. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS FOR OPERATION the If 2 - 22 TRAVELING ON SLOPES slipping to the side, always do as follows. pproxmately 20 to 30 f emergency, quickly achine to stop. Apply if necessary. Traveling at an angle s. es. Always go down machine, then travel teel plates with low a hazard that the ar or place the transmission in neutral. The engine brake cann To prevent the machine from tipping over or When traveling on slops, keep the blade a cm (8 to 12 in) above the ground. In case o lower the blade to the ground to help the m the brake and use the engine as a brake, Always travel straight up or down a slope.
or across the slope is extremely dangerou Do not turn on slopes or travel across slop to a flat place to change the position of the on to the slope again. Travel on grass, fallen leaves, or wet s speed. Even with slight slopes there is machine may slip. When driving down a slope, never shift ge used and this creates a dangerous conditi uphill. on. Always travel downhill in the same speed range as when tra the travel speed. When turning on a downhill ground, lower PROHIBITED OPERATIONS To make it easier to escape if there is any problem, set the tracks at right angles to the road shoulder or cli the sprocket at the rear when carrying out operations.
When operating the machine, take care th at it will not exceed its performance values such as stability, max using load, etc. to prevent rolling of the ma work equipment. chine caused by an overload and disasters caused by breakage USING BRAKES When the machine is traveling, do not rest your foot on the brake pedal. If you travel with your foot resting o pedal, the brake will always be applied, an d this will cause the brakes to overheat and fail. Do not depress the brake pedal repeatedly if not necessary. If this is neglected, the brake will be overheate will not work when required. orce of the engine.
When traveling downhill, use the braking f OPERATE CAREFULLY ON SNOW Snow-covered or frozen surfaces are slipp ery, so be extremely careful when traveling or operating the ma and do not operate the levers suddenly. E careful when working on slopes. With frozen ground surfaces, the ground ven a slight slope may cause the machine to slip, so be partic becomes soft when the temperature rises, and this may caus for the machine to escape. machine to tip over or make it impossible If the machine enters deep snow, there is a hazard that it may tip over or become buried in the snow. Be c not to leave the road shoulder or to get tra pped in a snow drift.
When clearing snow, the road shoulder an d objects placed beside the road are buried in the snow and can seen. There is a hazard of the machine ti carefully. pping over or hitting covered objects, so always carry out oper When traveling on snow-covered slopes, n ever apply the brakes suddenly. Reduce the speed and use the e as a brake while appling the foot brak necessary, lower the blade to the ground t e intermittently (depress the brake intermittently several time o stop the machine.