MASCHIO GASPARDO BISONTE 220, Use And Maintenance

cod.   F07011705  

USE AND MAINTENANCE

ENGLISH

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order.

9)  Before starting up the equipment, check the area surrounding 

the machine to ensure that there are no people, especially 
children or pets, nearby, and ensure that you have excellent 
visibility.

10)  Use suitable clothing. Avoid loose clothing or garments with 

parts that could in any way get caught in the rotating or moving 
parts of the machine.

11)  Before starting work, familiarize yourself with the control de-

vices and their functions.

12)  Only start working with the equipment if all the protective devi-

ces are in perfect condition, installed and in the safe position.

13)  It is absolutely prohibited to stand within the machine’s radius 

of action where there are moving parts.

14) It is absolutely forbidden to use the equipment without the 

guards and container covers.

15)  Before leaving the tractor,lower the equipment hooked to the 

lifting unit, stop the engine, pull the hand brake and remove 
the key from the dashboard, make sure that the chemical 
substances safely out of reach.

16)  The driver’s seat must never be left when the tractor engine 

is running.

17)  Before starting the equipment, check that the supporting feet 

have been removed from under the machine; check that the 
machine has been correctly assembled and regulated; check 
that the machine is in perfect working order, and that all the 
parts subject to wear and tear are in good condition.

18)  Before releasing the equipment from the third point attachment, 

put the hoist command lever into the locked position and lower 
the support feet.

19)  Only operate when visibility is good.
20) All operations must be carried out by expert personnel, 

equipped with protective gloves, in a clean and dust-free 
environment.

Tractor hitch

1)  Hook the equipment to a suitable, suf

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 ciently-powered tractor 

by means of the appropriate device (lifter), in conformity with 
applicable standards.

2)  The class of the equipment attachment pins must be the same 

as that of the lifter attachment.

3)  Take care when working within the range of the lifting arms as 

this is a very dangerous area.

4)  Be very careful when hooking and unhooking the equipment.
5)  It is absolutely forbidden to stand between the tractor and 

linkage for manoeuvring the lifting controls from the outside 

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6)  It is absolutely forbidden to stand in the space between the 

tractor and the equipment 

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with the engine running.

It is possible to work between the tractor and the equipment 
only after the parking brake has been applied and a suitably 
sized blocking wedge or stone has been placed under the 
wheels.

7)  The attaching of additional equipment onto the tractor brings 

about a different distribution of weight on the axles. Check the 
compatibility of the tractor performance with the weight that 
the machine transfers onto the three-point linkage. If in doubt 
consult the tractor Manufacturer.

8)  Comply with the maximum admissible weight for the axle, the 

total mobile weight, transport regulations and the highway 
code.

CARDAN SHAFT

haft  must  bear  the  suitable  safety  markings  for  the country 
(CE or other). It must always have its own instructions sheet 
to be adhered to and the guard bearing the marking must be 
wholly intact.

Assemble, operate and disconnect the cardan shaft always 
according to information and safety standards supplied for

2.2 SAFETY REGULATIONS AND ACCIDENT 

PREVENTION

Pay attention to 

danger signs, where shown, in this booklet.

There are three levels of danger signs:

• 

DANGER

: This sign warns that the operations described 

cause

serious lesions, death or long term health risks, if they are not 
carried out correctly.

• 

ATTENTION:

 This sign warns that the operations described 

could cause

 serious lesions, death or long term health risks, if 

they are not carried out correctly.

• 

CAUTION:

 This sign warns that the operations described 

could 

cause

 serious damage to the machine. if they are not carried out 

correctly.

In order to complete the various levels of danger, the following 
describe situations and speci

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 nitions that may directly involve 

the machine or persons.

• 

DANGER ZONE

: any area inside a/o near a machine in which the 

presence of an exposed person constitutes a risk for the safety 
and health of that person.

• 

EXPOSED PERSON

: Any person who happens to be completely 

or partially in a danger zone.

• 

OPERATOR

: The person/s charged with installing, starting up, 

adjusting, carrying out maintenance, cleaning, repairing or tran-
sporting a machine.

• 

USER

: The user is the person or the organization or the 

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which has purchased or rented the machine and intends to use 
it for the purposes it was conceived for.

• 

SPECIALIZED PERSONNEL

: Those persons who have been 

specially trained and quali

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 ed to carry out interventions of main-

tenance or repair requiring a particular knowledge of the machine, 
its functioning, safety measures, methods of intervention - and 
who are in a position to recognize the potential dangers when 
using the machine and are able to avoid them.

• 

AUTHORIZED SERVICE CENTER

: The authorized Service 

Center is a structure legally authorized by the manufacturer which 
disposes of personnel specialized and quali

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 ed to carry out all 

the operations of assistance, maintenance and repair - even of 
a certain complexity - found necessary to keep the machine in 
perfect working order.

Carefully read all the instructions before using the machine; 
if in doubt, contact the technicians of the Manufacturer’s 
dealer. The manufacturer declines all responsibility for the 
non-observance 
of the safety and accident prevention regulations described 
below.

General norms

1)  Pay close attention to the danger signs in this manual and on 

the machine.

2)  The labels with the instructions attached to the machine give  

abbreviated advice for avoiding accidents.

3)  Scrupulously observe, with the help of the instructions, the 

safety and accident prevention regulations.

4)  Avoid touching the moving parts in any way whatsoever.
5)  Any work on and adjustment to the machine must always be 

done with the engine switched off and the tractor blocked.

6)  People or animals must not, under any circumstances be 

transported on the equipment.

7)  It is strictly prohibited to drive the tractor, or allow it to be driven, 

with the equipment attached by persons not in possession of 
a driver’s license, inexpert or in poor conditions of health.

8)  Before starting the tractor and the equipment, check that all  

safety devices for transport and use are in perfect working