Komatsu WA480-8 Operation & Maintenance Manual page 305

OPERATION
2.
Set the machine horizontally and set the work equipment
in the travel posture.
For detail, see "METHOD FOR STARTING MACHINE
(TRAVEL FORWARD AND REVERSE, AND SHIFTING
GEAR) AND STOPPING MACHINE (3-189)".
(A): 30 cm
3.
Check that the work equipment control lever is at HOLD
position, then lock the work equipment (the pilot lamp in
the switch lights up).
4.
Stop the engine.
Check safety around the operator's compartment, set the
frame lock bar to LOCK position (L) to prevent the front
frame and rear frame from articulating.
5.
Use the lifting tools such as the wire rope and sling suita-
ble for the weight of the machine as shown in the figure of
the lifting position. Extend the wire rope and fix the ma-
chine.
NOTICE
• Use protectors, etc. so that the wire ropes will not
be broken at sharp edges or narrow places.
• Use spreaders and bars having sufficient width so
that they will not touch the machine.
• For the machine equipped with the rear full-length
fender, open the rear full-length fender and set
lock lever to LOCK position (L).
6.
Immediately before lifting up the machine, set the slings
and float the machine 100 to 200 mm above the ground
with the sling, and check that the wire ropes are not slack
and the machine is level, then lift up slowly.
TRANSPORTATION
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