Transporting The Windrower: Flatbed - MacDon 5000 Operator's Manual

Power-tongue windrower
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OPERATION
IRANSPOR11NG lHE WINDflOWER: FlATBeD
A
CAlmON:
Use lhefollowing procedure
when
shipping
the
winclrower on
a
ffatbed
lraier.
1.
Raise header
with
tractor
hydraulics and
Install
lift
cYlinder
stops.
2.
Position lean bar
(A)
to hang
vertically
downward
as
shown.
Install
only one bolt per
side. (Remove
divider rods,
if
equipped.)
3.
Remove complete rear forming
shield
group,
in
whole.
4.
At
tongue pivot,
back
off
two 5/8 nuts (8)
approximately
3/
4
Inch (20
mm)
,
This clears
the stop to
allow
pivoting
Ihe
tongue past the
nannal
travel
range.
NOTE: If tongue does
not
raise up as nuts
(8)
are
loosened,
1
1ft
rear
of tongue
with forklift to
clear
stops.
5.
Swing
tongue to the right unti no
part
of
tongue
extends
forward
of
header
Rj
H
end
panel (that
ls,
lhe
tongue must not widen
the
shipping package).
A
CAlmON:
Be
sum
forfdills
are
large
enoogh 10 11ft the
windrower
safely.
See
Specfications
section
lor weigtt of the
unit.
6.
Position two fork1lfts
as
shown,
lift windrower
and
back the flatbed trailer under the
unit.
IMPORTANT:
To allow windrower to rest
securely
on header panels, hitch end of tongue
must
extend
over
rear of flatbed by approx-
Imately 2
feet
(o.s
m).
7.
Lower
wind
rower onto flatbed so its
weight
rests on the
tires
and sloped edge
(e) of
header
end
panels.
8.
Block
~s
and tie
the unit dQlNO
securely.
o
38
..
LOOSEN NUTS TO
RAISE TONGUE
o
NOTE: TONGUE
DOES
NOT
WIDEN
SHIPPING
PACKAGE AND HITCH END OF TONGUE
EXTENDS
APPRQX.
2
FT.
OVER END OF
FLATBED.
RAISE UNIT
-
POSITION FLATBED
LOWER AND TIE DOWN UNIT

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