. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS FOR OPERATION the If 2 - 21 TRAVELING ON SLOPES or slipping to the side, always do as follows. approxmately 20 to 30 e of emergency, quickly machine to stop. Apply e, if necessary. e. Traveling at an angle ous. opes. Always go down he machine, then travel steel plates with low is a hazard that the To prevent the machine from tipping over When traveling on slops, keep the blade cm (8 to 12 in) above the ground.
In cas lower the blade to the ground to help the the brake and use the engine as a brak Always travel straight up or down a slop or across the slope is extremely danger Do not turn on slopes or travel across sl to a flat place to change the position of t on to the slope again. Travel on grass, fallen leaves, or wet speed. Even with slight slopes there machine may slip. When driving down a slope, never shift gear or place the transmission in neutral. The engine brake cann used and this creates a dangerous cond uphill. ition. Always travel downhill in the same speed range as when tra er the travel speed.
When turning on a downhill ground, low USING BRAKES When the machine is traveling, do not re st your foot on the brake pedal. If you travel with your f oot resting o pedal, the brake will always be applied, and this will cause the brakes to overheat and fail. Do not depress the brake pedal repeate dly if not necessary. If this is neglected, the brake will b e overheate will not work when required. g force of the engine. When traveling downhill, use the brakin OPERATE CAREFULLY ON SNOW Snow-covered or frozen surfaces are sli ppery, so be extremely careful when traveling or opera ting the ma and do not operate the levers suddenly careful when working on slopes.
With frozen ground surfaces, the groun . Even a slight slope may cause the machine to slip, so be partic d becomes soft when the temperature rises, and this may caus e for the machine to escape. machine to tip over or make it impossibl If the machine enters deep snow, there i s a hazard that it may tip over or become buried in the snow. Be c not to leave the road shoulder or to get trapped in a snow drift. When clearing snow, the road shoulder and objects placed beside the road are buried in the sn ow and cann seen. There is a hazard of the machine carefully.
tipping over or hitting covered objects, so always carry out oper When traveling on snow-covered slopes , never apply the brakes suddenly. Reduce the speed a nd use the e as a brake while appling the foot bra necessary, lower the blade to the groun ke intermittently (depress the brake intermittently several time d to stop the machine.