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9.6.2
Moving the machine
The Snowbob 9018 T is equipped with 2 caterpillar tracks. These two wide, rubber tracks are
each equipped with a separate drive engine. Each hydraulic engine has an individual hydro-
static pump; these are united within one hydrostat. The facility to regulate the flow of each
pump separately means that the speed of the engine and the track can be set. This regula-
tion is proportional so that speed is infinitely adjustable.
In order to simplify operation, the drive for this regulator is centralised in the central, All-In-
One (AIO) Joystick on the dashboard.
How is the drive engaged?
The hydrostatic drive uses a belt transmission. The belt must be engaged in order to activate
the hydrostat and provide power to the tracks. The belt drive can be engaged by pressing the
dead man’s handle.
Caution:
In order to avoid the machine moving unexpectedly when depressing the dead
man’s handle, check that the AIO control handle is in the neutral position and not
in the cruise control position.
Which transport characteristic will be selected?
The machine can be relocated in work mode or in transport mode.
A. In
transport
mode, the operator wishes to move the snow clearer across larger distances
or between two work zones. The main aim here is to move quickly and not lose functional
time. The snow cutter will, therefore, be disengaged and the cutter head will be raised so
that it no longer touches the ground or snow. This provides all of the power to the drive
generator and means that the cutter head will no longer impact upon the movement free-
dom of the machine.
B. In
work
mode, the aim is to clear snow. It is thus important to achieve optimum clearance
performance; the task is thus to adjust drive speed to the machine’s clearance capacity.
This is variable and depends on the height of the mass of snow, the density and compo-
sition of the snow and the grip and evenness of the ground. Moving in work mode will
therefore be slow and restrained.
The fact that driving in each mode varies means
that the machine has been equipped with two
speed settings: Fast and Slow. The selection le-
ver on the right hand side of the AIO Joystick can
be used to select the appropriate setting.
Fast
mode
Slow
mode