Setting Up The Machine For Drilling; Deploying The Zap-Alert System - Toro 2226 Operator's Manual

Setting up the Machine for
Drilling
1. Using the travel pendant, tram the machine
to the location that you have prepared for it,
ensuring that the front of the machine is the
proper distance back from entry point and the
drill frame is in line with the bore path.
2. Drive up to the location and make sure that all
utilities are located and marked prior to drilling.
3. Remove the console covers.
Note:
Store them someplace safe for the day.
4. Lower the pipe loading guard
Figure 57
5. Push down on the operator platform latch and
swing the platform out to the desired position,
ensuring that it locks in place
Note:
The operator platform has 5 positions:
travel (swung all the way into the machine),
full-out, and 3 intermediate positions.
Figure 58
Deploying the Zap-Alert
System
The Zap-Alert system is an electric strike sensing
device on the machine that triggers a strobe light and
audible alarm in the event that the drill bit, reamer,
or stake breaks into an energized power line. In the
event of an electric strike, the machine becomes
energized, setting off the alarm.
If the Zap-Alert system activates while
drilling, the machine, including the operator's
(Figure 57).
platform, will become energized. If you
step off the operator platform or if someone
touches the machine or wet ground near the
machine or in the bore, you or they could be
electrocuted causing serious injury or death.
• Test the Zap-Alert system before drilling.
• Deploy the grounding stake before drilling.
• If the Zap-Alert is triggered:
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DANGER
Ensure that the stake is fully inserted into
moist soil.
– Stay in the seat and do not touch the
ground or any other part of the machine
until the power has been turned off.
Do not pour liquids or urinate from the
operator platform onto the ground.
– Stop drilling, stop the drilling-fluid flow,
and retract the drill out of the ground.
– Keep everyone away from the machine,
wet ground near the machine or running
from the machine, and any open
sources of water/mud that is in the bore
and contacting the broken line.
– Contact the utility company to have
power shut off to the broken line. Do
not reset the Zap-Alert system until the
power has been turned off.
1. Remove the grounding stake from the holder on
the side of the operator platform (Figure 59).