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3.1 General safety rules and occupational safety
• Before each new use, check for your tractor operational and road
travel safety!
• Mind for all safety pictograms and operation labels on your grapple
loader. They are all-important for safe operation and travel!
• Before starting with loading operations, familiarize with all safeties
and controls on your equipment and with their functions. Do not ex-
pect to learn as you practice. Grapple loaders are heavy-duty equip-
ment requiring preliminary training!
• Operators must wear steel toe safety shoes and snug-fitting, tear-
resistant work cloths.
• Keep the front of the gate area as free as possible to avoid fire
danger!
• Know where crew members are at all times!Be alert to unexpected
workers or operations in the immediate working area.
• Before starting the tractor and beginning to work, make sure that there
are no bystanders (especially children) in the surroundings. Be cautious
of blind spots around the loader where the operator’s visibility is limited!
• Sitting on the loader during work or travel can be very dangerous.
Take measures to prevent it.
• Connect the equipment in compliance to these instructions and the
applicable provisions!
• Never overload a machine. Carry a load that is safe, within the ca-
pacity of the machine, and suitably secured in the special fixation
points on the machine!
• Always comply with the admissible axis loads and transport
dimensions/clearance!
• Never leave the operator‘s stand during travel!
• Travel, steering and braking performance are affected by the use
of hanging ballast on the machine. Always keep at safe distance for
steering and braking!
• When taking turns please mind for both the outreach and/or rota-
ting mass of the equipment!
• Make sure that all safeties and protections are duly in place and
operating before starting to use your equipment!
• Strictly start log loading operations when all workers are clear of the area!
• Keep the turning/swaying area of the equipment clear from any
obstacle!
• Make sure that no persons and no obstacles are within the slew
range before operating any of the hydraulic folding frames.
• Before leaving the tractor, make sure to lower the grapple down on
ground, switch the motor off and remove the keys from the ignition!
• Make sure that no persons stand in the dangerous zone between
the tractor and the trailer unless due measures were taken to prevent
the vehicle from rolling away (for example engaging the parking bra-
kes and using additional wheel chocks for increased safe)!
• Folded frames and telescoping hoisting devices must be dulysecured
in the transport position!