6-WORKINGOPERATIONS
Weightinglimitations
WARNING
Overturninghazard!
Ifthecounterweights(ofadequatecapacity)
mentionedinthismanualareadded,DONOT
operatetheloaderwiththebackhoeremoved.
Operatingtheunitwithlessthantherecom-
mendedrearcounterweightmaycausethe
unittobecomeunstableandoverturn.
Failuretocomplycouldresultindeathorse-
riousinjury.
W1332A
Ifthemachineisonlyttedwithaloaderattachment,you
mustmountfour453.6kg(998lb)weightsattherearof
theunittoprovidecounterbalanceduringloaderopera-
tion.Thisprovidesatotalof1814.4kg(3992lb)counter-
balancetotherearoftheunit.
Toobtainsufcientcounterbalanceforbackhoeoperation,
youcanaddweighttotheunitintheformofcastcounter-
weightsandliquidballast.
Whereadditionalstabilityduringoperationoftheback-
hoeisrequiredliquidballastcanbeaddedtothetires,
asabovetable.
Becausespecialequipmentisrequiredtollthetiresitis
recommendedthatthisbecarriedoutbyyourdealer.
NOTICE:Onlyaddthequantityofballastnecessaryto
ensurethecorrectstability.Excessballastoverloadsthe
machineunnecessarilyandincreasesfuelconsumption.
Whenaddingballast,donotexceedthemaximumload
ratingsforthetires.
Forfurtherinformation,consultyourdealer.
Whenaddingballastthetotalweightofthemachinein-
cludingliquid,castironweightsandequipment(iftted)
shouldnotexceedthemaximumspecication.
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