Important Notes On Operating The Excavator; Preparation For Operation In Cold Weather; After Commissioning - Scheppach Sy-Mb815 Originalbetriebsanleitung

13. Important notes on operating the
excavator
m Caution
Clean the machine after work and lubricate all
moving parts. Check the oil level.
Important!
Do not attempt to break concrete or rock by swivel-
ling the buckets sideways. Also avoid moving piles
of earth by swivelling the bucket sideways. Avoid the
following activities at all costs:
• Lifting by utilising the machine's gravity.
• Compacting gravel or soil by dropping the bucket.
• Lifting with the aid of the machine's driving energy.
Do not attempt to shake off soil adhering to the bucket
as explained below. This can damage the machine.
Adhering soil can be shaken off when the bucket is
emptied by moving the bucket to the maximum stroke
of the cylinder. If this is not enough, extend the arm
as far as possible and move the bucket backwards
and forwards.
Do not shoot at the dozer blade with the boom cylin-
der! Ensure that the boom cylinder does not hit the
dozer blade when carrying out deep excavation work.
If necessary, swivel the uppercarriage so that the
dozer blade is at the rear of the machine.
Be careful when retracting the bucket! Avoid hitting
the dozer blade when retracting the bucket (for driv-
ing or transport).
Avoid collisions! When moving the excavator, take
care that the dozer blade does not collide with obsta-
cles such as rocks etc.
Such collisions can significantly shorten the service
life of the levelling blade and the cylinder.
Support the machine correctly! Lower the dozer blade
completely to the base when stabilising the machine
with the levelling blade.
If water or mud reaches over the top of the crawlers,
the swivel bearing, the gearbox of the swivel motor
and the sprocket can come into contact with mud, wa-
ter and other foreign bodies.
The excavator must be thoroughly washed with high
pressure after each use.
• Thoroughly clean the area around the swivel bear-
ing, the swivel motor gearbox and the gear rim to
remove foreign objects.
• Carefully refer to the operator's manual for the cor-
rect lubrication procedures for the swivel bearing,
swivel motor gearbox and gear rim.
• Reattach the protective cover if it has been re-
moved beforehand.

13.1 Preparation for operation in cold weather

1. Replace the engine and hydraulic oil with grades
with viscosities suitable for cold weather.
2. If the battery is not sufficiently charged, battery
performance will drop in cold weather and the
battery may freeze. Make sure that the battery is
at least 75 % charged after use so that the battery
fluid does not freeze. To simplify the next start,
we recommend storing the battery in closed or
heated rooms.

14. After commissioning

• Place the excavator on hard, level ground.
• Lower the attachments and the dozer blade onto
the base.
• Switch off the engine.
• Secure all operating levers.
• Remove the key.
Clean the excavator thoroughly after work and wipe it
dry. Otherwise, mud and soil can freeze on the crawl-
ers when the temperature drops below 0 °C. Then the
excavator cannot be put into operation. Store the ex-
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