2.5     PREPARATION
              
            
            
              1.
            
            
              Never operate the Pro Grain Extractor and
            
            
              auxiliary equipment until you have read and
            
            
              completely understand this manual, the auxil-
            
            
              iary equipment Operator's Manual, and each
            
            
              of the Safety Messages found on the safety
            
            
              signs on the tractor and auxiliary equipment.
            
            
              2. Personal pro-
            
            
              tection equip-
            
            
              ment includ-
            
            
              ing hard hat,
            
            
              safety glasses,
            
            
              safety shoes,
            
            
              and gloves are
            
            
              recommended
            
            
              during assem-
            
            
              bly, installation,
            
            
              operation, ad-
            
            
              justment, maintaining, repairing, removal, or
            
            
              moving the implement.  Do not allow long hair,
            
            
              loose ftting clothing or jewelry to be around
            
            
              equipment.
            
            
              3. 
            
            
              
                PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO LOUD NOISE
              
            
            
              
                MAY CAUSE PERMANENT
              
            
            
              
                HEARING LOSS!
              
            
            
              Motors or equipment at-
            
            
              tached can often be noisy
            
            
              enough to cause permanent,
            
            
              partial hearing loss.  We
            
            
              recommend that you wear
            
            
              hearing protection on a
            
            
              full-time basis if the noise in the Operator's
            
            
              position exceeds 80 db.   Noise over 85 db on
            
            
              a long-term basis can cause severe hearing
            
            
              loss.  Noise over 90 db adjacent to the Opera-
            
            
              tor over a long-term basis may cause perma-
            
            
              nent, total hearing loss.
            
            
              
                NOTE:
              
            
            
              Hearing loss
            
            
              from loud noise (from tractors, chain saws,
            
            
              radios, and other such sources close to the
            
            
              ear) is cumulative over a lifetime without hope
            
            
              of natural recovery.
            
            
              4. Clear working area of debris, trash or hidden
            
            
              obstacles that might be hooked or snagged,
            
            
              causing injury, damage or tripping.
            
            
              5. Operate only in daylight or good artifcial light.
            
            
              6. Be sure machine is properly pinned to the
            
            
              tractor, adjusted and in good operating condi-
            
            
              tion.
            
            
              7. Ensure that all safety shielding and safety
            
            
              signs are properly installed and in good condi-
            
            
              tion.
            
            
              8. Before starting, give the machine a "once
            
            
              over" for any loose bolts, worn parts, cracks,
            
            
              leaks, loose chains and make necessary
            
            
              repairs.  Always follow maintenance instruc-
            
            
              tions.