Echo CH45342 Owners Manual v.3 - Manual (Page 18)

4.5 INCH CHIPPER 14
OPERATION
Figure 4.1, trailer hitch
The machine is closely balanced. Do not lift higher than
necessary to prevent tipping the machine over. Refer to
Figure 4.1 when hooking and unhooking the chipper.
aTTaCHING:
open the coupler latch. 1.
Raise the trailer hitch until the coupler is above the 2.
height of the hitch ball on the towing vehicle.
lower the trailer hitch until the coupler fully engages
3.
the hitch ball.
Close the coupler latch, securing the coupler to the
4.
hitch ball.
Install the hitch pin through the coupler latch.
5.
Cross the safety chains under the hitch and connect 6.
to towing vehicle.
Raise the jack stand and secure it to the hitch using
7.
a hitch pin.
Connect the trailer wire harness to the towing vehicle.
8.
Test the trailer lights to ensure they are functioning
properly.
uNHookING:
unhook the safety chains (Figure 4.1) from the towing 1.
vehicle. latch safety chains to the hitch to prevent them
from interfering with chipping.
Remove the hitch pin from the coupler latch.
2.
unlatch the coupler and disconnect the hitch coupler 3.
from the hitch ball.
Move the hitch of the chipper away from the hitch ball
4.
and lower the jack stand. Secure with a hitch pin.
4.7 aTTaCHING/uNHookING CHIppER (modEL CH45390)