6-WORKINGOPERATIONS
WARNING
Fallingobjects!
Dirtslidescanbedangerous.Exerciseex-
tremecarewhenundercuttinghighbanks.
Watchforfallingrocksandcave-ins.
Failuretocomplycouldresultindeathorse-
riousinjury.
W0021A
Dumpthebucketcompletely,raisetheattachmentand
thenreleasethetransmissiondisconnectbutton.
Keepthebucketpositionaslowaspossible,especially
whenworkingonslopingorroughground.
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WARNING
Lossofcontrolhazard!
Afullbucketintheraisedpositionmaycause
themachinetoslidewhenoperatingover
roughground.Keepthebucketaslowas
possibleduringoperationforbetterstability
andvisibility.Alwaysoperatethemachineat
slowspeedsoverroughground.
Failuretocomplycouldresultindeathorse-
riousinjury.
W0271A
Raisetheloaderhighenoughtoclearanyobstruction
priortodumpingtheload.Oncetheloadisdumped,drive
backwhileloweringandlevelingthebucket.Usethere-
turn-to-digfeature,ifrequired.
Duringhardsurfaceoperation,placetheloaderattach-
mentleverin“oat”positionandkeepthebucketlevel.
Thiswillpermitthebucketto“oat”onthecontourofthe
workingsurface.Ifhydraulicdownpressureisexerted,
thebucketwillwearfasterthannormal.The“oat”posi-
tionwillpreventthemixingofsurfacematerialwithstock-
pilematerial.Itwillalsoreducethechanceofsurface
gougingwhenremovingsnoworothermaterial.When
loadingfromabankselectthehighestforwardgearwhich
willprovidethemostefcientloadingoperationwithout
goingintoa“stall”.Keeptheworkingareafreeofrutsand
holesoccasionallybackgradingwiththebucketusingthe
lowrearedgeofthebucket.
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Forsitestrippingpeelingorscraping,usedownpressure
withtheloaderattachmentleverintheloweredposition,
andaslightbucketangletostartthecut.Beginthecutat
thenotchapproximately50mm(1.97in)deepandhold
thedepthbyfeatheringthebuckettoadjustthecuttinglip
upordownasrequired.
Whenthemachinefronttiresenterthecut,adjustthelift
armstomaintainthecorrectdepth.Makeadditionalcuts
untilthedesireddepthisreached.Backgradethework-
ingareaoccasionallywiththebucketatandslightdown
pressuretokeeptheworkingareasmoothandfreefrom
rutsorholes.Iftheloaderattachmentleverismovedfor
liftcylinderactionwithoutcontrollingthebucketangle,the
bucketmaygougeandleaveaseriesofrutsinthesur-
face.
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