General Regulations; Aggregation Of The Machine; Maintenance Of The Machine - Bomet Z655/1 Owner's Manual

3.5.1. General regulations

 Apart from this manual, one shall also follow traffic regulations and occupational safety
and health regulations.
 Warnings (pictograms) placed on the digger give advice concerning safety of the user and
other people, and avoiding accidents.
 When driving on public roads, it is obligatory to follow regulations included in Highway
Code.
 It is recommended to cooperate with a tractor equipped with a cabin or a protective frame.
 Before each using the machine, it is necessary to check if all elements of the digger are in
a good condition. Damage incurred shall be fixed without delay and possible deficiencies
filled up.
 Avoid staying within the range of the working digger.
 Before leaving the tractor cabin and before each activity made at the digger, stop the
tractor engine; remove the key from the ignition switch.
 The digger shall be stored in a dry room, on the tough and flat ground. During lowering
the digger onto the ground, keep particular caution. Danger of injury!!!

3.5.2. Aggregation of the machine

 Keep particular caution during connecting the digger with a tractor and during
disconnection.
 It is forbidden to stay between the digger and a tractor during any activities performed with
a hydraulic system lever.
 While aggregating the digger with a tractor, it is forbidden to stay between the machine
and the tractor at the tractor engine working.
 During performing any maintenance at the digger, it is necessary to stop the engine,
remove the key from the ignition switch and pull the handbrake.
 Pivots of the digger suspension system shall be secured only with the use of typical
protection in the form of cotter pins.
 The digger shall be aggregated only with recommended tractor classes equipped with front
axle standard ballasts.
 The digger can be operated by a person with qualifications allowing for using agricultural
tractors.
 During aggregation, keep the minimum load of the tractor front.
CAUTION
Operation with a tractor of another class than recommended by the manufacturer may
cause threat of stability loss in operation or in stoppage. The load of the tractor's front
axle cannot be lower than 20% of its weight.

3.5.3. Maintenance of the machine

 A digger can be operated by a person with qualifications allowing for using agricultural
tractors and acquainted with the manual.
 It is not allowed for other people not acquainted with the manual to operate the digger.
 It is not allowed for children and people after drinking alcohol to operate the digger.
 The digger shall be raised onto the tractor suspension system easily, without jerks or
vibrations.
 Work with a digger without the drive shaft shield is strictly forbidden.
 Work with a digger on slopes with gradient exceeding 8.5° is not allowed.
 At each getting off the tractor by the operator, leave the digger in the lowered position.
 Use only PTO shafts with complete shields and CE marking for the digger drive.
 Removing clogs can be performed after lowering the machine onto the ground and turning
off the PTO shaft and tractor engine and the key removed from the ignition switch.
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