TABLE OF CONTENTS 3.9 TRANSPORTING THE MACHINE ON OTHER VEHICLES ................................................................. 124 3.9.1 LOADING AND UNLOADING THE MACHINE......................................................................... 124 3.9.2 TRANSPORT............................................................................................................................ 125 3.10 HOW TO LIFT THE MACHINE.............................................................................................................. 126 3.11 PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE COLD SEASON ...................................................................
127 3.11.1 FUEL AND LUBRICANTS ........................................................................................................ 127 3.11.2 COOLANT ................................................................................................................................ 127 3.11.3 BATTERY ................................................................................................................................. 128 3.11.4 OTHER PRECAUTIONS .......................................................................................................... 128 3.11.5 PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN AT THE END OF WORK ......................................................
128 3.12 PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE WARM SEASON.................................................................. 129 3.13 USING THE WORK EQUIPMENT......................................................................................................... 130 3.13.1 LOWERING THE EQUIPMENT IN CASE OF MACHINE FAILURE ........................................ 130 3.13.2 ORGANIZING THE WORK ARE .............................................................................................. 131 3.13.3 LOADING MATERIAL ON HEAPS AND ON LEVEL SURFACES ..........................................
132 3.13.4 LOADING MATERIAL ON SLOPES ........................................................................................ 133 3.13.5 DIGGING METHOD.................................................................................................................. 134 3.13.6 CHANGING THE BUCKET OR THE EQUIPMENT WITH STANDARD RAPID COUPLING... 135 3.13.6.1 RELEASING THE BUCKET .................................................................................... 136 3.13.6.2 COUPLING THE BUCKET...................................................................................... 136 3.13.7 CHANGING THE BUCKET OR THE EQUIPMENT WITH OPTIONAL RAPID COUPLING ....
138 3.13.7.1 REMOVING THE BUCKET OR THE EQUIPMENT ................................................ 139 3.13.7.2 CONNECTING THE BUCKET ................................................................................ 140 3.13.7.3 CHECKING THE POSITION OF THE LOCKING PINS .......................................... 141 3.13.7.4 ADJUSTING THE LOCKING PINS ......................................................................... 142 3.14 LONG PERIODS OF INACTIVITY ........................................................................................................ 143 3.14.1 BEFORE THE PERIOD OF INACTIVITY ................................................................................
143 3.14.2 DURING THE PERIOD OF INACTIVITY.................................................................................. 144 3.14.3 AFTER THE PERIOD OF INACTIVITY .................................................................................... 144 3.15 TROUBLESHOOTING .......................................................................................................................... 145 3.15.1 HOW TO REMOVE THE MACHINE......................................................................................... 145 3.15.2 IF THE FUEL HAS BEEN COMPLETELY DEPLETED............................................................
145 3.15.3 IF THE BATTERY IS DEPLETED ............................................................................................ 146 3.15.3.1 STARTING WITH BOOSTER CABLES .................................................................. 147 3.15.4 OTHER TROUBLES................................................................................................................. 148 3.15.4.1 ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT........................................................................................... 148 3.15.4.2 HYDRAULIC SYSTEM............................................................................................
148 3.15.4.3 ENGINE................................................................................................................... 149 3.15.4.4 HYDROSTATIC TRANSMISSION ......................................................................... 150 12