cylinder rod
as shown at (1).
Engage the lift cylinder lockout (1) by unhooking the lift
cylinder lockout (1) from the hook (2) as shown.
To engage or disengage the lift cylinder lockout it is
necessary to lift the feeder to its maximum height.
1. Select field mode using the field/road mode selector
switch.
2. Move the feeder up by pressing on the top of the
header height rocker switch (2) on the multifunction
handle until the header stops near its maximum height.
3. Release the switch and press again for a minimum
of 1.5 s. The header will now move quickly until its
maximum height.
NOTICE: Make sure you lower the reel on grain head-
ers BEFORE raising the header/feeder all the way to
it's maximum height.
4. Place the lift cylinder lockout over the cylinder rod.
NOTICE: Never use lift cylinder lockout (1) as a support for the header when travelling along public roads otherwise
damage may occur to the cylinder.
INTRODUCTION
_47865347 25/04/2015
6
1
ZEIL14CR00308AA
2
ZEIL13II00122AB
3
ZEIL14CR00105AA
D0158B