Komatsu PC45MR-30403, Operation And Maintenance Manual

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PRECAUTIONS WHEN TRAVELING
Serious personal injury or death can result from tipping over of the traveling machine or its accidental contact.
Always observe the following.
• Do not drive the machine with excess speed, stop suddenly, and starts suddenly. It is quite dangerous.
• When driving the machine or performing operations, always keep a safe distance from people, structures,
or other machines to avoid coming into contact with them.
• When driving the machine on a level ground, keep the
work equipment at height (a) of 40 to 50 cm {15.7 to
19.7 in} above the ground.If that height is not maintained
between the work equipment and the ground, the work
equipment may get stuck in the ground and the machine
may tip over.
• Try to avoid traveling over obstacles. If the machine has to
travel over an obstacle, keep the work equipment close to
the ground and travel at low speed. The machine tips over
easily to the right or left. Do not drive it over obstacles
which make the machine tilt largely to the right or left.
• When driving the machine on the rough ground, drive it at
low speed and do not operate the steering suddenly. There
is a danger that the machine may tip over. The work equip-
ment may hit the ground, and the machine may lose its
balance, or it may damage the machine or structures in the
area.
• When using the machine, to prevent serious personal injury or death caused by the work equipment or by
the machine tipping over due to overloading, do not use the machine beyond the permitted performance of
the machine such as the maximum permitted load for the structure of the machine.
• When passing over bridges or structures, check first that the structure is strong enough to support the
weight of the machine. When passing on a public road, check with authorities concerned and observe their
instruction.
• When operating in tunnels, under bridges, under electric wires, or other places where the height is limited,
operate slowly and be extremely careful not to let the machine body or work equipment hit anything.
• For machines with canopy, spilled soil from the bucket may fall onto the floor when swinging leftward maxi-
mum by small radius. Be careful when operating this work.
PRECAUTIONS FOR OPERATION SAFETY
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