New Holland TS6020 User Manual

INTRODUCTION
Safetyrules
Importantnoticetooperators
Yourmachinemaybeequippedwithspecialguardingorotherdevicesincompliancewithlocallegislation.Someof
theguardingorsafetydevicesrequireactiveusebytheoperator.
Checklocallegislationontheusageofthismachine.
Accidentprevention
Farmaccidentscanbepreventedwithyourhelp.
Noaccidentpreventionprogramcanbesuccessfulwithoutthewholeheartedcooperationofthepersonwhoisdirectly
responsiblefortheoperationoftheequipment.
Toreadaccidentreportsfromalloverthecountryistobeconvincedthatalargenumberofaccidentscanbeprevented
onlybytheoperatoranticipatingtheresultbeforetheaccidentiscausedanddoingsomethingaboutit.
Itissaidthat"Thebestkindofsafetydeviceisacarefuloperatorwhowithcareandmatureconsiderationcansave
morelivesandlimbsthananyaccidentpreventionprogramwhichisnotadheredto".
Furtherinthischapteryouwillndalistofthemostimportantsafetyprecautions.
Taketimetoreadandfollowtheinstructionsandfurthermore,becareful!
Somepicturesinthismanualmayshowthesafetyguardingopenorremovedtobetterillustrateaparticularfeature
oradjustment.
Ensuretocloseorreplaceallguardsbeforeoperatingthemachine.
Generalandoperatingsafety
Mostfarmmachineryaccidentscanbeavoidedbytheobservanceofafewsimplesafetyprecautions.
1.Themachinemustonlybeusedbyaskilledoperatorfamiliarwithallthecontrolsandharvestingtechniqueson
cultivatedlandwithslopesuptomaximum26%(15°)uphillanddownhill.
2.Donotpermitanyoneotherthantheoperatortorideonthemachine.
3.Beforestartingtheengine,ensureeveryoneisclearofthemachine.
4.Warnbystandersbysoundingthehornseveraltimes.
5.Keepchildrenawayfromandoffthemachineatalltimes.
6.No-oneshouldbestandingontheladderswhenthemachineismoving.
7.Whendrivingonpublicroads,observetrafcregulations,adaptyourspeedtoroadandtrafcconditionsand
ensurethatalllightsandothersafetymechanismsonthemachine(iftheyarerequired)arettedandwork
properly.Thegraintankmustbeemptywhendrivingontheroad.Ensurethattheunloadingtubeislockedin
itsclosedposition.
8.Ensurethatbothbrakepedalsarelockedtogetherwhentravellingonpublicroads.
9.Ensurethehazardwarningsignsprovidedareinstalledatthefrontandtherearofthemachineandusethe
rotatingambertrafcwarningbeacon(s)(ifequipped)whendrivingonpublicroadstoindicatethevehicleisof
abnormalsizeandisslow-moving.
10.Donotbrakeabruptlytoavoidtippingofthemachine.
11.Donotexceed20km/h(12.5mph)whendrivingdownhill.Ifnecessary,changeintoalowergearbeforestarting
thedescent.
12.Nevertravelathighspeedincrowdedareas.
13.Avoidmakingturnsathighspeed.
14.Whendrivingonpublicroads,eitherwiththegrainheaderloadedonatrailerandattachedtotherearofthe
machine,orwiththegrainheaderstillattachedtothemachine(providedlocallegislationallows),alwaysbe
awareandconsciousofitssize.
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New Holland TS6020 Specifications

General

Brand	New Holland
Model	TS6020
Category	Tractor
Language	English