12. OPERATION 12.6 CHANGING DIRECTION WARNING When changing direction between FORWARD and REVERSE, check that the new direction of travel is safe. There is a blind spot behind the machine, so be particularly careful when changing direction to travel in reverse. Do not switch between FORWARD and REVERSE when traveling at high speed. When switching between FORWARD and REVERSE, depress the brake to reduce the travel speed sufficiently, then change the direction of travel. 9 km/h (5.6 MPH) when gear speed is 1st 12 km/h (7.5 MPH) when gear speed is 2nd 16 km/h (9.9 MPH) when gear speed is 3rd There is no need to stop the machine even when switching between FORWARD and REVERSE.
Place directional lever 1 in the desired position. REMARK If the gear shift lever is operated slowly or it is stopped between speed ranges, error code “CALL” may be displayed. This is not a failure: the gear shift lever must be operated to complete the gear shifting within 2 seconds. 12.6.1 CONTROL FOR CHANGE OF TRAVEL DIRECTION AT HIGH TRAVEL SPEED Change of the travel direction at high travel speed will be lowered the durability of the transmission. If you try to change the travel direction in range of the following table, the warning buzzer sounds for 3 seconds (quick intermittent sound).
If the warning buzzer sounds, press the brake immediately to lower the travel speed sufficiently, then change the travel direction. If you try to change the travel direction in range of the following table, the warning buzzer sounds and the controller con- trols the gear speed automatically to maintain the durability of the transmission. Be careful that the deceleration of the machine in this range is lower than in ranges and . 2-54