Operation; Maintenance & Adjustment - MTD EZ-Stow Manuel De L'utilisateur

Operation

Attaching the Hauler to Your Tractor
1. Remove the clevis pin and cotter pin from
the tongue hitch. See Figure 5-1.
Figure 5-1
2. Carefully slide the tongue hitch onto the
hitch bracket on the back of your tractor and
secure in place with the hardware removed
in Step 1. See Figure 5-1.
Dumping the Hauler
1. The contents of the hauler can be dumped
by pressing down on the dump pedal on the
tongue. See Figure 5-2.
2. Raise the back of the hauler bed and push
down on the front of the bed until the bed
bracket clicks into place.
Maintenance & Adjustments
Adjustments
Storing the Hauler
The hauler can be folded up for storage purposes.
To prepare the hauler for storage, proceed as
follows:
1. Pull up on the tailgate latches and fold the
tailgate down into the bed.
2. Push the levers on the front of the hauler,
under the bed floor and lower the front
panel down into the bed.
3. Fold the side panels down onto the bed
until they snap into the panel latches.
4. Remove the clevis pin and cotter pin
securing the tongue assembly into the
tongue bracket.
5. Slide the tongue assembly out of the tongue
bracket.
6. Stand the hauler up on its front end. See
Figure 6-1.
7. Slide the tongue assembly into the opening
on the hauler support bracket as shown in
Figure 6-1.
8. Secure the tongue assembly in place with
the clevis pin and cotter pin as shown in the
inset of Figure 6-1.
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Figure 5-2
Lowering the Tailgate
Pull up on the tailgate latches to lower the tailgate.
See Figure 5-3.
Figure 5-3
Figure 6-1
Making a Divider for the Hauler
Using a piece of 1⁄2" plywood, a divider can be
constructed to create two separate bins for the
hauler.
The dimensions for this divider are 12" high x 32-1⁄2"
long by 1⁄2" thick. Carefully cut the plywood and
install it into the hauler bed as shown in Figure 6-2.
Maintenance
1. Lubricate all the pivot points annually or as
needed.
2. Grease the wheels using the grease fitting
on the wheels annually or as needed. See
Figure 6-3.
Raising the Tailgate
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Raise the tailgate and secure it into the up position
by snapping the tailgate latches back into place.
See Figure 5-4.
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Figure 5-4
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Figure 6-2
Figure 6-3
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