Safety Instructions For Driving; Diesel Engine Safety Instructions; Additional Safety Instructions For Engines With A Diesel Particulate Filter; Safety Instructions On Offloading And Transport - Kärcher MIC 70 Bedienungsanleitung

be supervised to prevent them from playing with the vehi-
cle.
CAUTION ● Safety devices are provided for your own
protection. Never modify or bypass safety devices.
4.3

Safety instructions for driving

DANGER ● Danger of tilting if hill or slope is too steep!
Observe the maximum permissible values in the technical
data when driving up hills and slopes. ● Danger of tilting in
case of excessive tilting at side! Observe the maximum
permissible values in the technical data when driving later-
al to the travel direction. ● Danger of tipping on unstable
surfaces! Only use the vehicle on stable surfaces.
WARNING ● Risk of accident due to not adapting
speed. Approach corners slowly. ● The list on the risk of
overturning is not necessarily comprehensive.
CAUTION ● Driver cabins are equipped with air exit
slats. Always keep these free from obstructions to ensure
sufficient ventilation.
ATTENTION
Ensure free visibility on public roads before use (e.g. fog-
proof windscreens, mirrors, etc.).
4.4

Diesel engine safety instructions

DANGER ● Diesel engine: Never operate vehicles
with diesel engines in confined spaces. ● Danger of
poisoning: Do not inhale the exhaust gases. ● Never close
off the exhaust gas openings. ● Never bend down over the
exhaust gas opening. Never reach inside the exhaust gas
opening. ● Always keep away from the drive area. Be
aware of the engine after-running time after switching off
(3-4 seconds).
4.5 Additional safety instructions for engines
with a diesel particulate filter
DANGER ● The installed engine has a diesel particu-
late filter (DPF). In normal operating conditions, the driver
does not notice anything about the operational sequences
for the secondary treatment of the harmful exhaust gases.
During the regeneration phase of the diesel particulate fil-
ter, the deposited soot particles will be burned and very hot
exhaust gases up to 600 °C could escape. Only start the
regeneration process in areas that do not pose a fire haz-
ard. For more information on this, it is vital you observe
chapter 13 Regeneration process MIC 70!
4.6 Safety instructions on offloading and
transport
DANGER
● The vehicle is not approved for crane loading.
● Do not use a forklift to unload / load the vehicle.
WARNING
● Observe the weight of the vehicle in order to avoid acci-
dents and injuries, see chapter Technical data.
If attachment kits are installed, the weight will be accord-
ingly more.
● Observe the vehicle height when transporting it on a trail-
er or truck, and secure the vehicle; see chapter Technical
data
4.7 Safety instructions for care and
maintenance
● Switch off the engine and remove the ignition key before
performing cleaning or maintenance work on the vehi-
cle, replacing parts or changing the functionality of the
vehicle.
● Repairs may only be carried out by approved customer
service sites or staff qualified in this area who are famil-
iar with all relevant safety instructions.
● Adhere to the safety checks according to the applicable
local regulations for mobile commercial vehicles.
● The articulated joint, tyres, radiator fins, hydraulic hoses
and valves, seals, electrical and electronic components
must not be cleaned using a high-pressure cleaner.
4.8

Additional operating safety instructions

Note
The information in this chapter is also provided on a sup-
plementary sheet that must always be carried on the vehi-
cle.
General
The vehicle has a hydrostatic drive and articulated steer-
ing. It therefore exhibits driving characteristics that are dif-
ferent to those of a motorcar.
WARNING
Danger of tipping over
Please note that the driving characteristics of a vehicle
with articulated steering differ considerably from those of a
motorcar.
Drive around curves at an even and appropriate speed.
This applies, in particular, for driving uphill/downhill and
driving across the face of a slope.
Be aware of the changes in the centre of gravity of the ve-
hicle depending on attachments.
Adjust the travel speed to the ambient conditions when
driving in a straight line and when driving around bends,
e.g. road conditions and the load status.
Note decoupling of the front and rear part of the vehicle via
a central pendulum joint.
Braking characteristics
Release the accelerator pedal provides a form of active
braking. This differs from a motorcar where only the engine
brake reduces vehicle speed.
ATTENTION
The braking force applied when you release the accelera-
tor pedal is weaker in higher gears and stronger in lower
gears.
The braking force applied when you release the accelera-
tor pedal in transport mode is significantly weaker than in
working mode.
Steering characteristics
Vehicles with articulated steering exhibit a more direct re-
sponse to steering movements than motorcars, particularly
when taking bends at high speed, on snow, ice and wet/
loose ground as well as during turning manoeuvres on
slopes. Avoid rapid successive steering movements.
Centre of gravity / pendulum characteristics
Rear attachments and load statuses influence the vehicle's
centre of gravity and the driving characteristics. You must
be ready to adjust to changed driving characteristics, par-
ticularly after changing attachments and in the case of
changeable load statuses. Limit ranges may be reached
earlier.
The vehicle has a central pendulum joint to provide a high
degree of all-terrain mobility. This enables both vehicle
halves to move transversely to the travel direction inde-
pendently from one another.
This special property means that the driver does not re-
ceive immediate feedback on the behaviour of the rear half
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