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OPERATING SAFETY RULES CONT.

• During working on slopes you should act with great caution.

• Pay special attention during vehicle turns and maneuvers with suspended fork, both during transport and while reversing, especially when people, animals or any objects are close to the vehicle.

• A vehicle operating with the fork should have a cabin.

• Never leave the vehicle with the engine operating. Before you leave the driver's seat you should lower the fork on the ground, turn off the vehicle engine, operate hand brake, take out the ignition key, operate the hand parking brake.

• Do not wear unbuttoned or loose-hanging clothes while working, assembling, disassembling or making adjustments. Keep them away from construction elements as they may be caught by them.

• The fork should be disconnected from the vehicle not earlier than after turning the vehicle engine off and taking out the ignition key.

• After finishing work it is recommended to clean and wash the fork in washing stand fitted with sewage treatment or sediment trap to neutralize waste water.

• The fork should be stored on flat, paved surface under a roof, in places protected against unauthorized persons and animals, and in a way eliminating the risk of accidental injury.

• In case of failure you should immediately disconnect the drive transmitted from the vehicle.

• The fork operation by people under an influence of alcohol, drugs or other narcotics is strictly forbidden.

• All service procedures, which need a servicing person to stay near the fork should be done only with the fork lowered on the ground and with the vehicle engine turned off.

Failure to follow the above instructions could cause a risk for the operator and also any unauthorized persons, as well as damage the fork. The user bears responsibility for damages resulting from the lack of observing the above rules. The fork is not foreseen to travel on public roads –the fork transport on the tractor's three-point hitch on public roads is forbidden.

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