Attaching Ballast Box to Tractor with Quick Coupler Hitch

CAUTION: To help prevent personal injury from tractor instability, be sure to attach ballast box before attempting to attach loader.

To avoid bodily injury or machine damage whenever the ballast box is attached, put transmission in PARK position and check the full range of hitch for interference or binding.

Do not stand between tractor and ballast box.

  1. Slowly push hitch control lever to lower hitch until quick coupler hooks are lower than ballast box hitch pins.

  2. Back up tractor to ballast box.

  3. IMPORTANT: Check spring loaded clips on quick coupler to be sure latches are free and working properly.

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    A - Latch Control Levers

    Make sure latch control levers (A) are down (as shown).


  4. Slowly pull hitch control lever to engage ballast box hitch pins in quick coupler hooks. Raise ballast box and check for interference. Lower ballast box to ground and adjust if necessary.

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