l lfthe engine stops on a slope, apply l Before starting towing operations, l When operating at the edge of a the brake quickly and carefully. Next, lower the work equipment make sure that no one is near the machine. Start the machine slowly cliff or on the shoulder of a road, remember the following points: to the ground and apply the park- ing brake. Then put the directional to take up the slack in the wire rope. Then start towing carefully.
o When dumping soil over a cliff, dump the first excavated soil and speed control levers in neu- Do not tow any machine whose brakes or steering have broken without dumping it over, and use each succeeding excavated l Be careful when traveling on planks tral, and start the engine again. down. soil to push the previous exca- slippage. or steel plates, as these can cause vated soil over. Be sure not to approach the edge by mistake. l When operating at night, remem- ber the following points: o When working on river embank- ments or other places made of 0 Be sure to arrange an adequate piled soil, there is the danger 0 At night it is very easy to make lighting system.
that the weight or vibration of the machine may cause the tance and height of objects and mistakes in assuming the dis- soil, so be extremely careful machine to sink into the piled land. when operating in such places. l Before towing operations, always check the wire rope. -9-