3-15 GROUND LOAD ING PRO CE DURE
DAN GER
1. DO NOT GO NEAR UN
DER
CAR
-
RIAGE WHEN CAM ROLL
ERS ARE
P A R
T I A L L Y O U T O F P O C K
E T S .
CHECK THAT CAM ROLL
ERS ARE
COM
PLETELY IN, OR COM
PLETELY
OUT OF POCK
ETS. IF A HY
DRAU
LIC
HOSE IS DIS CON NECTED FROM THE
S Y S T E M , T H E U N D E R C A R R I A G E
COULD SLIDE ABRUPTLY INTO THE
POCK ETS.
2. THE CEN TER OF GRAV ITY OF THE
LOAD MUST BE IN FRONT OF THE
CEN TER OF THE UN DER CAR RIAGE
WHEN EVER THE GROUND DOES NOT
SUP
PORT THE AP
PROACH PLATE.
FAIL URE TO DO THIS CAN CAUSE THE
SEMITRAILER TO TILT BACK AND
CAN RE SULT IN IN JURY OR DEATH.
3. KEEP ALL PER SONS CLEAR WHILE
TILT ING TRAILER TO AVOID SE RI OUS
I N
J U R Y O R D E A T H B Y B E
I N G
PINCHED BY TRAILER.
CAU TION
DO NOT AL LOW THE BACK TRAILER
AXLE TO LEAVE THE GROUND. THIS
C A N R E
S U L T I N D A M
A G E T O
SEMITRAILER.
3-15.1
Prac tice all stan dard in dus trial safety
stan dards. Do not load any pay load that will
over
load any com
po
nent of the trailer or
cause an un safe con di tion.
3-15.2
Park the trac tor/semitrailer in a straight
line on level even sur
face. Set the trac
tor
brakes and re
lease the semitrailer brakes
(See Fig ure 3-6).
3-15.3
Start op er a tion of hy drau lic power sys -
tem. If the hy
drau
lic en
gine pack
age is in
-
stalled, start and warm up en
gine fol
low
ing
en gine op er at ing in struc tions in
Sec tion 3-6.
(Read en gine op er a tor’s man ual.)
3-15.4
Move un der car riage for ward (out of
pock
ets) five to eight feet us
ing the
AXLE
CON TROL
LE VER
(See Sec tion 3-2.4)
. To
in
sure that the trailer does not rock back,
keep un der car riage be hind the trailer cen
ter
of gravity.
3-15.5
Us ing the
5TH WHEEL TILT LE
VER
(See Sec
tilt the front of the bed
up un
til ap
proach plate touches the ground
or is to full tilt po si tion.
3-15.6
If the ap
proach plate has not touched
the ground, move un der car riage for ward un til
ap proach plate just touches the ground.
3-15.7
Al ter nate be tween low er ing bed tilt an -
gle and mov
ing un
der
car
riage fully for
ward
so weight of the trailer bed rests partly on
ap
proach plate and partly on un
der
car
riage
as un der car riage is moved for ward. The ob -
ject is to have the ap proach plate rest ing on
the ground when ever the cen ter of grav ity of
the trailer and load is be
hind the cen
ter of
the un der car riage. In load ing or un load ing
po
si
tion, the ap
proach plate should be rest
-
ing on the ground and the undercarriage fully
forward.
WARN ING
IN LOAD
ING OR UN
LOAD
ING PO
SI
-
T I O N , T H E A P
P R O A C H P L A T E
S H O U L D B E R E S T
I N G O N T H E
GROUND AND THE UN DER CAR RIAGE
FULLY FORWARD.
WARN ING
AL WAYS USE LOW LOAD AN GLE TO
L O A D A N D U N
L O A D P O W
E R E D
PROD UCTS.
3-16
Summary of Contents for 318C
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