Komatsu — 31.1 BLADE CONDITION

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EFFECTIVE METHOD OF OPERATION FOR DUAL TILT DOZER 31.1 BLADE CONDITION 5-8 Operating method Applicable operation Blade position Single tilt ‡ Normal tilt operation ‡ Normal operations Dual tilt ‡ Turn the dual button ON and carry out tilt operation ‡ Digging up boulders ‡ Side cutting operations (high places) ‡ Horizontal dozing operations from side slope (rough ground) ‡ Ditching operations R pitch (pitch back) ‡ Turn the pitch button ON and carry out left tilt operations ‡ Hauling ‡ Dozing soft soil (filling) ‡ Leveling operations (spreading) ‡ Side-cutting operations S pitch (standard) ‡ Normal operations F pitch (pitch dump) ‡ Turn the pitch button ON and carry out right tilt operations ‡ Digging natural ground and bed- rock (digging hard soil) ‡ Pushing soil over cliffs ‡ Pushing-up soil (Reduces spillage of soil over the top surface of the blade, and reduces amount of soil carried back)