Maeda LC1385M-8BF - Cautions in Traveling

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3.13 CAUTIONS IN TRAVELING
Not observing these cautions in traveling will result in serious accidents.
[1] CAUTIONS IN TRAVELING
Traveling over boulders, tree stumps, or other obstacles will cause
a big shock to the chassis (and in particular to the tracks), and this
will cause damage to the machine. For this reason, always remove
any obstacles or travel around them, or take other steps to avoid
traveling over such obstacles as far as possible.
If you have to travel over the obstacles by necessity, be sure to
take the “traveling posture” to lower the center of gravity, and
reduce the traveling speed as much as possible so that the
machine will go over the obstacles at the center of the crawlers.
NOTES
See “Operation 3.7 Machine Traveling Posture” for the traveling
posture of the machine.
[2] CAUTIONS IN HIGH SPEED TRAVELING
On uneven roadbeds such as rock beds or uneven roads with large rocks, travel at Lo speed. When
traveling at high speed, set the idler in the forward direction.
• Press travel speed selector switch (1) to change the travel speed. The travel speed (Lo, Hi) is displayed
on travel speed monitor (2).
[3] PERMISSIBLE WATER DEPTH
When driving the machine out of water, if the angle of the
machine exceeds 15 degrees, the rear of the upper
structure will go under water, and water will be thrown up
by the radiator fan. This may cause the fan to break.
Be extremely careful when driving the machine out of
water.
Do not drive the machine in water deeper than center of carrier
roller (1).
Supply grease to the parts which have been under water for a
long time until the used grease is projected out of the bearings.