Tractor Operation - Zetor PROXIMA PLUS 8541 Operator's Manual

Be familiar with shifting pattern
and test all positions of shifting
lever with the stopped engine
before driving a new tractor.
Before driving under
operation, first make sure that the
operating condition of the tractor
corresponds to regulations of the
safe traffic operation.

TRACTOR OPERATION

Before engine starting ............................................................................................... 52
Engine starting .......................................................................................................... 52
If the engine does not start........................................................................................ 53
Signalling of glowing system failures......................................................................... 53
Starter motor handling............................................................................................... 53
Immediately after start............................................................................................... 54
Engine preheating ..................................................................................................... 54
∗Coolant heater......................................................................................................... 55
Starting the engine using the coolant heater ............................................................. 55
Gear-shifting.............................................................................................................. 56
Reversing shift lever.................................................................................................. 56
Road and reduced gear shifting ................................................................................ 56
Shifting from lower to higher gear speeds ................................................................. 57
Shifting from higher to lower gear speeds ................................................................. 57
Torque multiplier ....................................................................................................... 58
Multiplier function indication ...................................................................................... 58
Setting in motion ....................................................................................................... 59
Driving uphill.............................................................................................................. 60
Driving downhill ......................................................................................................... 60
Differential lock.......................................................................................................... 61
Front driving axle control ........................................................................................... 61
Driving with the front driving axle engaged ............................................................... 61
Service brakes .......................................................................................................... 62
Air brakes of trailers and semi-trailers....................................................................... 62
Air pressure drop warning light.................................................................................. 62
Single and double-hose brakes................................................................................. 63
Single-hose brakes ................................................................................................... 63
Double-hose brakes .................................................................................................. 63
Hydraulic trailer brakes ............................................................................................. 64
normal
Connecting and disconnecting the trailer hydraulic brake quick couplings ........................... 64
Stopping the tractor - parking brake .......................................................................... 65
Stopping the engine .................................................................................................. 65
Leaving the tractor .................................................................................................... 65
Hydrostatic steering malfunction warning light .......................................................... 66
Important notification................................................................................................. 66
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