Kubota ACHILLES A18 Owner's Handbook Manual page 13

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6. Do not run the engine in closed or badly
ventilated rooms. Carbon monoxide is
colorless, odorless and deadly.
7. Keep all safety equipment and covers
in place. Replace damaged or missing
safety device.
8. Precautions against tipping over. In order
to secure safe operation, keep away from
steep slopes and embankments. Do not
swing the bucket downwards. Lower the
dozer during digging. Keep the bucket as
low as possible while driving upwards.
Turn slowly on slopes (do not fast). Do
not keep the excavator near the edges
of trenches and banks, as the earth
can give away due to the weight of the
excavator.
9. Watch out at all times where the
excavator is being moved to. Keep an
eye out for hindrances.
10. Keep enough distance from trench and
bank edges.
 Safety for children
Tragedy can occur if the operator is not
alert to the presence of children. Children
generally are attached to machines and the
work they do.
1. Never assume that children will remain
where you last saw them.
2. Keep children out of the work area
and under the watchful eye of another
responsible adult.
3. Be alert and shut your machine down if
children enter the work area.
4. Never carry children on your machine.
There is no safe place for
ride. They may fall off and be run over
or interfere with your control of the
machine.
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3. AFTER OPERATION
Before leaving the machine,
 Bring the excavator on a firm, flat and
 Lower the attachments and the dozer
 Stop the engine.
 Lock all control levers.
 Remove the key.
them to
(1) lock lever for control lever
(Left side)
Never allow children to operate the
machine even under adult supervision.
Never allow children to play on the
machine or on the attachments.
Use extra caution when backing up. Look
behind and down to make sure the area
clear before moving.
When parking your machine, if at all
possible, park on a firm, flat and level
surface; if not, park across a slope. Lower
the bucket and dozer to the ground,
remove the key place the control lock
levers in the locked position from the
ignition before you leave.
level surface.
blade on the ground.
(A) "Lock"
(B) "Unlock"