DRIVING 19.1.1 STARTING THE MACHINE ON SLOPES Careless driving may lead to accidents! Before starting up, ensure that no persons are near the machine and sound the horn before driving. 1 - Start up the engine as described in chapter "18. Starting and Switching Off the Engine". 2 - Make sure that the parking brake is pulled. The parking brake warning light lights up. 3 - Press down the brake pedal. 4 - Release the parking brake. 5 - Set the drive direction switch to the desired direction setting. Position 'F' Driving forward Position 'N' Neutral Position 'R' Reversing 6 - Press down the accelerator pedal and release slowly the brake pedal at the same time in order to start the machine.
75_023 19.2 CHANGING THE DRIVING DIREC- TION Careless changes of the driving direction may cause se- vere accidents! Before you change the driving direction from forward to reverse driving or vice versa, you must make sure that no persons or obstacles are in your way. The engine may be damaged if you are driving at a high speed and then change abruptly from forward to reverse driving or vice versa! Brake until the machine has nearly come to a standstill before you change the driving direction. The drive direction switch is used to switch between forward and reverse gear or vice versa. The machine may still roll, if you change the driving direction.
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