Case 590ST - Lifting Loads Safely

6-WORKINGOPERATIONS
Liftingloads
CAUTION
IMPROPEROPERATIONOFTHISMACHINECANCAUSEDEATHORSERIOUSINJURY.
Makesurethatyoucomplywiththelocalliftingregulations(ifany).Contactyourdealerformore
details.
Failuretocomplycouldresultinminorormoderateinjury.
C0162A
CAUTION
Avoidinjury!
FollowALLoftheprecautionslistedbelow.
Failuretocomplycouldresultinminorormoderateinjury.
C0125A
Handlingofhangingloadstocompletetheworkingcycleisallowed,providedthatthemachineisequippedwiththe
relevantoption,providedondemand.Suspendedloadsmustbehandledinstrictcompliancewiththerelevantnational
regulationsandwiththesafetyinstructionsgiveninthismanual.
Theanti-dropvalveslocatedonthecylindersoftheloaderandbackhoeattachment,theliftingloadtablelocatedin
thecabandthehookonthelinkofthebucketlinkagearesafetydevices.Thelackofoneofthemoradamageditem
makethemachineuntforuse.
Beforehandlingsuspendedloads,checkthatthevalvesdonotshowclearevidenceofdamageoranomalousnoise.
Intheeventanomalousconditionsarefound,contacttheDealer;inthemeantime,donotusethemachineforhandling
suspendedloads.Checkthattheliftingdevice(hooks,chains,etc.)isinperfectconditions,withoutanysignof
excessivewear.Thedevicecanbeusedexclusivelytoliftpartsnotanchoredtotheground.Neveruseitfortowing,
uprootingortearingoperations.Inanycase,complywiththecurrentregulationsinforceasregardscheckingthese
devices(notsuppliedwiththemachine).
Inordertopreventinjuries,donotexceedthenominalloadcapacityofthemachine.Ifthemachineisnotonalevel
surface,theloadcapacityisreduced.Inanycase,alwaysproceedwithextremecare.
Suspendedloadscanrotateandswinginalldirections;therefore,thereisthedangerouspossibilitythattheyhit
personsorthecabofthemachine.Inordertolimitthisdanger,itisabsolutelyrequiredthatallbystandersaremoved
awayfromtheoperatingrangeofthemachineandthattheloadishandledslowly.
Intheeventtheloadrotatesorswingsduringhandling,slowdownuntilthemachinestopsandlowertheloadslowly
totheground;then,correctthewayitisslung.
Liftingloadswiththeloaderattachment
Forloadlifting,itismandatorythatthemachineis
equippedwithsafetyvalvesandwithaloadliftingchart
correspondingtothetypeofmachineandattachments
used.
NOTICE:Nosafetyvalvesystemdifferentfromtheone
providedcanbeusedtoliftloads.ConsultyourDealer.
Loaderbucket-withliftingring
Theliftingringistheonlypointtowhichloadsmaybe
attachedontheloaderbucket.Thebucketmustalsobe
indumpingposition.
Loaderbucket-withoutliftingring
Iftheloaderbucketisnotsuppliedwithafactorytted
liftingring,consultyourDealer.
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