Komatsu — TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS 3.6.4 HEATING THE HYDRAULIC OIL............................................................................................. 133 3.6.5 HOW TO MOVE THE MACHINE ............................................................................................. 134 3.6.5.1 MOVING ON SLOPES............................................................................................ 135 3.6.5.2 MAXIMUM IMMERSION DEPTH............................................................................ 136 3.7 PARKING THE MACHINE ....................................................................................................................

137 3.7.1 PARKING ON LEVEL GROUND.............................................................................................. 137 3.7.2 PARKING ON SLOPES............................................................................................................ 138 3.8 STOPPING THE ENGINE ..................................................................................................................... 139 3.9 TRANSPORTING THE MACHINE ON OTHER VEHICLES ................................................................. 140 3.9.1 LOADING AND UNLOADING THE MACHINE.........................................................................

140 3.9.2 TRANSPORT ........................................................................................................................... 141 3.9.3 LIFTING THE MACHINE .......................................................................................................... 141 3.10 PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE COLD SEASON AND IN COLD PLACES........................... 142 3.10.1 FUEL AND LUBRICANTS ........................................................................................................ 142 3.10.2 ENGINE COOLANT .................................................................................................................

142 3.10.3 BATTERY ................................................................................................................................. 142 3.10.4 OTHER PRECAUTIONS .......................................................................................................... 143 3.10.5 PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN AT THE END OF WORK ...................................................... 143 3.11 PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE WARM SEASON.................................................................. 144 3.12 EQUIPMENT..........................................................................................................................................

145 3.12.1 INSTALLING EQUIPMENT WITH HYDRAULIC QUICK COUPLING ...................................... 145 3.12.2 INSTALLING EQUIPMENT WITH MANUAL COUPLING ........................................................ 147 3.12.3 INSTALLING EQUIPMENT REQUIRING HYDRAULIC POWER (4X1 BUCKET - FORKS – ROUND BALE GRIPPERS, ETC.) ................................................ 147 3.12.4 ORGANIZING THE WORK AREA............................................................................................ 148 3.12.5 OPERATING THE EQUIPMENT..............................................................................................

148 3.12.6 OPERATING THE MACHINE FITTED WITH FORKS ............................................................. 149 3.12.6.1 FORKING A LOAD.................................................................................................. 149 3.12.6.2 TRANSPORTING THE LOAD................................................................................. 151 3.12.6.3 STACKING THE LOAD........................................................................................... 151 3.12.7 PREPARING THE MACHINE FOR TRAVELLING ON ROADS ..............................................

153 3.12.8 USING THE MACHINE AS A LOADER ................................................................................... 154 3.12.8.1 ORGANIZING THE WORK AREA .......................................................................... 154 3.12.8.2 LOADING HEAPED AND LEVEL MATERIAL......................................................... 154 3.13 LONG PERIODS OF INACTIVITY ........................................................................................................ 156 3.13.1 PREPARING THE MACHINE FOR A LONG PERIOD OF INACTIVITY.................................. 156 3.13.2 PREPARING THE ENGINE FOR A LONG PERIOD OF INACTIVITY.....................................

157 3.13.3 MAINTENANCE DURING A PERIOD OF INACTIVITY ........................................................... 157 3.13.4 RESTARTING THE ENGINE ................................................................................................... 158 3.13.5 AFTER A LONG PERIOD OF INACTIVITY.............................................................................. 158 3.14 OPERATIONS IN CASE OF FAILURE................................................................................................. 159 3.14.1 IF THE ENGINE BREAKS DOWN WITH BOOM LOADED, LIFTED AND EXTENDED..........

159 3.14.2 REMOVING THE MACHINE IN CASE OF FAILURE............................................................... 160 3.14.3 IF THE FUEL HAS RUN OUT .................................................................................................. 160 3.14.4 IF THE ENGINE FAILS TO START BECAUSE THE BATTERY HAS RUN DOWN ................ 161 3.14.4.1 STARTING WITH BOOSTER CABLES .................................................................. 162 3.14.5 OTHER TROUBLES.................................................................................................................

163 3.14.5.1 ELECTRIC CIRCUIT............................................................................................... 163 3.14.5.2 HYDRAULIC SYSTEM............................................................................................ 163 15