Kubota — Safe Operation

4 6. Do not run the engine in closed or badly ventilated rooms. Carbon monoxide is colourless, odourless and deadly. 5. Never allow children to operate the machine even under adult supervision. 6. Never allow children to play on the machine or on the attachments. 7. Use extra caution when backing up. Look behind and down to make sure the area clear before moving. 8. When parking your machine, if at all possible, park on a fi rm, fl at and level surface; if not, park across a slope. Lower the bucket and dozer to the ground, remove the key place the control lock levers in the locked position from the ignition before you leave. 7. Keep all safety equipment and covers in place.

Replace damaged or missing safety device. 8. Precautions against tipping over. In order to secure safe operation, keep away from steep slopes and embankments. Do not swing the bucket downwards. Lower the dozer during digging. Keep the bucket as low as possible while driving upwards. Turn slowly on slopes (do not fast). Do not keep the excavator near the edges of trenches and banks, as the earth can give away due to the weight of the excavator. 9. Watch out at all times where the excavator is being moved to. Keep an eye out for hindrances. 10. Keep enough distance from trench and bank edges. 3. AFTER OPERATION Before leaving the machine, Bring the excavater on a fi rm, fl at and level surface.

Lower the attachments and the dozer blade on the ground. Stop the engine. Lock all control levers. Remove the key. Safety for children Tragedy can occur if the operator is not alert to the presence of children. Children generally are attached to machines and the work they do. 1. Never assume that children will remain where you last saw them. 2. Keep children out of the work area and under the watchful eye of another responsible adult. 3. Be alert and shut your machine down if children enter the work area. 4. Never carry children on your machine. There is no safe place for them to ride. They may fall off and be run over or interfere with your control of the machine.

(1) lock lever for control lever (A) “Lock” (Left side) (B) “Unlock”