6-WORKINGOPERATIONS
BACKHOEATTACHMENT
Personalsafety
Thismanualcontainsonlybasicinformationthatyouneedtooperatethemachine,itdoesnotincludeallpossible
conditionsforbackhoeoperation.
Beacarefuloperator.Youcanpreventaccidents.Donotallowyourselftobecomecomplacent.
Basicinstructions
WARNING
Unexpectedmachinemovement!
Beforeyouturntheoperator'sseataroundtothebackhoeoperationposition,shiftthedirectioncon-
trolleverandthetransmissiontoneutralandapplytheparkingbrake.
Failuretocomplycouldresultindeathorseriousinjury.
W0194A
WARNING
Avoidinjury!
Operatethebackhoefromtheoperator'sseatonly.Usecautionwhenswingingboomtotheextreme
leftorrighttoavoidpossiblecontactwiththestabilizerorthetractor.
Failuretocomplycouldresultindeathorseriousinjury.
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NOTICE:Becarefulwhenyouswingthebackhoecompletelytotheside.Insomepositions,thebackhoecancontact
thestabilizersandcancausedamage.
Digcycle
Thebackhoewilldigmorematerialinlesstimewithasmooth,shortdigcycle.Keepeachdigcyclesmooth.
Workingonahill
WARNING
Overturninghazard!
Becarefulwhenyouoperatethemachineonahillside.Youmustbeintheoperator'sseat(loader
operationposition)whenyoumovethemachineforward.Alwaysengagetheparkingbrakeandshift
thedirectioncontrolleverandthetransmissiontoneutralbeforeyouoperatethebackhoe.
Failuretocomplycouldresultindeathorseriousinjury.
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WARNING
Tip-overhazard!
Whenyouoperatethemachineonahillside,makethemachinelevelwiththestabilizersandplacethe
earthorothermaterialfromthetrenchonthehighestsideofthetrench.
Failuretocomplycouldresultindeathorseriousinjury.
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Largeloads
Whenyouforcethebuckettodigaloadthatistoolarge,youwillcauseahydraulicstall(dippercontrolleverpulled
backandthebucketisnotmoving).Themainreliefvalveofthehydraulicsystemwillmakeanoisewhenahydraulic
stalloccurs.
Ahydraulicstallwillcause
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Longercycletimes.
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Anincreaseinthehydraulicoiltemperature.
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Anincreaseinfuelconsumption.
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