Driving/Transporting Machine on Public Roads

CAUTION: When transporting the machine on a road or highway at night or during the day, use lights and devices for adequate warning to operators of other vehicles or serious injury or death can result to you or others. Check local governmental regulations. Various safety devices are available from your John Deere dealer. Keep safety items in good condition. Replace missing or damaged items.

CAUTION: To avoid motorist confusion, do not operate work lights when transporting on public roadways.

Raise the row units completely and lower safety stops over cylinder rods.

Install lock-up stops on both front and rear basket door cylinder rods. (See USING BASKET DOOR CYLINDER LOCK-UP STOPS in this section.)

Latch brakes together. (See TRAVEL BRAKE PEDALS in Operator's Station section.)

Turn hazard light switch (A) on for both daytime and nighttime road travel. Turn on road lights (B) for night time travel. Warning lights automatically operate when hazard lights are on.

Always use turn signals to warn traffic of your actions. (See TURN SIGNALS in the Operator's Station section.)

Reduce ground speed when traveling over rough ground.

Drive as far to the side of the road as safely possible.

Reduce speed when turning.

NEVER drive with basket in unload position.

A-Hazard Light Switch
B-Road Light Switch

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Check clearance before driving under electric wires, bridges, or through doorways. It may be necessary to lower extension to transport position. (See LOWERING TELESCOPING BASKET AND RAISING TELESCOPING BASKET in this section.) Lower radio antenna. (See Specifications section for height and width of machine.)

Before hauling machine on public roads, check your local and state government regulations regarding height and width restrictions.

ALWAYS disengage row units before road transport. This will deactivate operator presence system. (See Operator Presence System section.)

Keep away from power lines.

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