Excavating - Gehl 383Z Operator's Manual

Excavating

The following section applies to an excavator with a
standard bucket, which is used mainly for digging into
the ground to loosen, excavate and load loose or solid
material.
IMPORTANT
Never use the excavator bucket to perform
actions other than digging, grading, loading
and excavating. Damage to the excavator
could result.
• Do not use the swiveling force of the
excavator so the bucket serves as a
hammer or battering ram (1, Figure 3-
35).
• Do not lower the bucket into the ground
while rotating the upper carriage or
driving the excavator (2, Figure 3-36).
• Do not use the falling force of the dip-
per arm so the bucket serves as a ham-
mer or pile-driver (3).
• Do not cause the excavator to tip,
bounce or fall to amplify digging or
excavating (4) force.
• Use caution when retracting the bucket to prepare
for driving or transport. Hitting the bucket into the
dozer blade might damage either attachment, espe-
cially the bucket teeth.
• The dozer blade is intended for grading only; using
it as a battering ram risks serious damage to the
blade, its cylinder and connections.
Figure 3-35 Machine Operation Exclusions
Printed in U.S.A.
• When excavating, lower the dozer blade to the
ground to aid machine stability. It is best to posi-
tion the dozer blade on the same side as the excava-
tion, but position the blade on the opposite side of
the excavation if the situation prevents the former.
Figure 3-36 Machine Operation Exclusions
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