FOREWORD, SAFETY, PLATES AND DECALS
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MACHINE LAY-OUT
Assemble the overall lights on the dipper.
Connect the overall lights to outer socket, installed
on the frame.
Raise the stabilizer blade completely.
Attach the reflective strips on the stabilizer blade.
Raise the stabilizers completely (optional). They
have to stay in vertical position.
Switch off the working floodlamps.
Lock the upper structure by means of undercar-
riage.
Activate the “Road travel” mode (1).
On machines equipped with clamshell.
The clamshell switching over valve has to be set to
“clamshell” position. In this way, the bucket cylinder
is hydraulically locked.Install the safety pin (2).
Position the clamshell into the suitable support (3) of
the undercarriage.
TRAVELLING UPHILL AND DOWNHILL
During long tracks with remarkable gradient and at
too high speed, you could loose control over the
machine.
Never travel tracks with a gradient higher than 30°
(57.7%).
Never travel on a long downhill tracks with the serv-
ice brake engaged. This may cause an extreme
wear of the brake plates or the brake’s breakage.
Before travelling downhill or uphill, to prevent the
travel speed from becoming too fast, engage the 1st
gear. With remarkable gradients, engage the creep
speed.
Do not travel across slopes or reverse the machine
across slopes as it could overturn.
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Do not use the engine if the gradient is higher than
35°, as lubrication would be discontinuous, with
consequent damage and wear.
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