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• Whenthemachinemusttraveltoa
particularlocationandthereisnoother
optionbuttotravelonunevensurfaces,
upanddownsteps,oronslopes
exceedingthemaximumallowabletilt
angle,obeyandobserveasfollows:
(1) Donottravelthemachineonaslope
exceedingthemachinegradeability.
Failuretofollowinstructioncouldtipover
themachine.Themachinegradeability:
refertoChapter12.
(2) Travelingonslopes
(i) Climbperpendiculartotheslopeface
withthecounterweightfacinguphill.
(ii) Donotchangedirectionorturntothe
sidewhileclimbingaslopeface.Change
directionafterreachinglevelsurface.
M085K601
fig.1‒23
(iii) Descendperpendiculartotheslopeface
withthecounterweightfacinguphill.
(iv) Donotparkontheslope.Ifthemachine
mustparkorstoponaslope,chockto
keepthemachinefrommoving.
(v) Retracttheboomfullyandraisethe
boomtothehorizontal.
Rotatetheboomtorearorfrontcenterof
themachine.
Adjusttheboomrotationtobecome
paralleltothetravelingdirection.
(vi) Donotrotatetheboomwhiletraveling
onaslope.
(vii) Setthetravelspeedselectswitchto
“LOW”andtravelatlowspeed.
(viii)Slopesthatarewet,slopeswithsandor
gravel,andslopeswithgrassorfallen
leavesmaycausethemachinetoslip
evenonaslightgradient.Onsuchslopes,
exerciseextracautionsothatthemachine
doesnotturnonitsside.
(3) Climbingupanddownsteps,traveling
onunevensurfaces,reachingthepeakof
slopes,andatthestartofclimbs.
DANGER
• Irrespectiveofhowmuchtheboomis
extended,neverraisetheboomangle
toapositiongreaterthanhorizontal
whiletravelingasthemachinewill
inclineonevenminorbumps,steps,
andslopes.Themachinewillbecome
unstableandthemachinemaytipover.
Thismayresultinseriousaccidents
inwhichtheworkerontheplatform
maybecomesandwichedbetweena
buildingorstructures.
• Payadequateattentionwhenyou
havenootheroptionbuttodrivethe
machineforthepurposeofmovingitto
adifferentlocation.
(i) Travelwiththeboomfullyretractedand
theboomangleatlessthanhorizontal.
(ii) Travelwiththetravelspeedselectswitch
setto“LOW.”
(iii) Themachinemaysuddenlyinclinewhen
climbingupandoveratopstep.Pay
attentiontobuildingsandstructures
locatedaboveandbelowtheplatform.
M085K701
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