Komatsu WA600-8 Operation & Maintenance Manual page 497

ATTACHMENTS AND OPTIONS
4.
When the machine is decelerated by releasing accelerator
pedal (4), the transmission is shifted down automatically in
accordance with the travel speed.
5.
When traveling in 2nd, if kickdown switch (5) is pressed,
the gear is shifted down to 1st.
Use of the kickdown switch (5) is recommended for the op-
erations such as digging and loading that are performed at
1st and 2nd.
For the operating procedure, see "KICKDOWN SWITCH
(3-109)".
METHOD FOR SWITCHING BETWEEN FORWARD AND REVERSE
• When switching the travel direction between FORWARD and REVERSE, check the safety in new di-
rection in which the machine moves.
There is a blind spot behind the machine, so be extremely careful when driving the machine in re-
verse.
• While driving the machine at high speed, do not perform directional selection.
When switching the direction, depress the brake pedal to reduce the travel speed sufficiently, then
switch the direction. (Max. 12 km/h)
• When driving the machine downhill through inertia, set the direction of the directional selector
switch to the position that matches the machine traveling direction.
If the directional selector switch is set to the direction opposite to that of the machine travel, engine
may stop and it is very dangerous.
You can switch the travel direction without stopping the ma-
chine .
HANDLE STEERING WHEEL SPEC MACHINE
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WARNING
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