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b .
Attach safety chains (9) to lifting/tiedown shackles (15), one on the
roadside of towing vehicle (14) and the other on the curbside.
c .
Check both handbrake levers (12) to make sure that wheels are locked.
d.
Position towing vehicle (14) so that pintle hook (16) is slightly forward
o f t r a i l e r l u n e t t e ( 1 ).
Open pintle hook (16).
Tongue may be equipped with a double posted front jack or a front tripod. If
pumping assembly is equipped with a front tripod go to step f.
e.
If equipped with a double posted front jack connect pumping assembly it to
a towing vehicle as follows:
(1) Use turncrank (10) to raise or lower trailer tongue (5) until lunette
(1) can be lowered onto pintle hook (16). Slowly back the towing
vehicle (14) until pintle hook (16) is under lunette (1).
(2) Using turncrank (10),
lower trailer tongue (5) until lunette (1)
engages pintle hook (16).
Close pintle hook (16).
(3) Move both handbrake levers (12) to unlocked position.
(4) Remove pin (4) from mounting sleeve (6) on trailer tongue (5) and upper
mounting post (7) on jack (3).
Remove jack (3).
(5) Position jack (3) horizontally along trailer tongue (5) and insert
lower mounting post (8) into mounting sleeve (6).
Align holes in
mounting sleeve (6) and lower mounting post (8).
Insert pin (4).
f .
If pumping assembly is equipped with a front tripod jack, refer to Figure
2-38 and connect it to a towing vehicle as follows:
(1) Check both handbrake levers (9) to make sure that wheels are locked.
(2) Position towing vehicle (10) so that pintle hook (12) is slightly
forward of trailer lunette (1).
Open pintle hook (12).
(3) Use turncrank (2) to raise or lower tripod (4) until lunette (1) can be
lowered onto pintle hook (12).
Slowly back the towing vehicle (10)
until pintle hook (12) is under lunette (1).
(4) Using turncrank (2), lower tripod (4) until lunette (1) engages pintle
hook (12).
Close pintle hook (12).
(5) Using turncrank (2), f u l l y r e t r a c t t r i p o d ( 4 ).
(6) Move both handbrake levers (9) to unlocked position.
g .
Join intervehicular cable (5) to mating receptacle (6) on towing vehicle
(10).
h.
Check operation of running and brake lights.
If not working properly,
notify unit maintenance.
i .
Using an assistant to observe breakaway chain and safety chains, slowly
operate towing vehicle through one complete turn in each direction.
Make
sure that breakaway chain and safety chain have some slack remaining
throughout each turn.
If not, disconnect pumping assembly from towing
vehicle and reconnect it to a smaller towing vehicle.
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