Handling Large Heavy Objects; Valve Lock; Boom Lock - Kubota L47TL Operator's Manual

60 OPERATING THE LOADER

HANDLING LARGE HEAVY OBJECTS

To avoid personal injury or death:
A Handling large,
dangerous due to:
(A)Danger of rolling the tractor over.
(B)Danger of upending the tractor.
(C)Danger of the object rolling or sliding down
the loader boom onto the operator.
A If you must perform the above work, protect
yourself by:
(A)Not lifting the load higher than necessary to
clear the ground when moving.
(B)Adding rear ballast to the tractor to
compensate for the load.
(C)Not lifting large objects with equipment that
does not have an anti-rollback device.
(D)Moving slowly and carefully.
(E)Avoiding rough terrain.
(F)Keeping transport distance as short as
possible and carry the load as low as possible
during transport.
(G)Confirm loader/bucket are at proper height
and have stopped moving before transport.

VALVE LOCK

To avoid personal injury or death from crushing:
A Do not utilize the valve lock for machine
maintenance or repair.
A The valve lock is to prevent accidental
actuation when implement is not in use or
during transport.
The control valve is equipped with a valve lock feature.
The control valve is locked in the neutral position.
The lock is not intended and will not prevent a leak down
of the implement during the period of storage.
heavy objects can be
(1) Lock lever

BOOM LOCK

To avoid personal injury or death:
A Before setting the boom lock
-empty the loader bucket and place in dump
position,
-park on a firm, flat and level surface,
-set the parking brake,
-stop the engine and remove the key,
-set the valve lock.
The boom lock is used to prevent the loader lift arms from
falling when servicing the machine, set as follows.
1. Empty the loader bucket and place in dump position.
2. Raise the boom until the boom lock can be positioned
on cylinder.
3. Stop the engine and remove the key.
4. Pull the lock pin and the boom lock onto the cylinder
rod.
5. Insert the lock pin into the hole of lower right corner of
the boom lock.
6. Slowly lower the boom is stopped and set the valve
lock lever is lock position.
(A) "LOCK"
(B) "UNLOCK"