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amount of material and reducing the arm raising time.
- Raise the arm to its maximum height while moving backward.
- Stop the vehicle.
- Open the unloading hatch and wait until the cement has poured into the drum through the hopper helping it
along by vigorously shaking the bucket with the arm.
- Approach the heap again while lowering the arm.
- Repeat the operations described above at least 8÷9 times. This is the bucket yield on average to obtain
optimal drum loading.
CAUTION: You can shift to reverse gear even if the vehicle has not completely stopped.
4.10.8. MIXING AND SECOND FILLING WITH WATER (fi g. 38)
- Keep the drum rotating for about 2 minutes after the last aggregate loading phase.
- Add the remaining amount of water, about 30% of the total, following the procedures described in chapter
4.10.5 to obtain the desired fl uidity.
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