3. INTRODUCTION 3.1 INTENDED USE This Komatsu HYDRAULIC EXCAVATOR is designed to be used mainly for the following work: Digging work Smoothing work Ditching work Loading work See the section “12.14 WORK POSSIBLE USING HYDRAULIC EXCAVATOR” for further details. 3.2 GENERAL VIEW OF MACHINE If directions are indicated in this section, they refer to the directions shown by the arrows in the diagram below. 0-3