Safety
Improperuseormaintenancebytheoperatoror
ownercanresultininjury.Toreducethepotential
forinjury,complywiththesesafetyinstructionsand
thoseinthetractionunit
Operator’ s Man ual
.Always
payattentiontothesafetyalertsymbol,which
means
Caution
,
W ar ning
,or
Danger
—personal
safetyinstruction.Failuretocomplywiththe
instructionmayresultinpersonalinjuryordeath.
Theremaybeburiedpower,gas,and/or
telephonelinesintheworkarea.Shockor
explosionmayoccurifyoudigintothem.
Havethepropertyorworkareamarkedfor
buriedlinesanddonotdiginmarkedareas.
Contactyourlocalmarkingserviceorutility
companytohavethepropertymarked(for
example,intheUnitedStates,call811forthe
nationwidemarkingservice).
Whentheengineisoff,attachmentsinthe
raisedpositioncangraduallylower.Someone
nearbymaybepinnedorinjuredbythe
attachmentasitlowers.
Alwayslowertheattachmentlifteachtimeyou
shutoffthetractionunit.
Ifyoustepoffoftheplatformwiththeload
raised,themachinecouldtipforward.Someone
nearbymaybepinnedorinjured.
Lowertheloadbeforesteppingoffofthe
platform.
Whengoingupordownhill,themachinecould
overturniftheheavyendistowardthedownhill
side.Someonemaybepinnedorseriously
injuredbythemachineifitoverturns.
Operateupanddownslopeswiththeheavyend
ofthemachineuphill.Carryingaloadwith
themulti-purposetoolwillmakethefrontend
heavy.
Ifthebucketisnotkeptlevelwhilelifting,the
loadcouldbeinadvertentlydumpedonthe
operator,causinginjury.
Whenliftingthebucket,tiltitforwardtokeepit
levelandpreventitfromspillingbackward.
StabilityRatings
Todeterminethedegreeofslopeyoucantraversewith
thebucketinstalledonatractionunit,ndthestability
ratingforthehillpositionyouwanttotravelinthe
appropriatetableonthefollowingpage,thenndthe
degreeofslopeforthesameratingandhillpositionin
theStabilityDatasectionofthetractionunitoperator’s
manual.
Exceedingthemaximumrecommendedslope
cancausethetractionunittotip,crushingyou
orbystanders.
Donotdrivethetractionunitonaslopesteeper
thanthemaximumrecommendedslope,as
determinedinthefollowingtablesandthe
tractionunitoperator’smanual.
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