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918196/EP0913
Excavating
The following section applies to an excavator with a
standard bucket, which is used mainly for digging into
the ground to loosen, excavate and load loose or solid
material.
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Use caution when retracting the bucket to prepare
for driving or transport. Hitting the bucket into the
dozer blade might damage either attachment, espe-
cially the bucket teeth.
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The dozer blade is intended for grading only; using
it as a battering ram risks serious damage to the
blade, its cylinder and connections.
Figure 3-35 Machine Operation Exclusions
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When excavating, lower the dozer blade to the
ground to aid machine stability. It is best to posi-
tion the dozer blade on the same side as the excava-
tion, but position the blade on the opposite side of
the excavation if the situation prevents the former.
Figure 3-36 Machine Operation Exclusions
IMPORTANT
Never use the excavator bucket to perform
actions other than digging, grading, loading
and excavating. Damage to the excavator
could result.
•
Do not use the swiveling force of the
excavator so the bucket serves as a
hammer or battering ram (1, Figure 3-
35).
•
Do not lower the bucket into the ground
while rotating the upper carriage or
driving the excavator (2, Figure 3-36).
•
Do not use the falling force of the dip-
per arm so the bucket serves as a ham-
mer or pile-driver (3).
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Do not cause the excavator to tip,
bounce or fall to amplify digging or
excavating (4) force.
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