Komatsu — 3.3.9 GENERAL OPERATION INFORMATION

MACHINE OPERATIONS AND CONTROLS 3.3.9 GENERAL OPERATION INFORMATION Traveling Traveling over boulders, tree stumps, or other obstacles will cause a big shock to the chassis (and in particular to the tracks), and this will cause damage to the machine. For this reason, always remove any obstacles or travel around them, or take other steps to avoid traveling over such obstacles as far as possible. If there is no way to avoid traveling over an obstacle, reduce the travel speed, keep the work equipment close to the ground, and try to travel so that the center of the track pass- es over the obstacle.

RYA00510 Folding in Work Equipment When folding in the work equipment to the travel or transpor- tation posture, be careful not to let the bucket hit the blade. RYA02430 Avoid Hitting Blade Be careful not to hit the blade against rocks or boulders. This will cause premature damage to the blade or cylinders. RYA02420 Blade During Backhoe Operations When carrying out deep digging operations with the blade at the front, be careful not to the boom cylinder hit the blade. Always position the blade at the back unless it is needed at the front. RYA02450 120