6-WORKINGOPERATIONS
Basicinstructions
WARNING
Avoidinjury!
Readandfollowtheinstructionsinthismanual.
Failuretocomplycouldresultindeathorseriousinjury.
W1212A
Thebelowinstructionscontainonlybasicinformationtoenableyoutooperatethemachinecorrectly.Makesurethat
allthesafetyprecautionslistedinthismanualarefollowedwhenthebackhoeattachmentisused.
Thefollowinginstructionsdonotcoverallpossiblecondi-
tionsofuseofthebackhoeattachment.
NOTICE:Toachieveanoptimumbalancebetweenma-
chineperformanceandfueleconomy,operatethema-
chineat1600–1700RPM.
NOTICE:Thersttimeitisoperated,maneuverthema-
chineinaclearareaandatlowspeed.
Makesurethatnootherpersonisintheworkingrangeof
themachine.
Neverdignearorunderthestabilizers,sincethemachine
couldfallintotheexcavation.
Whenworkinginanareaofreducedvisibility,forexample
nexttoabuilding,placeasafetybarrierandsignpanels
topreventanyonecomingnearthemachine.
Thebackhoeattachmentwilldigmorequicklyifthework
cycleisshortanduninterrupted.
Organizeyourworksitesoastoobtainasmoothwork
cycle.
Ifyoutrytousethebackhoebucketfordiggingtoowide
atrench,youmaycauseastallsituation(wherethedip-
percontrolleveristiltedtowardstherearbutnothinghap-
pens).
Thehydraulicsystemmainreliefvalvemakesanoise
whenahydraulicstalloccurs.
Thisoverloadprolongstheworkcycleanditincreasesthe
hydraulicuidtemperature.
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