Safety precautions and warnings
3.5
3.5
Use of the crane
Starting crane operation
DANGER
• Wear a safety helmet (compulsory in some
countries!).
• Check that the ground is sufficiently flat
and firm.
• To ensure that the vehicle stays in its
position, always engage the parking brake
and place chocks under the wheels.
• Check that the ground is not undermined.
Look out for sewers, cellars, excavations
etc.
• The stabiliser legs must not be able to sink
in! Use support plates that are large and
firm enough for your crane. The plates
must not bend under load.
Check that the support plate as, it comes
under load, is not pushed into the ground.
• Ensure you can see the stabiliser legs and
stabiliser extensions when you are operat-
ing them.
• Do not lower the stabiliser legs on the
edge of an embankment, soft shoulder,
slope etc.
Lower the stabiliser legs only on to a flat
and firm surface.
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