6-WORKINGOPERATIONS
Weightinglimitations
Ifthemachineisonlyttedwithaloaderattachment,four
453.6kg(998lb)weightsmustbemountedattherear
oftheunittoprovidecounterbalanceduringloaderopera-
tion.Thisprovidesatotalof1814.4kg(3992lb)counter-
balancetotherearoftheunit.
Toobtainsufcientcounter-balanceforbackhoeopera-
tionweightcanbeaddedtotheunitintheformofcast
counterweightsandliquidballast.
ATTENTION:Donotoperatetheloaderwiththebackhoe
removedorwithlessthanfour453.6kg(998lb)or1814.4
kg(3992lb)total,rearcounterweightsinstalled.Operat-
ingtheunitwithlessthantherecommendedrearcounter-
weightmaycausetheunittobecomeunstableandupset,
causingpossiblepersonalinjury.
Whereadditionalstabilityduringoperationoftheback-
hoeisrequiredliquidballastcanbeaddedtothetires,
asabovetable.
Becausespecialequipmentisrequiredtollthetiresitis
recommendedthatthisbecarriedoutbyyourdealer.
NOTICE:Onlyaddthequantityofballastnecessaryto
ensurethecorrectstability.Excessballastoverloadsthe
machineunnecessarilyandincreasesfuelconsumption.
Whenaddingballast,donotexceedthemaximumload
ratingsforthetires.
Forfurtherinformation,consultyourdealer.
Whenaddingballastthetotalweightofthemachinein-
cludingliquid,castironweightsandequipment(iftted)
shouldnotexceedthemaximumspecication.
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