PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-478
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 478
SEPTEMBER 1992
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Always keep ± sharp eye out for low
br±nches and de±d Trees.
±
ST±y ±w±y from steep sLopes or slip-
peRy suRFaces² I³ you mUst dr´ve on ±
slope, keep The loaD Low ±nD proceed
with exTreme caUT´onµ NEV¶· Dr´ve
AC·OSS ± steep slope! YouR equ´p¸
menT m´ght t´P oveR¹ ºr´ve sTRaighT up
±nd Down The slope»If The bucket's
loaDeD¼ The bucket and loaD shoULD Be
po´nTeD uph´lL½ ¾¿´tÀsempTy, The BUcket
shoulD be poinTeD downHiLL¹
±
ºonÁT tUrn on ±n ´ncL´ne IF you hÃÄe
to m±ke ± tUrnÅ use eXTreme c±UT´on»
Go slow ÆÇÇ w´Th The bucket Èow »ÉÊ
anD m±ke The Turn wideË
±
Ìe sUre to keep The work are± as Íαt
anD Level ±s you canÏ AnD neveR spin
the m±ch´neÐs wheeÑsÉ ÒhaT c±Uses
d±ngeRous rUtsÓ ÌackdrÃg w´th the
loadeR buckeT every once ´n a wh´le to
keep the suRFace smooThÏ
SEP92
Backhoe
±
ALwÃys sUpport yoUr mach´ne with
The sTÃb´ÈÔzeRs BeFoRe yoU beg´n to d´gµ
±
ÕeÖer dig unDer The mach´ne oR The
sT±biliZersÇ Òh±t coULD c±Use ± cave×´n
and yoUr eQU´pment m´ght ØaÈÙ ´nTo the
excav±T´onÚ
²
IÛ yoUÜRe opeRaTing The backhoe on a
slope, sw´ng To The uph´ÝÙ s´de to lo±dÞ
ßÛ yoU must dUmp DownHill, sw´ng
only ±s Øar ±s necessary To DUmp The
BUcketà
²
Keep ±n eye peeLed FoR oÖeRhead l´nes
oá limBs th±t might geT in yoUr w±y
dUR´ng opeR±T´on¹ âet a gRoUnD gU´De
to D´recT you ±rounD Themà
²
Alw±ys know wheRe g±s l´nesã w±teR
p´pes ±nD caBLes ±re beFäre you d´gÊ
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