DRIVING 19.5.5 BRAKING ON SLOPES The service brake may overheat and be damaged while driving downhill! Let the engine run while driving downhill. If required, brake in addition using the brake pedal. Danger of accidents due to unintentional braking! Do not use the brake pedal as a foot rest. If you use the service brake too often while driving downhill, it may overheat and be damaged. You can avoid this by driving downhill in the lower speed range and by using the braking effect of the engine. (In the lower speed range the driving range switch will be switched off and the control lamp will go out.) 19.6 STOPPING Avoid abrupt stopping. Proceed as follows, if you want to stop the machine:
1 - Release the accelerator pedal and press down the brake pedal. 2 - Set the drive direction switch into its neutral position ‘N’. 3 - Apply the parking brake. 4 - Lower the work unit onto the ground. 75_023 Unintentional moving of the equipment may lead to acci- dents! Before you leave the cab, turn the locking lever for the work hydraulic system into position ‘1’. As a result, the work hydraulic system is blocked. 5 - Protect the work hydraulic system against unintentional acti- vation by turning the locking lever of the work hydraulic sys- tem into position ‘1’. 1 2 75_019 19.6.1 PARKING THE MACHINE ON A SLOPE Whenever possible, stop the machine on level ground.
If you have to park the machine on a slope, it is required that you park it in such a way that the front section (work unit) points downhill. Lower the work unit onto the ground. Block the wheels with wheel chocks (1). 88