Driving Tractor on Roads

CAUTION: Avoid personal injury or death from losing control of tractor. When driving tractor on roads:

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• Wear seat belt
• Couple brake pedals together
• If equipped, use accelerator pedal instead of speed control lever
• Reduce speed when driving on icy, wet, or graveled surfaces
• Ballast tractor correctly
• Prevent wheels from locking and skidding on tractors equipped with IVT transmission.
• Avoid holes, ditches, sharp turns, hillsides, and obstructions which may cause tractor to roll over.
• Frequently check for traffic from the rear, especially in turns, and use turn signal lights.
• Always operate flashing lights when traveling on a highway or public road, except where prohibited by law.

Check headlights, flashing warning lights and tail lights before operating tractor on roads. Adjust rear-view mirrors and clean windows.

CAUTION: To prevent possible personal injury, always operate hazard lights when traveling on a highway or public road, except where prohibited by law.

Lights—Use headlights and turn signals day and night. Follow local regulations for equipment lighting and marking. Keep lighting and marking visible, clean, and in good working order. Replace or repair lighting and marking that has been damaged or lost. An implement safety lighting kit is available from your John Deere dealer.

Brakes—Tap brake pedal to ensure differential lock is NOT engaged. Couple brake pedals together before driving on a road. Avoid hard application of brakes.

Front-wheel drive—Disengage front-wheel drive when transporting tractor. When driving on roads, engage BRAKE ASSIST position of front-wheel drive switch to provide four-wheel braking.

Selective control valves (SCVs)—Engage transport lock to eliminate possibility of control levers being inadvertently actuated.

Front or rear hitch—Position or lock hitch in transport position to eliminate possibility of lowering an implement during transport by inadvertently bumping the raise/lower lever. (See procedure in Hitch section.)