7. PRECAUTIONS DURING OPERATION WARNING: Failure to follow these safety precautions may lead to a serious accident. 7.5 TOWING 1-19 WHEN TOWING ‡ Injury or death could result if a disabled machine is towed incorrectly or if there is a mistake in the selection of the wire rope, so always do as follows. ‡ Do not tow in a different way from the method given in the section METHOD OF TOWING. ‡ Always wear leather gloves when handling wire rope. ‡ When carrying out the preparation for towing with another worker, agree on signals before starting the operation.
‡ If the engine on the problem machine will not start or there is a failure in the brake system, please contact your Komatsu distributor for repairs. ‡ It is dangerous to tow a machine on a slope, so choose a place where there is a gradual slope. If there is no place with a gradual slope, carry out work to make the slope as small as possible. ‡ If a problem machine is towed by another machine, ALWAYS use a wire rope with a sufficient towing capacity for the weight of the problem machine. ‡ Do not use a wire rope which has cut strands A, kinks B, or reduced diameter C.