Towing Machine A Short Distance - Hitachi ZAXIS 70 Operator's Manual

TOWING MACHINE A SHORT DISTANCE

CAUTION: Cables, straps, or ropes can break
causing serious injury. Do not tow machine with
damaged chains, frayed cables, slings, straps, or
wire ropes.
Always wear gloves when handling cable, straps
or wire ropes.
When your machine becomes struck but the engine is still
operational, attach wire rop tow lines as illustrated at right,
and slowly tow your machine to firm ground using another
machine.
Be sure to attach the wire ropes around the track frames of
both machines as illustrated.
To prevent the wire ropes from being damaged, place
some protective material between the track frame and the
wire ropes.
IMPORTANT: Do not use the shackle hole on the track
frame for towing the machine.
A shackle hole is provided to pull only
light weight objects. Refer to page 5-15
for instructions for using the shackle
hole properly.
DRIVING THE MACHINE
4-7
RIGHT
Wire Rope
M104-05-010
WRONG
Wire Rope
Shackle
M104-05-011