Appendix 1
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PLM/MAN15/Rev 3B
Maintenance
SAFETY NOTICE:
It is recommended that safety gloves and glasses are worn during the maintenance of
the quick hitch. Daily
1. Clean away any material build up around the front lock, indicator bar and wedge.
2. Check all pin retaining bolts and nuts for tightness on quick hitch and attachments.
3. Grease as required wedge slide housing points. It is necessary to remove attachment to
gain access to a grease nipple on the underside of the hitch.
4. Grease as required threaded actuator points
WARNING:
Ensure wedge plate is fully retracted before greasing.
5. Check quick hitch for correct operation by connecting an attachment.
6. Check that the threaded actuator is firm to rotate in its housing. Adjust as required, see
adjusting the threaded actuator page 7.
7. Check quick hitch for evidence of fatigue, weld failure or stress.
WARNING:
If the hitch should be damaged in any way and there is any doubt as to the continued
safety of the product please contact Harford Attachments Ltd, Technical Department
on +44 (0) 1603 403099.
Warranty
Harford Attachments Ltd (the seller) warrants their quick hitches as follows:
1. The seller shall repair or replace at the seller’s option any of the goods which are, or which
become, defective within 12 months from delivery due to faulty workmanship, materials or
faulty design if the seller is responsible for design, provided that the buyer shall have
notified the seller in writing of such defect and have given the seller a reasonable
opportunity to inspect the defective goods.
2. All expenses incurred by the seller in connection with the repair or replacement of the
defective goods, including all costs of transportation, shall be paid by the seller.
3. If the seller shall fail to so repair or replace the defective goods within reasonable time of
having been notified by the buyer, then the buyer shall be entitled to have the work of
repair or replacement carried out by others, and the seller shall pay to the buyer the costs
reasonably incurred to the buyer in so doing.
4. The seller’s liability in respect of defects in the goods shall be limited to those stated in this
clause and subject to Clause 2(1) of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1997, the seller shall
not be liable whether in contract or in tort, including but not limited to negligence, or by
reason of breach of statutory duty or otherwise, for any damage or loss whatsoever
suffered by the buyer arising out of or attributable to such defects.
