Transporting The Excavator On A Truck - Kubota ACHILLES A18 Owner's Handbook Manual

TRANSPORTING THE EXCAVATOR ON A TRUCK

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DANGER
To avoid personal injury or death:
 No directional changes should
be made when the excavator is
on the ramp. Should a change
of direction be necessary, drive
off the ramp completely and
make the turn.
 When
backwards onto the truck, or
when swinging the upper body,
make sure that neither the
cabin or the gates of the truck
will be damaged.
 When the excavator reaches
the point between the ramps
and the truck bed, halt and
then move very slowly until
the excavator
horizontal position.
 Move
the truck
arm completely
Otherwise,
could
swinging
body.
 Do not jack up the machine
using its boom to load
unload
the truck. Dangerous situation
could arise.
driving forwards
reaches
the excavator onto
only with
pulled
the truck cabin
be damaged when
around the upper
the excavator from
 Transporting on a Truck
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WARNING
or
Prepare a platform to load or unload the
excavator. Take following steps when using
ramps.
1. Apply the parking brakes of the truck,
and block the drive wheels from both
sides.
2. Use mounting brackets to secure the
ramp properly. Connect
directly to the truck bed.
the
the
in.
or
To avoid personal injury or death:
 After loading the machine on
the truck, lower the bucket and
dozer onto the truck bed. Lock
the swing frame with the swing
lock pin.
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the ramps