Echo 76824 Owners Manual v.2 - Manual (Page 21)

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OPERATION
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S & F MODELS:
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Rotate the discharge tube to face the opposite direction of
the towing vehicle before towing.
Insert transport safety pin and clip, and set turntable brake
handle to locked position.
Raise rear stabilizer.
Open the coupler latch.
Raise the trailer hitch until the coupler is above the height of
the hitch ball (51 mm hitch ball) on the towing vehicle.
Align the coupler over the hitch ball and lower the trailer hitch
until the coupler fully engages the hitch ball.
Close the coupler latch securing the coupler to the hitch
ball.
Connect the wire harness into the tow vehicle.
Raise the jack stand and secure to the hitch.
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Disconnect the wire harness from the tow vehicle.
unlatch the coupler and disconnect the hitch coupler from
the hitch ball.
Move the hitch of the chipper away from the hitch ball, lower
the jack stand and secure.
Lower rear stabilizer.
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DOMESTIC MODELS:
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Rotate the discharge tube to face the opposite direction of
the towing vehicle before towing.
Insert transport safety pin and clip, and set turntable brake
handle to locked position.
Raise rear stabilizer.
Open the coupler latch.
Raise the trailer hitch until the coupler is above the height of
the hitch ball (2" hitch ball) on the towing vehicle.
Align the coupler over the hitch ball and lower the trailer hitch
until the coupler fully engages the hitch ball.
Close the coupler latch securing the coupler to the hitch
ball.
Install the hitch pin through the coupler latch.
Cross the safety chains under the hitch and connect to tow-
ing vehicle.
Connect the wire harness to the tow vehicle.
Raise the jack stand and secure to the hitch using a hitch
pin.
UNHOOKING:
unhook the safety chains from the towing vehicle. Latch
safety chains to the hitch to prevent them from interfering
with chipping.
Disconnect the wire harness from tow vehicle.
Remove the hitch pin from the coupler latch.
unlatch the coupler and disconnect the hitch coupler from
the hitch ball.
Move the hitch of the chipper away from the hitch ball and
lower the jack stand. Secure with a hitch pin.
Lower rear stabilizer.
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Optimum towing performance can be achieved by maintain-
ing a horizontal trailer hitch.
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Return chipper to transport position, insert transport safety
pin and clip, and set turntable brake handle to locked posi-
tion. Failure to do so may result in damage to the machine
and/or serious bodily injury.
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