Skid Steer

How to start a skid steer

1. Hold onto the exterior handles with both hands, maintaining 3 points of contact at all times and move up the steps

2. Step into cab and move up the steps

3. Sit down and adjust the seating and other features to your comfort level

4. Fasten your seatbelt (some models will not start until the seat belt is fastened)

5. Reach overhead and pull down the roll cage using both hands (newer models will not start until the roll cage is secured down)

6. Give the ignition key a quarter turn and wait for the beep

7. Disengage the parking break by pressing the overhead button

8. Fully turn the ignition key to start the engine

9. Press the green “ready” button override a safety mechanism that locks the gears in place

10. Push your arm controls forward to set the skid steer in motion

How to operate a skid steer

The speed and direction of each side’s wheels are controlled by its corresponding side’s arm controls

- To turn/move left: push the left arm control forward

- To turn/move right: push the right arm controls forward

- To move straight forward: push both arm controls forward

- To move in reverse: pull both arms back towards you

Driving single-arm control skid steers

- To turn or move left: push the arm control forward and to the left

- To turn or move right: push the arm control forward and to the right

- To move straight forward: push the arm control forward

- To move in reverse: pull the arm control back toward you

How to operate a skid steer when lifting and dumping

Foot pedals

- Each foot pedal controls one aspect of your attachments by rocking your feet. The left foot pedal controls the boom and the right foot pedal controls the bucket

Left (Boom) Pedal

- To lower the boom, ease your toes forward on the pedal

- To raise the boom, ease your left heel back on the pedal

Right (bucket) pedal

- To dump the bucket: ease your right toes forward on the pedal

- To curl the bucket for digging, ease your right heel back on the pedal

Boom and bucket controls for single arm control skid steers

· If you are operating a skid steer that uses only one arm control for steering, the second arm control not used for driving is used to operate the bucket and the boom

- To dig with/curl the bucket, move the arm control to the left

- To dump the bucket, move the arm control to the right

- To lower the boom, pull the arm control back

- To raise the boom, push the arm control forward