Komatsu WA800-1 Operation & Maintenance Manual page 143

BUCKET OPERATION
3. When the material is in a stock-
pile, keep the cutting edge of the
bucket horizontal; when loading
blasted rock, have the bucket tilt-
ing slightly down.
* Be careful not to get blasted rock
under the bucket. This will make
the front tires come off the
ground and slip.
* Try to keep the load in the center
of the bucket; if the load is on
one side of the bucket, the load
will be unbalanced.
4. At the same time as thrusting the
5. Check that there is enough mate-
bucket into the material, raise the
rial loaded into the bucket, then
lift arm to prevent the bucket
operate the bucket control lever
form going in too far. By raising
to tilt the bucket and load the
the lift arm, ample traction will be
bucket fully.
produced by the front tires.
* If the bucket edge is moved up
and down while pushing in the
bucket and digging, the front
tires will come off the ground
and this will cause the tires to slip.
Blasted rock
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