To prevent undue damage to ground and vegetation,
avoid abrupt steering manoeuvres.
Improve your skills in handling the machine on slopes with a
smaller gradient first of all, and only tackle steeper slopes
when you have more experience.
If you hear a knocking sound that adapts to the travel speed,
this may be the result of an undue load on the crawler tracks
on a steep slope. Do not approach the machine. Do not stand
underneath the machine as there is a risk of the machine slip-
ping. Move the machine slowly and in a controlled manner into
a less steep working area.
• Negotiate steeper slopes predominantly along the contour
line (across the slope), so that a wide zig-zag line effec-
tively results.
• Please consider that the weight distribution of the machine
depends on the weight of the mounted implement. Be sure
to maintain adequate safety distances when turning the
machine.
• Depending on the mounted implement, you must lift it be-
fore turning manoeuvres.
Wherever possible avoid situations where, due to the
terrain, not all wheels (A/3 or A/4) of the running gear are
in contact with the crawler track (A/1), for example on em-
bankments or when passing through ditches.
There is an increased risk that the machine may slip off
the crawler tracks and the crawler tracks may jam on the
machine.
As you can see opposite, such a situation always arises when
the machine inclination and the contact area of a crawler track
are at different angles.
Note that the crawler tracks with field cleat profile re-
act more strongly to extreme situations than crawler
tracks with standard profile.
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