Loading And Unloading - Takeuchi TL220 Operator's Manual

TRANSPORT
Loading and Unloading
AwARNING
The machine may roll or tip over or fall
while loading or unloading it. Take the
following precautions:
• Select a firm, level surface and
keep sufficient distance from road
shoulders.
• Secure the ramps of adequate strength
and size to the truck bed. The slope
of the ramps must not exceed 15°. If
the rumps are bowed down too low,
support them with poles or blocks.
• Keep the truck bed and loading ramps
clean of oil, clay, ice, snow, and other
materials that can become slippery.
Clean the tracks.
• Block the transport vehicle so it cannot
move.
• Use a signal person when loading and
unloading the machine, and travel
slowly in first gear (low speed).
• Never change course on the ramp.
• Do not turn on the ramps. The machine
may tip over.
• Block both tracks and secure the
machine to the truck bed with load
binders.
When loading or unloading the machine, be
sure to use ramps and follow the procedure
below:
102
1 . Apply the truck's parking brake and place
chocks (stoppers) against its tires.
2. Fasten the ramps securely to the truck
bed so that they will not come off. Set the
ramps to an angle of 15° or less.
3. Move the machine up or down the ramps
with the bucket end facing downward.
4. Line up the center of the truck bed with
the center of the machine and the center
of the ramps with the center of the
crawlers.
5. Make sure the bucket does not hit the
ramps.
6. Lower the engine speed.
T7F001
7. Determine the direction on the ramps,
then slowly travel up or down the ramps
in 1st speed (low speed), following the
signals of a flagman.
8. Load the machine properly at the
prescribed position on the bed.
Refer to page 103, "Transporting
Position."