Komatsu — 5. CONTENTS

5. CONTENTS 12. Operation ............................................................................................................................................ 2-41 12.1 Check before starting engine ................................................................................................. 2-41 12.2 Starting engine ........................................................................................................................ 2-52 12.3 Operations and checks after starting engine .......................................................................

2-55 12.4 Moving machine off ................................................................................................................ 2-61 12.5 Steering machine .................................................................................................................... 2-64 12.6 Stopping machine ................................................................................................................... 2-66 12.7 Swinging...................................................................................................................................

2-67 12.8 Operation of work equipment ............................................................................................... 2-68 12.9 Handling active mode ............................................................................................................. 2-69 12.10 Handling working mode ......................................................................................................... 2-70 12.11 Prohibitions for operation ...................................................................................................... 2-72 12.12 Precautions for operation .......................................................................................................

2-74 12.13 Precautions when traveling up or down hills ..................................................................... 2-75 12.14 How to escape from mud ...................................................................................................... 2-77 12.15 Work possible using hydraulic excavator ............................................................................ 2-78 12.16 Replacement and inversion of bucket .................................................................................. 2-79 12.17 Parking machine ......................................................................................................................

2-81 12.18 Check after finishing work ..................................................................................................... 2-82 12.19 Stopping engine ...................................................................................................................... 2-83 12.20 Check after stopping engine .................................................................................................. 2-84 12.21 Locking ...................................................................................................................................... 2-84 13.

Transportation ................................................................................................................................... 2-85 13.1 Transportation procedure ....................................................................................................... 2-85 13.2 Loading, unloading work with trailers.................................................................................. 2-86 13.3 Method of lifting machine ...................................................................................................... 2-92 14.

Cold weather operation ................................................................................................................... 2-93 14.1 Precautions for low temperature........................................................................................... 2-93 14.2 Precautions after completion of work .................................................................................. 2-95 14.3 After cold weather................................................................................................................... 2-95 15. Long-term storage ............................................................................................................................

2-96 15.1 Before storage ......................................................................................................................... 2-96 15.2 During storage ......................................................................................................................... 2-97 15.3 After storage ............................................................................................................................ 2-97 15.4 Starting machine after long-term storage............................................................................ 2-97 16.

Troubleshooting ................................................................................................................................ 2-98 16.1 Phenomena that are not failures........................................................................................... 2-98 16.2 Method of towing machine .................................................................................................... 2-98 16.3 Using method for light-weight towing hole ........................................................................ 2-98 16.4 Precautions on particular jobsites .........................................................................................

2-99 16.5 If battery is discharged ........................................................................................................... 2-99 16.6 Other trouble............................................................................................................................ 2-104 0-6