DRIVING THE MACHINE
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Traveling on Soft Ground
Avoid traveling on soft ground as much as possible. If traveling
on a soft ground is unavoidable, carefully operate the machine
while observing the following points.
• Drivethemachineasfarasthemachinecanmoveby
own propelling power. Towing the machine may become
necessary.Donotdrivethemachinetoadeeperlocation
than towing machine is possible.
• Incaseitbecomesimpossibleforthemachinetotravelby
ownpropellingpower,lowerthebuckettotheground.
Whilesupportingthemachineweightwiththeboomand
the arm, slowly pull the arm to evacuate the machine.
Operatetheboom,arm,andtravelleverssimultaneously
at this time to prevent the machine from being loaded
abnormally.
• Ifthetrackframebottomcomesincontactwiththe
ground,orifmudand/orgrabblesaretightlypackedinto
the undercarriage, the machine may become impossible
totravel.Raiseonesidetrackabovethegroundwiththe
boomandarmextended,removemudand/orgrabbles
fromthetrack.Then,evacuatethemachine.Rotatethe
raisedtrackinforwardorreversedirectionsalternatelyto
removethepackedrocksand/ormudfromthetrack.
• Towthemachinewithothermachineifthemachine
becomesstuckinsoftgroundandimpossibletoevacuate
byownpropellingpower.Refertothedescriptionsfor
TOWINGMACHINEforthecorrectropeattachingmethod.
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