OPERATING THE MACHINE PLANING Planing operations are required for levelling the ground. For this purpose, a straight bucket without claws is suitable. Planing in- cludes two operation steps - filling up and taking off ground. FILLING UP It may be necessary to fill up the uneven ground in front of the machine with soil. Proceed as follows: For fill-up operations, lower the bucket max. by 15° to the front. Fill the bucket with soil. Drive slowly forward with the machine and distribute the soil little by little from the bucket.
If you must fill up particularly large uneven surfaces, you should place addition- al soil in front of the bucket, which will be distributed when the machine is driving forward. TAKING OFF SOIL If the surface is filled up, you may level the ground. Danger of accidents! Careless reverse driving may lead to severe accidents! Before you drive backwards, make sure that nobody is be- hind the machine. Warn persons who are in your way by sounding the horn. Lower the bucket slightly. Drive backwards and draw the bucket over the ground. In order to receive a particularly even surface, you must lower the boom to its floating position.
Drive slowly backwards and draw the bucket with its plane underside over the ground. 5-36