TABLE OF CONTENTS 3.7 PARKING THE MACHINE .................................................................................................................... 124 3.7.1 PARKING ON LEVEL GROUND ............................................................................................. 124 3.7.2 PARKING ON SLOPES............................................................................................................ 125 3.8 STOPPING THE ENGINE ..................................................................................................................... 126 3.9 TRANSPORTING THE MACHINE ON OTHER VEHICLES .................................................................
127 3.9.1 LOADING AND UNLOADING THE MACHINE......................................................................... 127 3.9.2 TRANSPORT............................................................................................................................ 128 3.10 HOW TO LIFT THE MACHINE.............................................................................................................. 129 3.11 PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE COLD SEASON ................................................................... 130 3.11.1 FUEL AND LUBRICANTS ........................................................................................................
130 3.11.2 COOLANT ................................................................................................................................ 130 3.11.3 BATTERY ................................................................................................................................. 131 3.11.4 OTHER PRECAUTIONS .......................................................................................................... 131 3.11.5 PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN AT THE END OF WORK ...................................................... 131 3.12 PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE WARM SEASON..................................................................
132 3.13 USING THE WORK EQUIPMENT......................................................................................................... 133 3.13.1 LOWERING THE EQUIPMENT IN CASE OF MACHINE FAILURE ........................................ 133 3.13.2 ORGANIZING THE WORK ARE .............................................................................................. 134 3.13.3 LOADING MATERIAL ON HEAPS AND ON LEVEL SURFACES .......................................... 135 3.13.4 LOADING MATERIAL ON SLOPES ........................................................................................
136 3.13.5 DIGGING METHOD.................................................................................................................. 137 3.13.6 CHANGING THE BUCKET OR THE EQUIPMENT WITH STANDARD RAPID COUPLING... 138 3.13.6.1 REMOVING THE BUCKET OR THE EQUIPMENT ................................................ 139 3.13.6.2 CONNECTING THE BUCKET ................................................................................ 140 3.13.6.3 CHECKING THE POSITION OF THE LOCKING PINS .......................................... 141 3.13.6.4 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