Install Pickup Ramps; Prepare Tractor Frame - Warren FW-30 Operation And Maintenance Manual

Be sure to keep all parts of your body away from the moving parts of the fifth wheel. Next,
remove the clamps that hold the roller wheel into a raised position.
Be sure that the overhead hoist is supporting the top plate. Using a long pry-bar, slowly force the
roller wheels into a down position. Use the chain hoist as a brake to keep the fifth wheel plate
from lowering too fast. KEEP ALL PARTS OF YOUR BODY AWAY FROM PINCH
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POINTS! When the 5

Install Pickup Ramps

WARNING: Do not attempt to put the tractor into service without adding pick up ramps
as directed.
Figure 10 Installation of Pickup Ramps

Prepare Tractor Frame

Make a mark at the end of the tractor frame (on side) approximately 38 to 39 inches from the
ground.
Position a straight edge running from point A on the tractor frame to the end of the pickup ramp
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on the 5 wheel frame (B). Draw a line along where the straight edge.
Cut off the A-B section of the tractor frame.
NOTE: You may not want to cut the tractor frame to install pick-up ramps. To avoid
cutting, make the pickup ramps slope to the top of the tractor frame. The more gradual
the slope, the better.
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Warren Elevating 5 Wheel
wheel is fully lowered, disconnect the hoist.
Pickup Ramp
B
A
38 inch
to
39 inch
C
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