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2.2 Traveling with a Load
1. Be sure to read and understand all safety alerts.
2. Pedestrians alway have the right-of-way.
3. Keep load tilted back slightly.
4. Travel with Grapple and load as low as possible to the ground.
Do not ram Grapple into a pile or hook a chain to the Grapple to secure a load. Doing so can
damage the Grapple.
Close upper jaw with care when lifting fragile or hollow objects such as a crate. This will help
protect the object from being crushed.
5. Continually scan all sides for pedestrians, other traffic, and obstacles.
6. If load is large and blocks you view, travel in reverse.
7. Always drive at a safe speed and slow down when going around corners. Avoid sudden braking.
8. Leave enough clearance when turning so that th and load does not contact obstacles such as vehicles,
buildings, trees, or fences.
9. When traveling over a ramp or incline, keep load on the "Up-hill" side of skid steer/tractor.
10. When possible, travel straight up and down grades, ramps, and inclines. Avoid making turns on grades,
ramps, and inclines.
11. Raise or lower load only when stopped, never while traveling.
12. Slow down when traveling over rough or hilly terrain.
13. Do not transport loads on public roadways.
14. Transport on public roadways without a load and transport in such a way that faster moving vehicles may
pass you safely.
15. Plan your route to avoid heavy traffic.
2.3 Releasing a Load
1. Be sure to read and understand all safety alerts.
2. Stop in front of desired location.
3. Slowly raise load to a height just above the pile.
4. Move forward slowly checking to make sure Grapple and load clears all obstacles.
5. Stop forward movement when load is positioned over its release location.
6. Releasing load requires a combination of tilting front of Grapple down, raising upper jaw, and raising loader
arms. The order in which the load is released will vary depending on type of material being released. The
most important objective is to have the load under control throughout the release.
7. Once load has settled onto the pile, slowly back up making sure Grapple clears all objects and there are
not any pedestrians or other traffic behind or on either side.
8. Leave enough clearance when turning and/or lowering the Grapple so that it does not make contact with
obstacles such as vehicles, buildings trees, or fences.
9. Lower Grapple to transporting height (low to the ground) before moving again.
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