Safety
Improperuseormaintenancebytheoperatororowner
canresultininjury.Toreducethepotentialforinjury,
complywiththesesafetyinstructionsandthoseinthe
tractionunit
Operator's Man ual
.Alwayspayattentionto
thesafetyalertsymbol,whichmeans
Caution
,
W ar ning
,
or
Danger
—personalsafetyinstruction.Failureto
complywiththeinstructionmayresultinpersonalinjury
ordeath.
DANGER
Theremaybeburiedpower,gas,and/ortelephone
linesintheworkarea.Shockorexplosionmay
occurifyoudigintothem.
Havethepropertyorworkareamarkedforburied
linesanddonotdiginmarkedareas.Contactyour
localmarkingserviceorutilitycompanytohavethe
propertymarked(forexample,intheUnitedStates,
call811forthenationwidemarkingservice).
WARNING
Whentheengineisoff,attachmentsintheraised
positioncangraduallylower.Someonenearbymay
bepinnedorinjuredbytheattachmentasitlowers.
Alwayslowertheattachmentlifteachtimeyoushut
offthetractionunit.
CAUTION
Ifyoustepoffoftheplatformwiththeloadraised,
themachinecouldtipforward.Someonenearby
maybepinnedorinjured.
Lowertheloadbeforesteppingoffoftheplatform.
WARNING
Whengoingupordownhill,themachinecould
overturniftheheavyendistowardthedownhill
side.Someonemaybepinnedorseriouslyinjured
bythemachineifitoverturns.
Operateupanddownslopeswiththeheavyend
ofthemachineuphill.Carryingaloadwiththe
multi-purposetoolwillmakethefrontendheavy.
DANGER
Ifthebucketisnotkeptlevelwhilelifting,theload
couldbeinadvertentlydumpedontheoperator,
causinginjury.
Whenliftingthebucket,tiltitforwardtokeepit
levelandpreventitfromspillingbackward.
StabilityRatings
Todeterminethedegreeofslopeyoucantraversewiththe
bucketinstalledonatractionunit,ndthestabilityratingfor
thehillpositionyouwanttotravelintheappropriatetableon
thefollowingpage,thenndthedegreeofslopeforthesame
ratingandhillpositionintheStabilityDatasectionofthe
tractionunitoperator’smanual.
WARNING
Exceedingthemaximumrecommendedslope
cancausethetractionunittotip,crushingyouor
bystanders.
Donotdrivethetractionunitonaslopesteeper
thanthemaximumrecommendedslope,as
determinedinthefollowingtablesandthetraction
unitoperator'smanual.
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