3-18 OM 28Z3 US – Edition 2.0 * * 28Z3b330.fm
Operation
3.5 Operating on slopes
Specific safety instructions
Warning!
Tip-over hazards. Follow these safety instructions carefully when operating on
slopes.
• Raise the bucket about 20 – 30 cm (8’’—12’’) off the ground as you
move the machine. Avoid reversing downhill.
• When traveling through hollows or crossing obstacles, keep the attach-
ment close to the ground and travel slowly.
• Do not steer or drive across slopes.
• Always change your driving direction on level ground. This may take
more time but is decisively safer.
• When operating the machine, make sure you can stop safely any time if
the machine starts to skid or if it becomes unstable.
• Swivelling or operating the attachment on slopes can cause the machine
to lose its balance and to tip over. Avoid this under all circumstances.
• Rotating the upper carriage when traveling downhill with a full bucket is
especially dangerous. Should this be nevertheless necessary, create a
platform of level ground so that the machine can work in horizontal posi-
tion.
• Do not operate on slopes steeper than 15°, otherwise the machine can
tip over.
• If the sliding blocks slip as you travel uphill and if it is no longer possible
to move on with the force of the tracks alone
• Do not apply pressure with the boom to move the machine.
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