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5.5
TOWING THE MACHINE
READ THE OPERATOR'S MANUAL
Read, understand and follow the safety messages and instructions in this manual. If these safety messages are not
followed, serious injury or death could occur.
To prevent serious injury or death from improper towing methods.
• Always wear leather gloves when handling wire ropes.
• Check the wire rope to be used for towing is strong enough to tow the weight of your machine.
• Never use a wire rope which has cut strands (A), reduced diameter (B), kinks (C) or other visible damage or the
wire rope may break while towing.
• Never tow the machine across a slope.
• Never stand between the towing machine and the machine or object that is being towed.
• To prevent damage to the wire ropes, place pads between the wire ropes and edges of the lower frame.
• Do not shock load the wire ropes. Tow slowly and avoid sudden load changes to the wire ropes.
• Shackles must be used for towing.
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B
C
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TOWING METHOD OF THE MACHINE
• Only tow the machine if absolutely necessary, e.g. moving the machine to a safe location for repair.
• If the machine cannot travel under its own power, attach wire ropes that are strong enough to tow your machine
to the positions on the lower frame as shown. Never use the lower frame holes for towing. Then tow the machine
using another machine.
• Keep the wire ropes level and keep both machines in a straight line when towing as shown in the figure.
• In case of towing needing to disengage the travel motor brakes, chock both track crawlers securely to prevent
the machine from moving uncontrollably before disengaging the travel motor brakes.
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