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Operation & Safety Instruction Manual WARNING Unsafe use of this equipment could result in serious injury or death. This manual contains important instructions for the safe operation and recommended maintenance of your direc- tional drill. All who operate the directional drill must carefully read and understand this manual before starting the machine. Keep this manual available both as a reminder for your experi- enced operator and as a training aid for your new staff. Replacement manuals are available by calling American Augers. A Division Of American Augers, Inc. DD-100 /DD-140 Directional Drill

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Page 1: Operation & Safety Instruction Manual - American · PDF fileUnsafe use of this equipment could ... FORCE 4.11 START OF THE DRILLING OPERATION 4.12 END OF DRILLING ... Operation & Safety

Operation & SafetyInstruction Manual

WARNING

Unsafe use of this equipment could result in serious injury or death. This manual containsimportant instructions for the safe operation and recommended maintenance of your direc-tional drill. All who operate the directional drill must carefully read and understand this manualbefore starting the machine. Keep this manual available both as a reminder for your experi-enced operator and as a training aid for your new staff. Replacement manuals are available bycalling American Augers.

A Division Of American Augers, Inc.

DD-100™/DD-140™ Directional Drill

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Refer to the Safety Awareness Program in this manual before attempting to operate this machine.Page 2

INTRODUCTION

DD-100 and DD-140 are trademarks of American Augers, inc.

Copyright © 2001 by American Augers

Part Number: DD100140BOOK-01 November 2001

American Augers was established in 1970 to pro-vide a full line of modern equipment for the trenchlessexcavation construction industry. The company is or-ganized in three product divisions to serve the full rangeof trenchless technology. American Directional Drillis the division producing the leading line of Horizon-tal Directional Drills. We are proud of our equipmentand the job it can do. We encourage you to call us forany and all of your drilling needs.

Every effort has been made to cover adequately the

operation of the DD-100™ and DD-140™ directionaldrills. Specifications are subject to change without no-tice or obligation to retrofit units already in the field.This manual will be constantly updated to remain cur-rent with new operations. Please call if there are areasrequiring further explanation or instruction. Materialcontained herein may not be reproduced in whole or inpart without the express written permission of Ameri-can Augers Inc., the Innovative Leader in the TrenchlessIndustry.

Location of Engine SN PlateLocation of Machine SN Plate

Machine Serial Number

Engine Serial Number

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ort,

use,

mai

nten

ance

and

dem

o-lit

ion

of t

he m

achi

ne h

ave

been

com

plet

ed.

The

com

plet

e do

cum

enta

tion

of th

e m

easu

res

adop

ted

for

safe

ty p

urpo

ses

is c

onta

ined

in

the

tech

nica

lfi

le o

f the

mac

hine

, reg

iste

red

by th

e m

anuf

actu

rer.

The

det

aile

d an

alys

is o

f ri

sks

carr

ied

out

by t

hem

anuf

actu

rer a

re in

tend

ed to

elim

inat

e m

ost o

f the

risk

s co

nnec

ted

with

the

con

ditio

ns o

f us

e of

the

mac

hine

, bot

h fo

rese

en a

nd re

ason

ably

fore

seea

ble.

The

man

ufac

ture

r rec

omm

ends

that

the

user

car

e-fu

lly f

ollo

ws

inst

ruct

ions

, pro

cedu

res

and

advi

ceco

ntai

ned

in t

he m

anua

l an

d th

e la

ws

in f

orce

on

the

wor

k si

te, a

s w

ell

as t

he u

se o

f al

l pr

otec

tive

equi

pmen

t, bo

th i

nteg

rate

d in

the

mac

hine

and

pers

onal

pro

tect

ive

equi

pmen

t.

1.5.

1.1.

SA

FET

Y A

WA

RE

NE

SS P

RO

GR

AM

Und

erst

andi

ng O

pera

tion

Saf

ety

All

refe

renc

es th

roug

hout

this

man

ual a

re to

cur

-re

nt m

odel

s of

the

DD

-100

AN

D D

D-1

40 d

irec

-tio

nal d

rill.

Ple

ase

call

Am

eric

an A

uger

s if

you

en-

coun

ter

prob

lem

s no

t add

ress

ed in

this

man

ual.

BE

AW

AR

E O

F SA

FETY

INFO

RM

ATIO

N.

This

is

the

safe

ty a

lert

sym

bol.

This

sym

bol

is

plac

ed i

n th

e m

anua

l to

ale

rt yo

u to

the

pot

entia

l fo

rbo

dily

inju

ry o

r dea

th.

UN

DE

RST

AN

D S

IGN

AL

WO

RD

SSi

gnal

wor

ds a

re u

sed

to id

entif

y sa

fety

info

rma-

tion

with

in th

e te

xt o

f thi

s m

anua

l, an

d ar

e us

ed o

nth

e ha

zard

ale

rt s

igns

use

d on

the

mac

hine

.

DA

NG

ER

ind

icat

es a

n i

mm

inen

tly

haz

ard

ou

ssi

tuat

ion

wh

ich

, if

no

t av

oid

ed,

will

resu

lt in

dea

th o

r se

rio

us

per

son

al in

-ju

ry.

WA

RN

ING

ind

icat

es a

po

ten

tial

haz

ard

or

un

safe

situ

atio

n w

hic

h, i

f n

ot

avo

ided

, co

uld

resu

lt in

dea

th o

r se

rio

us

per

son

al in

-ju

ry.

CA

UT

ION

ind

icat

es a

po

ten

tial

haz

ard

or

un

safe

pra

ctic

e, w

hic

h if

no

t avo

ided

may

re-

sult

in m

ino

r p

erso

nal

inju

ry o

r p

rod

-u

ct o

r p

rop

erty

dam

age.

If y

ou a

re t

he o

wne

r, op

erat

or, o

r th

e he

lper

us-

ing

an A

mer

ican

Dir

ectio

nal D

rill,

it is

impo

rtan

tth

at y

ou re

cogn

ize

that

you

r dri

ll is

a p

ower

ful p

iece

of c

onst

ruct

ion

equi

pmen

t. (I

T M

UST

BE

OPE

R-

AT

ED

WIT

H R

ESP

EC

T A

ND

CA

UT

ION

.)A

ll op

erat

ors

or tr

aine

es m

ust c

aref

ully

rea

d an

dth

orou

ghly

und

erst

and

this

Ope

ratio

n M

anua

l be-

fore

star

ting

or u

sing

this

mac

hine

. T

horo

ugh

trai

n-in

g of

bot

h op

erat

ors

and

help

ers

is e

ssen

tial

for

the

safe

ope

ratio

n of

this

equ

ipm

ent.

Nev

er a

llow

inex

peri

ence

d pe

rson

nel

to o

pera

te o

r w

ork

near

the

mac

hine

unl

ess

they

are

car

eful

ly s

uper

vise

ddu

ring

tra

inin

g. I

n th

e U

nite

d St

ates

, w

orkp

lace

safe

ty is

regu

late

d by

the

Occ

upat

iona

l Hea

lth a

ndSa

fety

Adm

inis

trat

ion

(OSH

A).

OSH

A re

gula

tions

are

foun

d in

the

Cod

e O

f F

eder

al R

egul

atio

ns.,

Cha

pter

29.

Thi

s is

kno

wn

as 2

9CFR

1910

. Inf

or-

mat

ion

can

be o

btai

ned

from

you

r R

egio

nal

U.S

.D

epar

tmen

t of

Lab

or O

ffic

e.Pl

ease

not

e th

e lim

ited

war

rant

y in

clud

ed in

this

man

ual.

If y

ou h

ave

ques

tions

on

the

war

rant

y or

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ty A

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am in

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ual b

efor

e at

tem

ptin

g to

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rate

this

mac

hine

.P

age

9

abou

t an

y pa

rt o

f th

e m

achi

ne o

pera

tion,

ple

ase

cont

act A

mer

ican

Aug

ers.

NO

TIC

EL

oca

tio

n o

f H

azar

d A

lert

Sig

ns

Th

e d

raw

ing

s o

n F

ig. 7

an

d F

ig. 8

sh

ow

the

loca

tio

ns

of

haz

ard

ale

rt s

ign

s as

they

are

pla

ced

on

th

e D

D-1

00 A

ND

DD

-140

. Th

ese

haz

ard

ale

rt s

ign

s ar

ep

lace

d o

n th

e m

ach

ine

to in

form

yo

ur

op

erat

or

and

oth

er p

erso

nn

el o

f p

o-

ten

tial

haz

ard

s th

at e

xist

wh

ile t

hes

em

ac

hin

es

are

in

op

era

tio

n.

Th

es

esi

gn

s m

ust

be

kep

t cl

ean

an

d le

gib

le.

Rep

lace

men

t sig

ns

are

avai

lab

le fr

om

Am

eric

an A

ug

ers.

NO

TIC

EA

mer

ican

Au

ger

s d

iscl

aim

s an

y re

-sp

on

sib

ility

fo

r d

amag

es t

o p

erso

ns

or

pro

per

ty c

ause

d b

y o

per

atio

n i

nvi

ola

tio

n o

f saf

ety

advi

ce c

on

tain

ed in

the

man

ual

.. 1.

5.2

QU

AL

IFIC

AT

ION

OF

PER

SON

NE

LIf

ski

lled

pers

onne

l ope

rate

the

mac

hine

acc

ord-

ing

to t

he a

dvic

e an

d in

stru

ctio

ns s

uppl

ied

in t

hem

anua

l, th

e m

achi

ne w

ill o

pera

te s

afel

y. A

ll th

eop

erat

ions

of t

rans

port

, use

and

mai

nten

ance

mus

tbe

car

ried

out

onl

y by

ski

lled

and

auth

oriz

ed p

er-

sonn

el,

afte

r st

udyi

ng a

nd u

nder

stan

ding

the

in-

stru

ctio

ns s

uppl

ied

by th

e m

anua

l.

NO

TIC

EA

mer

ican

Au

ger

s d

iscl

aim

s an

y re

-sp

on

sib

ility

fo

r d

amag

es t

o p

erso

ns

or

pro

per

ty c

ause

d b

y th

e o

per

atio

no

f th

e m

ach

ine

by

un

trai

ned

per

son

-n

el.

1.5.

3U

SE

OF

PE

RS

ON

AL

P

RO

TE

CT

IVE

EQ

UIP

ME

NT

WA

RN

ING

If p

erso

nal

pro

tect

ive

equ

ipm

ent i

s n

ot

use

d,

seri

ou

s in

jury

or

dea

th o

f p

er-

son

nel

can

occ

ur.

The

ope

rato

r an

d al

l ot

her

pers

onne

l on

the

wor

ksit

e m

ust

use

prop

er p

rote

ctiv

e eq

uipm

ent

acco

rdin

g to

thei

r du

ties.

In a

dditi

on t

o sa

fety

sho

es,

helm

ets

and

safe

tygl

asse

s, it

is n

eces

sary

to w

ear h

eari

ng p

rote

ctio

n.T

he d

rille

r, lo

catin

g de

vice

ope

rato

r an

d ot

hers

inco

ntac

t with

the

mac

hine

sho

uld

wea

r el

ectr

ic in

-su

latin

g bo

ots

in c

ase

of s

trik

ing

a bu

ried

ele

ctri

cca

ble.

1.5.

4D

AN

GE

RO

US

ZO

NE

S—

SA

FE

DIS

-TA

NC

ES

Any

zon

e in

side

or

near

the

mac

hine

whe

re t

hepr

esen

ce o

f a

pers

on m

eans

a r

isk

for

his

heal

than

d se

curi

ty.

All

the

area

s co

ncer

ned

with

han

dlin

g of

par

ts o

rm

achi

ne.

Dur

ing

tran

spor

t, ke

ep a

dis

tanc

e of

at l

east

2 m

(6.5

fee

t) a

way

fro

m th

e dr

ill.

Whi

le d

rilli

ng, s

ome

drill

ing

flui

d ca

n be

spr

ayed

from

the

cutti

ng h

ead.

In a

dditi

on,

in c

ase

of s

trik

ing

a bu

ried

ele

ctri

cca

ble,

the

eart

h ar

ound

the

drill

can

bec

ome

elec

-tr

ical

ly c

harg

ed. K

eep

spec

tato

rs a

t le

ast

8 m

(25

ft)

from

the

drill

and

ass

ocia

ted

equi

pmen

t.D

urin

g m

aint

enan

ce, u

se a

dequ

ate

supp

orts

be-

fore

rel

easi

ng b

olts

, pi

ns,

valv

es,

pipe

s an

d pi

s-to

ns.

Safe

ty d

ista

nces

dur

ing

tran

spor

t: 2

m (

6.5

ft)

Safe

ty d

urin

g se

lf-m

ovin

g: 2

mSa

fety

dis

tanc

es d

urin

g us

e: 8

m (

25 f

t)Sa

fety

dis

tanc

es d

urin

g m

aint

enan

ce: 8

m

1.6

LE

GA

L A

SP

EC

T O

F T

HE

MA

NU

AL

NO

TIC

EA

mer

ican

Au

ger

s d

iscl

aim

s an

y re

-sp

on

sib

ility

fo

r d

amag

es t

o p

erso

ns

or

pro

per

ty c

ause

d b

y th

e o

per

atio

no

f th

e m

ach

ine

in v

iola

tio

n o

f th

e in

-st

ruct

ion

s co

nta

ined

in t

his

man

ual

1.7

US

ES

AL

LO

WE

DW

ork

allo

wed

:In

stal

latio

n of

dri

ll pi

pe i

nto

the

eart

h. R

otat

ion

of d

rill

pipe

. U

se o

f be

nton

ite f

luid

to

crea

te t

hepi

lot

bore

. R

emov

al o

f dr

ill p

ipe

from

the

ear

th.

Use

of b

ento

nite

flui

d to

bac

k re

am th

e bo

re. P

ull-

ing

a re

amer

thro

ugh

the

pilo

t bor

e. P

ullin

g pr

od-

uct p

ipe

or c

able

thro

ugh

the

bore

.

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1.7.

1FE

AT

UR

ES

OF

TH

E S

OIL

TO

BE

DR

ILL

ED

1.7.

1.1

TY

PE O

F G

RO

UN

DT

he m

achi

ne is

sui

tabl

e fo

r wor

king

in th

e fo

llow

-in

g ty

pes

of s

oil:

-San

d -

Gra

vel

-L

oam

-C

lay

-Sh

ale

-R

ock

1.7.

1.2

GR

OU

ND

LE

VE

LL

ING

Max

. tra

nsve

rsal

incl

inat

ion

(lat

eral

) :1

0°M

ax. l

ongi

tudi

nal i

nclin

atio

n (f

ront

al):

15°

Max

. hei

ght t

he m

achi

ne w

ill c

limb:

150m

m (6

in.)

1.7.

1.3

AM

BIE

NT

CO

ND

ITIO

NS

Allo

wed

tem

pera

ture

bet

wee

n -1

5°C

and

+40

°C[5

°F a

nd 1

05°F

] (w

ith o

ils a

nd c

oola

nts

reco

m-

men

ded)

. For

tem

pera

ture

low

er th

an 0

°C [

32°F

]R

EFE

R T

O P

arag

raph

4.2

1. O

PER

AT

ION

WIT

HT

EM

PER

AT

UR

ES

BE

TW

EE

N -4

0°C

AN

D -1

5°C

[-40

°F A

ND

+5°

F]. F

or te

mpe

ratu

res

not i

nclu

ded

in th

is r

ange

, get

in to

uch

with

Am

eric

an A

uger

s.R

elat

ive

hum

idity

allo

wed

dur

ing

wor

k: 1

00%

Max

. alti

tude

: 200

0 m

[65

00 f

t] a

bove

sea

leve

lA

tmos

pher

ic c

ondi

tions

mus

t allo

w a

dequ

ate

vis-

ibili

ty w

ithin

the

saf

ety

area

. It

is

inad

visa

ble

tous

e th

e m

achi

ne d

urin

g ra

iny

cond

itio

ns w

here

light

ning

is p

rese

nt.

1.7.

2FE

AT

UR

ES

OF

TR

AN

SPO

RT

The

mac

hine

mus

t be

tra

nspo

rted

on

a tr

uck

trai

ler,

acco

rdin

g to

the

Hig

hway

law

s in

for

ce in

the

rele

vant

cou

ntry

. It

mus

t be

pro

perl

y se

cure

don

to th

e tr

aile

r de

ck.

The

thr

ust

fram

e m

ust

be i

n th

e re

trac

ted

posi

-tio

n. T

he f

ront

foo

t mus

t be

low

ered

to th

e tr

aile

rde

ck.

RE

FER

TO

: C

hapt

er 3

ST

OR

AG

E A

ND

TR

AN

SPO

RT

If t

he d

rill

exce

eds

over

all

dim

ensi

ons

allo

wed

,it

is n

eces

sary

to f

lag

it ac

cord

ing

to th

e H

ighw

ayla

ws

of th

e co

untr

ies

invo

lved

in th

e tr

ansp

ort.

1.7.

3 M

AC

HIN

E H

AN

DL

ING

PR

OC

ED

UR

ES

1.7.

3.1

TR

AN

SPO

RT

Whe

n th

e m

achi

ne is

load

ed o

n a

trai

ler,

only

one

oper

ator

is

allo

wed

to

oper

ate

the

tram

min

g co

n-tr

ols

for

safe

ty r

easo

ns.

1.7.

3.2

USE

Whe

n th

e m

achi

ne is

use

d, o

nly

one

oper

ator

isal

low

ed to

ope

rate

the

drill

ing

func

tions

for s

afet

yre

ason

s. O

ther

tra

ined

per

sonn

el m

ay w

ork

near

the

dril

l if

the

y ar

e w

eari

ng p

erso

nal

prot

ecti

veeq

uipm

ent.

1.7.

3.3

MA

INT

EN

AN

CE

Dur

ing

mai

nten

ance

with

the

mac

hine

run

ning

,on

ly o

ne q

ualif

ied

tech

nici

an is

allo

wed

to o

pera

teth

e co

ntro

ls f

or s

afet

y re

ason

s.Fo

r mai

nten

ance

ope

ratio

ns w

ith th

e m

achi

ne o

ff,

othe

r tr

aine

d pe

rson

nel m

ay w

ork

on it

.

1.8

US

ES

NO

T A

LL

OW

ED

The

mac

hine

is

not

desi

gned

and

bui

lt fo

r an

yus

es n

ot s

peci

fied

in

Par

agra

ph 1

.7.

US

ES

AL

-L

OW

ED

.In

par

ticul

ar th

e us

es n

ot a

llow

ed a

re th

e fo

llow

-in

g: 1) D

rill

ing

on s

andy

, co

llap

sing

or

inco

here

ntgr

ound

. 2)

Dri

lling

on

bogg

y gr

ound

or

with

too

muc

h w

ater

that

com

prom

ises

the

grip

or

the

sup-

port

of

the

trac

ks. 3

) U

se o

f th

e m

achi

ne f

or p

ull-

ing

or p

ushi

ng o

ther

mac

hine

s. 4

) M

ovem

ent

ofth

e m

achi

ne p

ulle

d or

pus

hed

by o

ther

mac

hine

s.5)

Use

of

the

mac

hine

in e

xplo

sive

and

/or

infl

am-

mab

le a

rea.

6) U

se th

e fr

ont f

oot t

o lif

t the

tie

dow

nst

akes

out

of t

he e

arth

. 7) A

ny ti

me

whe

n th

ere

are

vibr

atio

ns w

hich

com

prom

ise

the

safe

ty o

f th

eop

erat

or o

r th

e in

tegr

ity o

f th

e m

achi

ne.

8) U

sew

hen

othe

r per

sons

dif

fere

nt th

an th

e op

erat

or a

repr

esen

t w

ithin

the

dan

gero

us z

ones

ind

icat

ed i

nPa

ragr

aph

1.5.

4. D

AN

GE

RO

US

ZO

NE

S—SA

FED

ISTA

NC

ES.

CA

UT

ION

It i

s th

e re

spo

nsi

bili

ty o

f th

e u

ser

tod

ecid

e w

het

her

to u

se th

e d

rill

in c

on

-d

itio

ns

wh

ich

can

cau

se e

xces

sive

wea

r o

r d

amag

e to

th

e m

ach

ine.

CA

UT

ION

Sto

p w

ork

ing

wh

en a

ny

situ

atio

ns

com

pro

mis

e th

e sa

fety

of

the

op

era-

tor

or

the

inte

gri

ty o

f th

e m

ach

ine.

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ual b

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this

mac

hine

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age

11

NO

TIC

EA

mer

ican

Au

ger

s d

oes

no

t b

ear

any

resp

on

sib

ility

for

dam

ages

cau

sed

by

the

inco

rrec

t u

se o

f th

e m

ach

ine,

no

rfo

r w

ear

and

dam

age

cau

sed

by

the

par

ticu

lar

qu

alit

y o

f th

e d

rille

d m

ate-

rial

.

1.9

WA

RR

AN

TY

1.9.

1G

EN

ER

AL

CO

ND

ITIO

NS

Any

war

rant

y is

sub

ject

to th

e co

nditi

ons

spec

i-fi

ed in

the

war

rant

y ce

rtif

icat

e.E

xcep

t fo

r th

e sp

ecif

ied

excl

usio

ns a

nd l

imita

-tio

n, th

e w

arra

nty

cert

ific

ate

cove

rs a

ll th

e m

ate-

rial

sup

plie

d fo

r a

peri

od o

f 6

mon

ths

begi

nnin

gfr

om th

e sh

ippi

ng d

ate.

Ext

ensi

ons

can

be g

rant

ed o

nly

by th

e Pr

esid

ent

of A

mer

ican

Aug

ers

and

mus

t be

sig

ned

and

en-

clos

ed w

ith th

e ce

rtif

icat

e co

nsig

ned

at th

e tim

e of

sale

.N

o ex

tens

ion

can

be g

rant

ed a

fter

sal

e.

1.9.

2L

IMIT

AT

ION

S O

F W

AR

RA

NT

YT

he w

arra

nty

for

all t

he c

ompo

nent

s bo

ught

and

not p

rodu

ced

by A

mer

ican

Aug

ers

dire

ctly

are

sub

-je

ct to

the

orig

inal

war

rant

y of

sup

plie

rs/m

anuf

ac-

ture

rs a

nd th

eref

ore

defe

cts

in m

ater

ials

or

wor

k-m

ansh

ip a

re c

onsi

dere

d va

lid o

nly

if th

ey a

re r

ec-

ogni

zed

by t

he s

ame

supp

liers

/man

ufac

ture

rs.

Inpa

rtic

ular

the

war

rant

y on

the

Cat

erpi

llar e

ngin

e is

supp

lied

by th

e C

ater

pilla

r dea

ler i

n th

e ar

ea w

here

the

drill

is s

old.

1.9.

3W

AR

RA

NT

Y C

ER

TIF

ICA

TE

See

Fig.

2.

1.9.

4R

EQ

UE

ST F

OR

SE

RV

ICE

SU

PPO

RT

For

any

requ

est

of s

ervi

ce s

uppo

rt i

n or

out

of

the

war

rant

y pe

riod

, con

tact

you

r aut

hori

zed

deal

er.

Hav

e av

aila

ble

mod

el n

umbe

r, se

rial

num

ber

ofth

e m

achi

ne a

nd w

orki

ng h

ours

ind

icat

ed o

n th

ein

stru

men

t (Fi

g. 3

0, T

AC

H).

1.9.

5W

AR

RA

NT

Y A

ND

SE

RV

ICE

FO

R C

AT-

ER

PIL

LA

R E

NG

INE

The

loca

l Cat

erpi

llar d

eale

r nor

mal

ly s

olve

s pr

ob-

lem

s re

late

d to

Cat

erpi

llar

engi

ne. T

he C

ater

pilla

r

war

rant

y is

val

id w

orld

wid

e. O

nly

Cat

erpi

llar d

eal-

ers

are

auth

oriz

ed t

o pe

rfor

m r

epai

rs u

nder

war

-ra

nty

and

supp

ly s

ervi

ce a

nd s

pare

par

ts.

1.10

SE

RV

ICE

AG

RE

EM

EN

TC

onta

ct th

e lo

cal d

eale

r.

NO

TIC

ET

his

man

ual

mu

st b

e ke

pt

for

the

wh

ole

life

tim

e o

f th

e m

ach

ine

so t

hat

it c

an b

e ea

sily

fou

nd

if n

eed

ed. I

f th

em

ach

ine

is s

old

, th

e m

anu

al m

ust

be

pro

vid

ed t

o t

he

new

ow

ner

.

1.11

CO

NV

EN

TIO

NS

1.11

.1C

ON

VE

NT

ION

S O

F T

ER

MIN

OL

OG

YA

s th

e di

rect

iona

l dri

ll is

not

a c

onve

ntio

nal c

on-

stru

ctio

n m

achi

ne w

e lis

t som

e te

rms n

orm

ally

use

din

the

text

with

thei

r de

scri

ptio

n.FR

ON

T i

s th

e en

d w

ith t

he w

renc

hs a

nd f

oot.

LE

FT o

r R

IGH

T a

s se

en s

tand

ing

behi

nd th

e m

a-ch

ine

faci

ng F

RO

NT.

The

ope

rato

r’s

cons

ole

is o

nth

e R

IGH

T s

ide.

1.11

.2T

YPO

GR

APH

IC C

ON

VE

NT

ION

SIn

the

man

ual

diff

eren

t ty

pogr

aphi

c no

tes

have

been

use

d fo

r id

entif

ying

dan

gero

us c

ondi

tions

.Fo

r ex

ampl

e:N

OT

ICE

No

tice

s, c

auti

on

s an

d w

arn

ing

s in

-cl

ud

ing

imp

ort

ant i

nfo

rmat

ion

are

set

apar

t fr

om

th

e te

xt.

RE

FER

TO

: Saf

ety

Aw

aren

ess P

rogr

am, P

arag

raph

1.5.

1.1.

2.D

ES

CR

IPT

ION

2.1

PAR

TS

OF

TH

E M

AC

HIN

ET

he m

achi

ne c

onsi

sts

of th

e fo

llow

ing

asse

mbl

ies

(RE

FER

TO

: Fig

. 47

& 4

8).

2.2

DE

SC

RIP

TIO

N O

F T

HE

DIR

EC

TIO

NA

L D

RIL

Lw

hich

con

tain

s th

e op

erat

or’s

con

sole

, eng

ine,

hydr

aulic

sys

tem

and

fue

l tan

k.

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rate

this

mac

hine

.P

age

12

2.2.

1T

HR

UST

FR

AM

E w

hich

sup

port

s th

e ca

r-ri

age

2.2.

2C

AR

RIA

GE

whi

ch im

part

s th

rust

and

pul

l-ba

ck f

orce

, and

rot

ary

mot

ion

to th

e dr

ill p

ipe

2.2.

3R

EA

R T

HR

UST

STA

BIL

IZE

RS

(JA

CK

S)w

hich

resi

sts t

he te

nden

cy o

f the

dri

ll to

mov

e ba

ck-

war

d w

hen

thru

stin

g

2.2.

4F

RO

NT

STA

BIL

IZE

RS

(JA

CK

S)

whi

chw

iden

the

bas

e of

the

mac

hine

and

ser

ve t

o le

vel

the

cran

e

2.2.

5F

IXE

D W

RE

NC

H a

hyd

raul

ic c

lam

p fo

rho

ldin

g th

e pi

pe d

urin

g tig

hten

ing

or lo

osen

ing

the

join

ts

2.2.

6B

RE

AK

OU

T W

RE

NC

H a

mov

eabl

e w

renc

hth

at a

pplie

s en

ough

for

ce to

loos

en p

ipe

join

ts

2.2.

7M

UD

dri

lling

flui

d co

ntai

ning

wat

er a

nd u

su-

ally

ben

toni

te a

nd o

ther

add

itive

s dep

endi

ng o

n so

ilco

nditi

ons.

2.2.

8M

UD

PU

MP

a p

ump

sepa

rate

from

the

ma-

chin

e th

at f

orce

s dr

ill f

luid

thro

ugh

the

drill

pip

e.

2.2.

9T

IE D

OW

N S

YST

EM

H-b

eam

sta

kes

whi

char

e dr

iven

thro

ugh

the

fron

t foo

t to

anch

or th

e dr

illto

the

eart

h.

2.2.

10D

RIL

L P

IPE

spe

cial

ly d

esig

ned

pipe

thre

aded

on

both

end

s th

at c

ondu

cts

thru

st a

nd p

ull-

back

for

ces,

and

car

ries

dri

lling

flu

id t

o th

e cu

t-tin

g he

ad.

2.2.

11E

S!L

OK

® a

n ex

it si

de lo

ckou

t sys

tem

that

is c

apab

le o

f dis

ablin

g th

e ro

tatio

n an

d lin

ear m

ove-

men

t of

the

drill

pip

e.

2.2.

12Z

AP

AL

ER

T® a

n in

stru

men

t tha

t sou

nds

anal

arm

sho

uld

the

dril

l be

com

e el

ectr

ical

ly e

ner-

gize

d.

2.2.

13U

ND

ER

CA

RR

IAG

E tr

acks

and

ass

ocia

ted

part

s fo

r su

ppor

t and

mov

emen

t of

the

mac

hine

.

2.2.

14C

RA

NE

use

d to

lift

sec

tions

of p

ipe

on a

ndof

f th

e m

achi

ne

2.3

PU

RP

OS

E O

F T

HE

MA

CH

INE

The

dir

ectio

nal

drill

is

desi

gned

for

the

pro

duc-

tion

of a

bor

e un

der

the

eart

h w

ith a

sys

tem

mor

eef

fici

ent

than

con

vent

iona

l ex

cava

ting.

The

mai

nto

ol is

the

cutti

ng h

ead;

it m

ay b

e eq

uipp

ed w

ith a

blad

e or

with

har

d m

etal

tee

th a

nd i

s ab

le t

o re

-m

ove

soil.

The

res

ult

is a

bor

e w

ith c

ircu

lar

sec-

tion

read

y fo

r po

sitio

ning

pip

e or

cab

le,

with

out

the

need

for b

ack

filli

ng a

nd c

ompa

ctin

g. T

he c

ut-

ting

head

is a

dvan

ced

by c

onne

ctin

g it

to s

ectio

nsof

dri

ll pi

pe w

hich

are

add

ed b

y th

e op

erat

ion

ofth

e di

rect

iona

l dr

ill.

In a

dditi

on,

soil

is r

emov

edan

d th

e bo

re i

s lu

bric

ated

by

use

of a

mix

ture

of

wat

er,

bent

onit

e an

d ot

her

subs

tanc

es,

whi

ch i

sfo

rced

into

the

drill

pip

e by

the

mud

pum

p.T

he a

ctua

l bor

e di

men

sion

can

not b

e gu

aran

teed

for e

ach

bore

. For

exa

mpl

e: d

epen

ding

on

soil

con-

ditio

ns a

nd t

he s

ize

of t

he p

ipe

or c

able

to

be i

n-st

alle

d, it

may

be

nece

ssar

y to

enl

arge

the

bore

by

pulli

ng a

ream

er th

roug

h it.

Ope

ratio

n in

har

d ro

ckre

quir

es a

dditi

onal

spe

cial

acc

esso

ries

whi

ch a

reno

t sup

plie

d an

d m

ust b

e or

dere

d se

para

tely

.

NO

TIC

EA

mer

ican

Au

ger

s d

iscl

aim

s an

y re

-sp

on

sib

ility

fo

r d

iffe

ren

ces

in d

imen

-si

on

s b

etw

een

th

eore

tica

l an

d a

ctu

alb

ore

s.

2.4

ST

RU

CT

UR

ET

he c

uttin

g he

ad (c

onne

cted

to d

rill

pipe

hel

d by

the

mac

hine

) is

posi

tione

d ov

er th

e de

sire

d lin

e of

adva

nce

of t

he b

ore.

T

he e

ntry

ang

le o

f th

e cu

t-tin

g he

ad in

to th

e so

il is

det

erm

ined

by

the

leng

than

d de

pth

of t

he b

ore,

in

cons

ider

atio

n of

the

al-

low

able

ben

ding

of

the

drill

pip

e.T

he d

rill

is a

ncho

red

in p

lace

usi

ng th

e tie

dow

nsy

stem

and

by

posi

tioni

ng th

e re

ar th

rust

sta

biliz

-er

s. D

rill

ing

flui

d is

pre

pare

d by

a m

ud m

ixin

gsy

stem

(ava

ilabl

e se

para

tely

). O

pera

tion

of th

e m

udpu

mp

forc

es a

jet

of

drill

ing

flui

d ou

t or

ific

es i

nth

e cu

tting

hea

d.A

t the

sam

e tim

e, th

e pi

pe is

adv

ance

d by

ope

ra-

tion

of th

e ca

rria

ge. I

t is

poss

ible

to s

teer

the

cut-

ting

head

as

it pa

sses

thr

ough

the

soi

l. B

y kn

ow-

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.P

age

13

ing

the

orie

ntat

ion

of th

e cu

tting

hea

d, th

e op

era-

tor

can

rota

te t

he d

rill

pipe

to

corr

ect

the

path

of

the

bore

. B

y co

ntin

uous

ly r

otat

ing

the

pipe

, th

ecu

tting

hea

d ad

vanc

es w

ithou

t st

eeri

ng. T

he d

rill

pipe

and

its

join

ts h

ave

been

des

igne

d to

with

stan

da

cert

ain

amou

nt o

f be

ndin

g.It

is c

usto

mar

y an

d de

sira

ble

for t

he d

rilli

ng fl

uid

to re

turn

to th

e su

rfac

e at

the

entr

y po

int.

Thi

s fl

uid

carr

ies

all

the

soil

rem

oved

in

the

prod

uctio

n of

the

bore

. A p

it m

ay b

e du

g ad

jace

nt t

o th

e en

try

poin

t of t

he c

uttin

g he

ad to

sto

re th

e re

turn

ing

drill

-in

g fl

uid.

The

ope

rato

r is

sea

ted

to p

erm

it go

od v

isib

ility

of th

e op

erat

ion

of th

e dr

ill a

nd v

ario

us g

auge

s th

atin

dica

te p

erfo

rman

ce. I

t is

pos

sibl

e to

con

trol

all

the

func

tion

s by

mea

ns o

f el

ectr

ic o

r hy

drau

lic

cont

rols

und

er c

ompl

ete

safe

ty c

ondi

tions

for

the

oper

ator

.

2.5

TE

CH

NIC

AL

SP

EC

IFIC

AT

ION

S

2.5.

1.G

EN

ER

AL

FE

AT

UR

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ppro

x. m

ass:

20,

430

kg [

45,0

00 lb

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edia

n pr

essu

re o

n th

e gr

ound

: 0.5

9 kg

/cm

2 , 8.5

psi

Dim

ensi

ons

in w

orki

ng p

ositi

on, 1

8° d

rill

angl

e:he

ight

: 556

3 m

m [

18 f

t 3 in

ches

]w

idth

*: 2

413

mm

[7

ft 1

1 in

ches

]le

ngth

: 135

64 m

m [

44 f

t 6 in

ches

]

Dim

ensi

ons

in tr

ansp

ort p

ositi

on:

heig

ht: 3

073

mm

[10

ft 1

inch

]w

idth

: 241

3 m

m [

7 ft

11

inch

es]

leng

th: 1

3564

mm

[44

ft 6

inch

es]

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152

4 m

m (

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hen

cons

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sure

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the

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8ps

i

Dim

ensi

ons

in w

orki

ng p

ositi

on, 1

8° d

rill

angl

e:he

ight

: 594

4 m

m [

16 f

t 6 in

ches

]w

idth

*: 2

559

mm

[8

ft 4

-3/4

inch

es]

leng

th: 1

4783

mm

[48

ft 6

inch

es]

Dim

ensi

ons

in tr

ansp

ort p

ositi

on:

heig

ht: 3

988

mm

[13

ft 1

inch

]w

idth

: 255

9 m

m [

8 ft

4-3

/4 in

ches

]le

ngth

: 147

83 m

m [

48 f

t 6 in

ches

]

*add

152

4 m

m (

60 i

nche

s) w

hen

cons

ole

is i

nw

orki

ng p

ositi

onR

EFE

R T

O: F

igs.

13,

14

2.5.

3D

IESE

L E

NG

INE

(D

D-1

00)

Fuel

: die

sel f

uel

Pist

on d

ispl

acem

ent:

7.2

L [

442

cu. i

nch]

Pow

er: 1

94 k

W (

260

HP)

Fuel

tank

cap

acity

: 568

L [

150

U.S

. Gal

lons

]H

ours

of

oper

atio

n pe

r ta

nkfu

l: ap

prox

. 10

hour

sR

EFE

R T

O: A

ttach

men

t 1, C

ater

pilla

r 31

26 D

ie-

sel E

ngin

es.

2.5.

4D

IESE

L E

NG

INE

(D

D-1

40B

)Fu

el: d

iese

l fue

lPi

ston

dis

plac

emen

t: 10

.5 L

[63

8 cu

. inc

h]Po

wer

: 224

kW

(30

0 H

P)Fu

el ta

nk c

apac

ity: 5

68L

[15

0 U

.S. G

allo

ns]

Hou

rs o

f op

erat

ion

per

tank

ful:

appr

ox. 1

0 ho

urs

RE

FER

TO

: Atta

chm

ent 1

, Cat

erpi

llar

3306

Die

-se

l Eng

ines

.

2.5.

5E

LE

CT

RIC

SY

STE

MV

olta

ge:

24 v

olt

DC

sta

rt a

nd r

un;

12 v

olt

acce

s-so

ryR

EFE

R T

O: F

igs.

50-

52 a

nd 5

8-61

2.5.

6H

YD

RA

UL

IC S

YST

EM

(D

D-1

00)

Pres

sure

s: R

otar

y (b

reak

-out

): 2

90 b

ar [

4200

psi

]R

otar

y (m

ake-

up):

273

bar

[39

50 p

si]

Ope

n lo

op: 3

45 b

ar [

5000

psi

]M

ax. t

empe

ratu

re a

llow

ed fo

r hyd

raul

ic o

il is

80°

C[1

75 °F

].

2.5.

7H

YD

RA

UL

IC S

YST

EM

(D

D-1

40B

)Pr

essu

res:

Rot

ary

(bre

ak-o

ut):

269

.9 b

ar [3

900

psi]

Rot

ary

(mak

e-up

): 2

56 b

ar [

3700

psi

]O

pen

loop

: 345

bar

[50

00 p

si]

Max

. tem

pera

ture

allo

wed

for h

ydra

ulic

oil

is 8

0°C

[175

°F].

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er to

the

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ty A

war

enes

s P

rogr

am in

this

man

ual b

efor

e at

tem

ptin

g to

ope

rate

this

mac

hine

.P

age

14

2.5.

8PE

RFO

RM

AN

CE

AS

SUPP

LIE

D (D

D-1

00)

Max

. car

riag

e sp

eed:

30

m/m

in (

100

FPM

)R

otar

y sp

eed:

0—

110

rpm

Dri

ll an

gle:

10°

-18°

2.5.

9P

ER

FO

RM

AN

CE

AS

SU

PP

LIE

D (

DD

-14

0B)

Max

. car

riag

e sp

eed:

29

m/m

in (

95 F

PM)

Rot

ary

spee

d: 0

—95

rpm

Dri

ll an

gle:

10°

-18°

2.5.

10V

IBR

AT

ION

Vib

ratio

n is

an

indi

catio

n of

inc

orre

ct o

pera

tion,

such

as

adva

ncin

g th

e dr

ill p

ipe

too

rapi

dly.

CA

UT

ION

Sto

p w

ork

in c

ase

of

vib

rati

on

, wh

ich

cou

ld c

om

pro

mis

e th

e sa

fety

of

the

op

erat

or

or

the

inte

gri

ty o

f th

e m

a-ch

ine.

Mo

dif

y o

per

atio

nal

pro

ced

ure

2.5.

11N

OIS

EPe

ople

wor

king

nea

r and

alw

ays

insi

de th

e m

ini-

mum

saf

ety

dist

ance

(8

m [

25 f

eet]

fro

m th

e ne

ar-

est p

oint

of t

he m

achi

ne) m

ust w

ear a

dequ

ate

hear

-in

g pr

otec

tion

suita

ble

to th

eir

wor

king

pos

ition

.

DA

NG

ER

Th

e n

ois

e g

ener

ated

by

the

mac

hin

em

ay c

ause

in

jury

to

per

son

nel

. O

b-

serv

e th

e n

atio

nal

law

s in

forc

e ab

ou

tth

e p

rote

ctio

n f

rom

ris

ks c

ause

d b

yn

ois

e.

2.6

RE

SP

ON

SIB

ILIT

Y NO

TIC

EA

mer

ican

Au

ger

s d

iscl

aim

s an

y re

-sp

on

sib

ility

fo

r in

con

ven

ien

ce, f

ault

so

r m

alfu

nct

ion

ing

of

the

mac

hin

e in

cir

cu

ms

tan

ce

s w

he

re p

roc

ed

ure

sid

entif

ied

in p

arag

rap

h 4

.18

are

no

t fo

l-lo

wed

.

3.S

TOR

AG

E A

ND

TR

AN

SP

OR

T

3.1

STO

RA

GE

3.1.

1M

INIM

UM

ST

OR

AG

E S

PAC

E R

E-

QU

IRE

D (

TR

AN

SPO

RT

PO

SIT

ION

)D

D-1

00:

leve

l 3

x 15

m,

heig

ht 3

m [

118

x 59

0in

ches

, hei

ght 1

18 in

ches

].D

D-1

40B

: lev

el 3

x 1

5 m

, hei

ght 3

.2 m

[118

x 5

90in

ches

, hei

ght 1

26 in

ches

].

3.1.

1.1

PRO

TE

CT

ION

WH

ILE

IN

ST

OR

AG

E:

If th

e m

achi

ne h

as b

een

lubr

icat

ed it

can

be

stor

edin

an

expo

sed

area

up

to 3

0 da

ys. F

or s

tora

ge p

eri-

ods

mor

e th

an 3

0 da

ys p

lace

it

in a

cov

ered

and

dry

area

. Lev

el t

he s

tora

ge s

ite s

o th

at t

he t

rack

sar

e fu

lly s

uppo

rted

.D

D-1

00:

The

sur

face

mus

t be

abl

e to

sup

port

20,4

30 k

g (4

5,00

0 lb

)D

D-1

40B

: T

he s

urfa

ce m

ust

be a

ble

to s

uppo

rt26

,300

kg

(58,

000

lb)

3.1.

2ST

OR

AG

E S

ITE

EN

VIR

ON

ME

N T

Tem

pera

ture

all

owed

: be

twee

n 0

and

+50

°C[3

2°F

and

120°

F].

For

tem

pera

ture

s be

twee

n 0°

and

-40°

C [

32°F

and

-40

°F],

con

sult

the

Cat

erpi

l-la

r m

anua

l and

fol

low

the

inst

ruct

ions

for

sto

rage

of th

e en

gine

. Ver

ify

that

ther

e is

no

wat

er o

r dri

ll-in

g fl

uid

in th

e dr

illin

g fl

uid

cour

se a

nd n

o w

ater

in th

e di

esel

fue

l and

hyd

raul

ic o

il ta

nks.

3.1.

3PR

OC

ED

UR

ES

OF

STO

RA

GE

• Cle

an a

ll m

ud a

nd o

ther

fore

ign

mat

eria

ls o

ff th

em

achi

ne.

• Po

sitio

n th

e m

achi

ne o

n a

leve

l sur

face

. Pos

ition

the

carr

iage

in th

e ce

nter

of t

he th

rust

fram

e. R

aise

the

fron

t foo

t by

ret

ract

ing

the

thru

st f

ram

e.•

Switc

h of

f el

ectr

ic s

yste

m b

y tu

rnin

g th

e ba

ttery

switc

hes

at th

e ba

ttery

box

.•

Lub

rica

te t

he e

ntir

e m

achi

ne a

ccor

ding

to

the

daily

sch

edul

e. C

oat

all

expo

sed

hydr

aulic

cyl

in-

der

rods

with

oil

to p

rote

ct a

gain

st c

orro

sion

.•

For

long

per

iods

of

stor

age

(mor

e th

an 3

0 da

ys)

plac

e th

e m

achi

ne in

a c

over

ed a

nd d

ry s

ite, c

on-

sult

and

follo

w th

e in

stru

ctio

ns o

f sto

rage

for C

at-

erpi

llar

engi

ne (

men

tione

d in

the

rele

vant

mai

nte-

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Ref

er to

the

Safe

ty A

war

enes

s P

rogr

am in

this

man

ual b

efor

e at

tem

ptin

g to

ope

rate

this

mac

hine

.P

age

15

nanc

e m

anua

l), d

isco

nnec

t bat

teri

es a

nd s

tore

them

sepa

rate

ly a

t te

mpe

ratu

res

abov

e 0°

C (

32°F

).E

limin

ate

sedi

men

t and

wat

er fr

om th

e ta

nks

(die

-se

l fue

l and

oil)

, top

up

all t

he g

earb

oxes

and

the

hydr

aulic

oil

tank

.•

For

peri

ods

long

er th

an 3

0 da

ys, d

isco

nnec

t the

es!l

ok® b

atte

ry c

harg

er l

ocat

ed i

nsid

e th

e st

orag

ebo

x (F

ig. 2

4-1)

. Thi

s ch

arge

r is

not a

ffec

ted

by th

eba

ttery

sw

itch.

If le

ft c

onne

cted

it c

ould

dis

char

geth

e m

achi

ne b

atte

ries

. NO

TIC

EB

efo

re p

utt

ing

th

e m

ach

ine

bac

k in

serv

ice

reco

nn

ect

the

es!l

ok®

bat

tery

char

ger

to e

ith

er a

12

v D

C o

r 24

v D

Csu

pp

ly a

nd

rec

har

ge

the

es!l

ok®

bat

-te

ries

. Mak

e su

re th

e es

!lo

k® b

atte

ries

are

char

ged

bef

ore

att

emp

tin

g t

o p

ut

the

mac

hin

e b

ack

into

ser

vice

.

The

mac

hine

mus

t be

kep

t aw

ay f

rom

sal

ty o

rac

id e

nvir

onm

ents

, fro

m s

olve

nts,

gas

and

infl

am-

mab

le li

quid

s an

d ex

plos

ives

. RE

FER

TO

: Atta

ch-

men

t 1, C

ater

pilla

r 31

26 o

r 33

06 D

iese

l Eng

ines

.

3.1.

3.1

DR

AIN

OR

PR

OT

EC

T F

LU

ID C

OU

RSE

Dra

in w

ater

or b

ento

nite

slu

rry

out o

f flu

id c

ours

ein

clud

ing

mai

n m

ud p

ump

and

asso

ciat

ed l

ines

.A

ltern

ativ

ely,

add

ant

ifre

eze.

RE

FER

TO

: Pa

ra-

grap

h 4.

23.4

, P

RO

TE

CT

ING

TH

E F

LU

IDC

OU

RSE

FR

OM

FR

EE

ZIN

G

3.2

TR

AN

SP

OR

T

WA

RN

ING

Tran

spo

rt o

f th

e m

ach

ine

mu

st b

e ca

r-ri

ed o

ut b

y tr

ain

ed a

nd

au

tho

rize

d p

er-

son

nel

on

ly,

afte

r le

arn

ing

th

e in

for-

mat

ion

su

pp

lied

in t

he

man

ual

.

3.2.

1P

RE

LIM

INA

RY

O

PE

RA

TIO

NS

F

OR

LO

AD

ING

TH

E M

AC

HIN

E F

OR

TR

AN

SPO

R-

TAT

ION

Cle

an th

e m

achi

ne b

y us

ing

a w

ater

spr

ay.

CA

UT

ION

Do

n’t

dir

ect

wat

er s

pra

y in

sid

e th

em

uff

ler,

or

the

air

filt

er,

agai

nst

ele

c-tr

ic c

om

po

nen

ts o

r co

ntr

ol p

anel

s.

WA

RN

ING

Be

fore

lo

ad

ing

th

e m

ac

hin

e o

n a

trai

ler,

follo

w th

e in

stru

ctio

ns

sup

plie

din

th

is m

anu

al c

aref

ully

.

3.2.

2PR

OC

ED

UR

ES

OF

POSI

TIO

NIN

GPo

sitio

n th

e th

rust

fram

e in

ord

er to

obt

ain

a m

ini-

mum

ove

rall

dim

ensi

on.

Rem

ove

the

tie-d

own

stak

es f

rom

the

fron

t foo

tan

d st

ore

them

in

a sa

fe l

ocat

ion.

Mak

e su

re t

ore

trac

t th

e th

rust

fra

me

and

rais

e th

e re

ar t

hrus

tst

abili

zers

.Po

sitio

n th

e ca

rria

ge a

s fa

r fo

rwar

d on

the

thru

stfr

ame

as p

ossi

ble.

3.2.

3T

RA

NSP

OR

TAT

ION

Con

side

ring

dim

ensi

ons,

wei

ght a

nd s

hape

of t

hem

achi

ne,

the

tran

spor

ter

is r

espo

nsib

le f

or u

sing

the

prop

er m

etho

d of

tran

spor

t in

conf

orm

ity w

ithlo

cal r

egul

atio

ns. D

etai

led

info

rmat

ion

on th

e m

a-ch

ine

feat

ures

are

in:

Cha

pter

1 G

EN

ER

AL

IN

-F

OR

MA

TIO

N a

nd C

hapt

er 2

DE

SC

RIP

TIO

Npa

ragr

aph

2.5.

1.

3.2.

4L

OA

DIN

G

TH

E

MA

CH

INE

F

OR

TR

AN

SPO

RTA

TIO

N WA

RN

ING

Mak

e su

re t

hat

all

per

son

nel

kee

p a

safe

dis

tan

ce w

hile

lo

adin

g t

he

ma-

chin

e fo

r tr

ansp

ort

atio

n. S

tart

up

an

dh

and

le th

e m

ach

ine

acco

rdin

g to

Par

a-g

rap

h 4

.7. O

PE

RA

TIO

N. U

se t

he

teth

-er

ed tr

amm

ing

co

ntr

ols

an

d s

tay

clea

ro

f th

e m

ach

ine.

Alw

ays

use

low

sp

eed

for l

oad

ing

an

d m

ove

the

con

tro

ls d

eli-

cate

ly.

WA

RN

ING

Do

no

t si

t o

r st

and

on

th

e m

ach

ine

wh

ile t

ram

min

g.

Un

exp

ecte

d m

ove

-m

ent

can

cau

se d

eath

or

seri

ou

s in

-ju

ry.

Use

rem

ote

tra

mm

ing

co

ntr

ol

on

ly,

wh

ile s

tan

din

g a

t g

rou

nd

lev

elw

ith

go

od

vis

ibili

ty.

Star

t the

eng

ine.

Rem

ove

the

lock

ing

bolt

from

the

thr

ust

fram

ean

d th

e th

rust

fra

me

supp

ort.

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war

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am in

this

man

ual b

efor

e at

tem

ptin

g to

ope

rate

this

mac

hine

.P

age

16

Ope

rate

the

Thr

ust/

Pul

lbac

k co

ntro

l (F

ig.

30,

PD2)

to p

ositi

on th

e ca

rria

ge a

t the

Car

riag

e L

ock

(Fig

. 26

). S

win

g th

e L

ock

Plat

e (F

ig.

26-1

) in

toth

e so

cket

on

the

carr

iage

and

rota

te th

e to

ggle

bar

to h

old

the

Loc

k Pl

ate

in p

ositi

on.

Ope

rate

the

Thr

ust/

Pul

lbac

k co

ntro

l (F

ig.

30,

PD2)

to

posi

tion

the

thru

st f

ram

e in

the

tra

nspo

rtpo

sitio

n.R

aise

the

fro

nt j

acks

.Ret

ract

the

fro

nt j

acks

to-

war

d th

e ce

nter

line

of

the

mac

hine

.G

athe

r th

e co

ntro

l ho

ses

and

stow

the

m o

n th

ede

ck o

f th

e dr

ill.

Push

the

cons

ole

supp

ort a

rm to

its

stor

age

posi

-tio

n an

d an

chor

it w

ith th

e ch

ain

(Fig

. 22-

1).

Rot

ate

the

cran

e bo

om t

owar

ds t

he r

ear

of t

hem

achi

ne a

nd l

ower

the

boo

m o

nto

the

cran

e re

st.

Tie

off

the

hook

blo

ck (

Fig.

25)

.R

emov

e th

e ha

ndra

ils f

rom

the

wal

kway

and

stor

e th

em o

n th

e m

achi

ne (

Fig.

21)

.In

stal

l the

hos

e ca

rrie

r ho

ld d

own

(Fig

. 20)

.T

ilt th

e th

rust

fram

e of

the

mac

hine

as

nece

ssar

yin

ord

er to

avo

id th

e fr

ont e

nd d

ragg

ing

the

ram

psor

trai

ler

deck

whi

le lo

adin

g or

unl

oadi

ng.

Con

nect

the

tra

mm

ing

cont

rol

box

(Fig

. 19

).T

here

are

thre

e co

nnec

tions

, one

on

each

sid

e an

don

e at

the

rear

, so

the

oper

ator

can

hav

e th

e be

stpo

ssib

le v

isib

ility

.P

roce

ed s

low

ly w

hen

pass

ing

the

edge

of

the

trai

ler

as t

he m

achi

ne c

ould

sw

ing,

whe

n ch

ang-

ing

the

incl

inat

ion.

Aft

er r

each

ing

the

fina

l po

sitio

n on

the

tra

iler,

mak

e su

re t

hat

the

fron

t fo

ot i

s lo

wer

ed t

otal

ly.

Low

er th

e re

ar th

rust

sta

biliz

ers

(see

Fig

. 47)

and

mak

e su

re th

e m

achi

ne is

sw

itche

d of

f.

3.2.

5T

RA

NSP

OR

T C

ON

DIT

ION

SA

ncho

r th

e m

achi

ne.

Rem

ove

the

igni

tion

key

from

the

cont

rol p

anel

(Fig

. 31,

SS3

) an

d ke

ep it

in a

saf

e pl

ace.

Switc

h of

f th

e m

ain

batte

ry s

witc

hes

(Fig

. 34-

3an

d 34

-4).

Tie

the

mac

hine

to th

e tr

aile

r dec

k an

d se

cure

the

fron

t foo

t to

the

trai

ler

deck

with

cha

ins.

RE

FER

TO

: Fig

. 9.

3.2.

6U

NL

OA

DIN

G O

PER

AT

ION

S

WA

RN

ING

Mak

e su

re t

hat

all

per

son

nel

kee

p a

safe

dis

tan

ce w

hen

un

load

ing

th

em

ach

ine

afte

r tr

ansp

ort

atio

n.

Ch

eck

that

th

e m

ach

ine

lost

no

liq

uid

s d

ur-

ing

tra

nsp

ort

or

sto

rag

e, in

par

ticu

lar

chec

k if

ther

e is

the

pro

per

am

ou

nt o

fh

ydra

ulic

oil

in t

he

tan

k.

Switc

h O

N th

e ba

ttery

mas

ter

switc

hes

(Fig

. 34-

3 an

d 34

-4).

Inse

rt th

e ig

nitio

n ke

y in

the

cont

rol p

anel

(Fi

g.31

, SS3

).M

ake

sure

thre

e em

erge

ncy

stop

pus

h bu

ttons

are

UP

(Fig

. 30,

PB

2; F

ig. 3

1, P

B1

and

Fig.

33,

PB

2).

Star

t the

eng

ine

by ro

tatin

g th

e sw

itch

cloc

kwis

e(F

ig. 3

1, S

S6).

Alw

ays

use

low

spe

ed f

or s

hift

ing

and

mov

e th

eco

ntro

ls d

elic

atel

y.R

aise

the

fro

nt f

oot

by t

iltin

g th

e th

rust

fra

me

(Fig

. 31,

SS2

2).

Rai

se t

he r

ear

thru

st s

tabi

lize

rs b

y se

lect

ing

RE

AR

(Fig

31,

SS1

8) th

en o

pera

te S

S20

and

SS21

.C

onne

ct th

e te

ther

ed tr

amm

ing

cont

rols

(Fig

. 33)

.Pr

ess

the

RE

SET

but

ton

(Fig

. 33,

PB

3). P

rope

l the

mac

hine

usi

ng c

ontr

ols

VD

1 an

d V

D2

and

stay

clea

r of

the

mac

hine

. T

he t

ethe

r is

lon

g en

ough

for

the

oper

ator

to w

alk

alon

g ei

ther

sid

e th

e m

a-ch

ine

for

good

vis

ibili

ty. T

here

are

thr

ee c

onne

c-to

rs f

or t

he t

ethe

r—on

e on

eac

h si

de o

f th

e dr

illan

d on

e on

the

back

. WA

RN

ING

Do

no

t si

t o

r st

and

on

mac

hin

e w

hile

tram

min

g. U

nex

pec

ted

mo

vem

ent c

anca

use

dea

th o

r se

rio

us

inju

ry. U

se r

e-m

ote

tram

min

g c

on

tro

l bo

x o

nly

wh

ilest

and

ing

at

gro

un

d l

evel

wit

h g

oo

dvi

sib

ility

.

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ty A

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this

man

ual b

efor

e at

tem

ptin

g to

ope

rate

this

mac

hine

.P

age

17

WA

RN

ING

A c

rush

ed o

r dam

aged

tram

min

g c

on

-tr

ol c

ou

ld r

esu

lt in

un

exp

ecte

d m

ove

-m

ent

of

the

mac

hin

e. U

nex

pec

ted

mo

vem

ent c

an c

ause

dea

th o

r ser

iou

sin

jury

; A

lway

s re

pla

ce t

he

tram

min

gco

ntr

ol i

nto

its

ho

lder

.

Ang

le t

he t

hrus

t fr

ame

as n

eces

sary

in

orde

r to

mak

e su

re th

at th

e fr

ont f

oot d

oes

not d

rag

on th

egr

ound

.P

roce

ed s

low

ly w

hen

pass

ing

the

edge

of

the

trai

ler

as t

he m

achi

ne c

ould

sw

ing,

whe

n ch

ang-

ing

the

incl

inat

ion.

3.3

LIF

TIN

G T

HE

MA

CH

INE

If t

he m

achi

ne m

ust

be l

ifte

d (e

xam

ple:

to

load

on a

shi

p) p

lace

the

mac

hine

on

a fl

at r

ack

with

adeq

uate

cap

acity

for w

eigh

t. Po

sitio

n th

e m

achi

neon

the

flat

rack

acc

ordi

ng to

par

agra

ph 3

.2.4

abo

ve.

Switc

h of

f th

e en

gine

.U

se c

hain

s to

anc

hor t

he m

achi

ne to

the

flat

rack

.A

ttach

the

lif

ting

lines

to

the

flat

rac

k, n

ot t

o th

em

achi

ne. U

se s

prea

der

bars

to e

nsur

e th

at th

e lif

t-in

g lin

es d

o no

t com

e in

con

tact

with

the

mac

hine

(Fig

.10)

.

4.U

SE

4.1

WO

RK

ING

SIT

E P

HY

SIC

AL

FE

AT

UR

ES

4.1.

1M

INIM

UM

SPA

CE

RE

QU

IRE

DIn

wor

king

pos

ition

2.5

m [

8 fe

et]

wid

th a

nd a

tle

ast

15 m

[50

fee

t] l

engt

h. H

eigh

t re

quir

ed f

orw

orki

ng o

n fl

at g

roun

d: 8

m [

26 f

eet]

(to

allo

wad

ding

or

rem

ovin

g pi

pe )

. Add

ition

al c

lear

dis

-ta

nce

mus

t be

mai

ntai

ned

betw

een

the

cran

e an

dan

y ov

erhe

ad e

lect

ric

wir

es. T

hese

dim

ensi

ons

dono

t allo

w f

or s

tora

ge o

f pi

pe o

r to

olin

g no

r th

e se

tup

and

ope

ratio

n of

a m

ud p

lant

. In

addi

tion,

mar

kof

f a s

afet

y zo

ne 8

m [2

5 ft

] in

each

dir

ectio

n fr

omth

e m

achi

ne a

nd p

reve

nt s

pect

ator

s fr

om e

nter

ing

this

zon

e.

4.1.

2G

RO

UN

D L

EV

EL

ING

The

mac

hine

is a

ble

to o

pera

te o

n su

rfac

es w

ith a

max

. la

tera

l in

clin

atio

n of

10°

, sl

ope

in t

he r

un-

ning

dir

ectio

n up

to

15°

and

to c

ross

ste

ps u

p to

150m

m [

6 in

ches

] hi

gh.

Oth

erw

ise

leve

l th

e si

teus

ing

eart

hmov

ing

equi

pmen

t.

4.1.

3T

YPE

OF

GR

OU

ND

The

mac

hine

is d

esig

ned

to w

ork

on c

lay,

asp

halt,

cem

ent,

rock

and

nor

mal

soi

l. It

is n

ot s

uita

ble

tow

ork

on c

rum

blin

g, m

arsh

y or

inc

onsi

sten

t so

il,w

hich

can

not g

uara

ntee

trac

tion

or s

uppo

rt d

urin

gw

ork.

RE

FE

R T

O:

Par

agra

ph 1

.7 U

SE

S A

L-

LO

WE

D a

nd P

arag

raph

1.8

US

ES

NO

T A

L-

LO

WE

D.

4.1.

4L

IGH

TIN

GT

here

has

to

be e

noug

h lig

ht t

o gu

aran

tee

good

visi

bilit

y of

all

the

mov

able

par

ts. I

t may

be

nec-

essa

ry to

equ

ip th

e w

ork

area

with

por

tabl

e lig

hts

for

nigh

t ope

ratio

n.

4.1.

5 O

PER

AT

ING

TE

MPE

RA

TU

RE

: bet

wee

n -

15°C

and

+40

°C [

+5°

F an

d 10

5°F]

(w

ith o

ils a

ndco

olan

ts r

ecom

men

ded)

.Fo

r te

mpe

ratu

re lo

wer

than

0°C

[32

°F]

use

win

-te

r fue

l for

eas

ier s

tart

ing

and

in o

rder

to a

void

the

stop

page

of f

ilter

s fr

om d

epos

its o

f wax

. Mak

e su

reth

at a

ll th

e liq

uids

hav

e su

itabl

e fe

atur

es. R

EFE

RT

O: C

hapt

er 5

MA

INT

EN

AN

CE

.Fo

r te

mpe

ratu

re i

nclu

ded

betw

een

-40°

C a

nd -

15°C

[-40

°F a

nd +

5°F]

RE

FER

TO

: Par

agra

ph 4

.22

OP

ER

AT

ION

UN

DE

R A

MB

IEN

T T

EM

PE

RA

-T

UR

ES

BE

TW

EE

N -

40°C

AN

D -

15°C

[-

40°F

AN

D +

5°F]

.

4.1.

6R

EL

AT

IVE

HU

MID

ITY

AL

LO

WE

D d

urin

gth

e w

ork:

100

%

4.1.

7M

AX

. ALT

ITU

DE

: 200

0 m

[65

00 f

t] a

bove

sea

leve

l.

4.1.

8A

TM

OSP

HE

RIC

CO

ND

ITIO

NS:

they

mus

tal

low

ade

quat

e vi

sibi

lity

with

in th

e sa

fety

are

a. I

tis

inad

visa

ble

to u

se th

e m

achi

ne d

urin

g ra

in w

here

light

ning

is p

rese

nt.

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ual b

efor

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rate

this

mac

hine

.P

age

18

4.2

FU

NC

TIO

N O

F T

HE

MA

CH

INE

NO

TIC

EF

or a

det

aile

d d

escr

ipti

on

of o

per

atio

nan

d p

arts

of t

he

mac

hin

e se

e C

hap

ter

2 (D

ES

CR

IPT

ION

.)

The

dir

ectio

nal

drill

is

desi

gned

for

the

pro

duc-

tion

of a

bor

e un

der

the

eart

h w

ith a

sys

tem

mor

eef

fici

ent

than

con

vent

iona

l ex

cava

ting

and

rest

o-ra

tion

of th

e si

te. T

he m

ain

tool

is th

e cu

tting

hea

d;it

may

be

equi

pped

with

a m

etal

sho

e or

with

har

dm

etal

teet

h an

d is

abl

e to

rem

ove

soil.

The

resu

lt is

a bo

re w

ith c

ircu

lar

sect

ion

read

y fo

r po

sitio

ning

pipe

or c

able

, with

out t

he n

eed

for b

ack

filli

ng a

ndco

mpa

ctin

g.T

he c

uttin

g he

ad is

adv

ance

d by

con

nect

ing

it to

sect

ions

of

drill

pip

e w

hich

are

add

ed b

y th

e op

-er

atio

n of

the

dir

ectio

nal

drill

. In

addi

tion,

soi

l is

rem

oved

and

the

bor

e is

lub

rica

ted

by u

se o

f a

mix

ture

of

wat

er,

bent

onite

and

oth

er s

ubst

ance

s(d

rilli

ng f

luid

, als

o ca

lled

mud

) , w

hich

is

forc

edin

to t

he d

rill

pipe

by

the

mud

pum

p.

The

mud

circ

ulat

es th

roug

h th

e an

nulu

s of

the

bore

and

re-

turn

s to

the

surf

ace

at th

e en

try

poin

t.T

he a

ctua

l bor

e di

men

sion

can

not b

e gu

aran

teed

for e

ach

bore

. For

exa

mpl

e: d

epen

ding

on

soil

con-

ditio

ns a

nd t

he s

ize

of t

he p

ipe

or c

able

to

be i

n-st

alle

d, it

may

be

nece

ssar

y to

enl

arge

the

bore

by

pulli

ng a

ream

er th

roug

h it.

Ope

ratio

n in

har

d ro

ckre

quir

es a

dditi

onal

spe

cial

acc

esso

ries

whi

ch a

reno

t sup

plie

d an

d m

ust b

e or

dere

d se

para

tely

.

4.2.

1N

OR

MA

L O

PER

AT

ION

The

ope

rato

r ha

s m

anua

l co

ntro

l ov

er t

he r

ota-

tion

of d

rill

pipe

, th

e ad

vanc

e an

d re

turn

of

the

carr

iage

, flo

w a

nd v

olum

e of

mud

, and

ope

ratio

nof

the

fixe

d w

renc

h an

d br

eako

ut w

renc

h. T

he o

p-er

ator

als

o ha

s m

anua

l con

trol

ove

r the

mov

emen

tsof

the

pip

e lo

ader

. In

add

itio

n th

e op

erat

or h

asm

anua

l con

trol

ove

r th

e an

gle

of th

e th

rust

fra

me.

4.3

DA

NG

ER

OU

S Z

ON

ES

—S

AF

E D

ISTA

NC

ES

The

mac

hine

is d

esig

ned

to b

e op

erat

ed b

y on

eop

erat

or,

with

one

add

ition

al w

orke

r to

loa

d an

dun

load

pip

e ba

sket

s as

req

uire

d. T

his

wor

ker

may

also

hav

e th

e du

ty to

mix

and

tran

sfer

mud

to th

edr

ill. O

ther

per

sonn

el m

ust k

eep

a di

stan

ce o

f 8m

[25

ft]

from

the

mac

hine

. A t

hird

wor

ker

may

be

empl

oyed

alo

ng th

e in

tend

ed b

ore

path

to o

pera

teth

e lo

catin

g in

stru

men

ts a

nd r

epor

t the

ir r

eadi

ngs

to th

e op

erat

or.

Aft

er m

ovin

g in

to p

ositi

on, t

he m

achi

ne re

mai

nsst

atio

nary

in o

pera

tion

and

has

rota

ting

part

s, m

ade

up b

y va

riou

s m

ovab

le c

ompo

nent

s, th

eref

ore

each

part

has

to b

e co

nsid

ered

dan

gero

us.

4.3.

1D

AN

GE

RO

US

PA

RT

S A

ND

DE

SC

RIP

-T

ION

OF

TH

E R

ISK

.

4.3.

1.1

TIE

DO

WN

SY

STE

M c

onsi

stin

g of

H-

beam

s tha

t are

hea

vy a

nd p

rese

nt a

dan

ger o

f pin

ch-

ing

whi

le b

eing

inst

alle

d.

4.3.

1.2

RE

AR

TH

RU

ST S

TAB

ILIZ

ER

S ar

e ex

-te

ndin

g pa

rts

that

pre

sent

a d

ange

r of

cru

shin

g.

4.3.

1.3

FR

ON

T S

TAB

ILIZ

ER

S a

re e

xten

ding

part

s th

at p

rese

nt a

dan

ger

of c

rush

ing.

4.3.

1.4

CA

RR

IAG

E h

as m

ovem

ent f

orw

ard

and

back

war

d as

wel

l as

rot

atin

g pa

rts,

tha

t pr

esen

tpi

nch

poin

ts a

nd a

dan

ger o

f bec

omin

g en

tang

led.

4.3.

1.5

WR

EN

CH

ASS

EM

BLY

pre

sent

s th

e da

n-ge

r of

pin

ch p

oint

s

4.3.

1.6

CU

TT

ING

HE

AD

tool

s un

der f

ast m

ove-

men

t an

d hi

gh p

ower

. C

an e

mit

flui

d un

der

high

pres

sure

for

cut

ting

the

eart

h, a

lso

pres

ents

a d

an-

ger

of b

ecom

ing

enta

ngle

d.

4.3.

1.7

DR

ILL

PIP

E h

eavy

obj

ects

tha

t m

ust

bead

ded

or r

emov

ed f

rom

the

drill

. If

hand

led

care

-le

ssly

, can

fal

l or

sw

ing.

Whi

le b

eing

for

ced

into

the

eart

h th

e dr

ill p

ipe

is e

xpos

ed a

nd m

ay b

e in

rota

tion

, pr

esen

ting

a d

ange

r of

bec

omin

g en

-ta

ngle

d.

4.3.

1.8

MU

D S

YST

EM

pre

sent

s a

dang

er o

f hig

hpr

essu

re f

luid

spr

ay

4.3.

1.9

RE

AM

ING

TO

OL

S tu

rn f

ast

unde

r hi

ghpo

wer

. Whi

le o

n th

e su

rfac

e th

ey p

rese

nt a

dan

ger

of b

ecom

ing

enta

ngle

d.

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age

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4.3.

1.10

DIE

SE

L E

NG

INE

AN

D M

UF

FL

ER

prod

uce

high

tem

pera

ture

s. D

ange

r of

bur

ns.

Bef

ore

appr

oach

ing

alw

ays

wai

t unt

il:-t

he m

achi

ne is

mot

ionl

ess

-the

eng

ine

is o

ff-t

he m

ovab

le p

arts

are

on

the

grou

nd o

r in

res

tpo

sitio

n-t

he h

ot p

arts

hav

e co

oled

.

4.3.

1.11

PER

SON

AL

PR

OT

EC

TIV

EE

QU

IPM

EN

TA

lway

s w

ear

suita

ble

pers

onal

pro

tect

ive

equi

p-m

ent:

-pro

tect

ion

for

hear

ing

-saf

ety

shoe

s-h

elm

et-s

afet

y gl

asse

sR

EF

ER

TO

: P

arag

raph

1.5

.4

DA

NG

ER

OU

SZ

ON

ES—

SAFE

DIS

TAN

CE

S

WA

RN

ING

Wh

en u

sin

g t

he

mac

hin

e, m

ake

sure

that

all

per

son

nel

kee

p a

saf

e d

ista

nce

(8 m

[25

ft]

in

eve

ry d

irec

tio

n).

Use

adeq

uat

e p

rote

ctiv

e eq

uip

men

t fo

r an

yo

per

atio

n t

o b

e d

on

e n

ear

the

ma-

chin

e. S

ee F

ig. 5

.

4.4

QU

AL

IFIC

AT

ION

OF

TH

E O

PE

RA

TO

RA

fter

del

iver

y of

the

mac

hine

, a te

chni

cian

fro

mth

e au

thor

ized

dea

ler

or f

rom

Am

eric

an A

uger

s is

avai

labl

e fo

r tra

inin

g on

e or

mor

e op

erat

ors.

Aft

ertr

aini

ng,

pers

onne

l are

qua

lifie

d fo

r ope

ratio

n an

dm

aint

enan

ce o

f th

e m

achi

ne.

The

ope

rato

r mus

t kno

w e

very

par

t of t

he m

anua

l.A

mer

ican

Aug

ers

is a

vaila

ble

for

any

furt

her

in-

form

atio

n or

ins

truc

tion.

It

is e

xpec

ted

that

cus

-to

mer

per

sonn

el w

ill b

e av

aila

ble

and

read

y fo

rtr

aini

ng u

pon

the

sche

dule

d ar

riva

l of

the

Am

eri-

can

Aug

ers

trai

ner.

4.5

PO

SIT

ION

OF

TH

E O

PE

RA

TOR

Dur

ing

drill

ing

the

only

pos

ition

of

the

oper

ator

for

oper

atin

g th

e m

achi

ne i

s at

the

con

trol

con

-so

le.

Add

ition

al w

orke

rs w

ill a

ssis

t with

load

ing

and

unlo

adin

g th

e pi

pe a

s re

quir

ed. T

he o

pera

tor

mus

t not

rid

e on

the

mac

hine

whi

le it

is m

ovin

g.

WA

RN

ING

Do

no

t si

t o

r st

and

on

mac

hin

e w

hile

tram

min

g. U

nex

pec

ted

mo

vem

ent c

anca

use

dea

th o

r se

rio

us

inju

ry. U

se r

e-m

ote

tram

min

g c

on

tro

l bo

x o

nly

wh

ilest

and

ing

at g

rou

nd

leve

l with

go

od

vis

-ib

ility

.

WA

RN

ING

A c

rush

ed o

r dam

aged

tram

min

g c

on

-tr

ol c

ou

ld r

esu

lt in

un

exp

ecte

d m

ove

-m

ent

of

the

mac

hin

e. U

nex

pec

ted

mo

vem

ent c

an c

ause

dea

th o

r ser

iou

sin

jury

; A

lway

s re

pla

ce t

he

tram

min

gco

ntr

ol i

nto

its

ho

lder

.

WA

RN

ING

Bef

ore

leav

ing

the

con

sole

, mak

e su

reth

at a

ll th

e co

ntr

ols

are

in O

FF

or N

EU

-T

RA

L p

osi

tio

n.

4.6

CO

NT

RO

LS

AN

D IN

ST

RU

ME

NT

S

4.6.

1C

ON

TR

OL

ST

he d

rilli

ng fu

nctio

ns a

re c

ontr

olle

d by

leve

rs a

ndsw

itche

s m

ount

ed o

n an

ext

enda

ble

cons

ole.

As

an o

ptio

n, t

he c

ontr

ols

can

be l

ocat

ed i

nsid

e a

wea

ther

proo

f dr

iller

’s c

abin

.O

ne p

anel

is a

t the

rea

r of

the

engi

ne. O

ne p

anel

is o

n th

e ri

ght s

ide

of th

e m

achi

ne. T

he o

pera

ting

cont

rols

are

on

a hi

nged

arm

at t

he ri

ght f

ront

cor

-ne

r of

the

mac

hine

.

4.6.

1.1

TR

AM

MIN

G C

ON

TR

OL

The

con

trol

box

can

be

conn

ecte

d at

one

of t

hree

loca

tions

. The

onl

y fu

nctio

n of

con

trol

s on

this

box

is th

e po

sitio

ning

of

the

drill

on

the

job

site

or

for

load

ing

and

unlo

adin

g fr

om a

tran

spor

t. T

his s

witc

hbo

x is

con

nect

ed t

o th

e dr

ill b

y a

flex

ible

coi

led

cord

, an

d a

cont

aine

r ha

s be

en p

rovi

ded

to h

old

the

switc

h bo

x w

hen

it is

not

in

use.

The

sw

itch

box

also

con

tain

s an

em

erge

ncy

stop

pus

h bu

tton.

(Fig

. 33,

PB

2).

NO

TIC

ET

he

swit

ch m

ust

be

in th

e S

ET-

UP

po

-si

tio

n (

Fig

. 31

, S

S24

) to

act

ivat

e th

etr

amm

ing

co

ntr

ol.

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nex

pec

ted

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vem

ent c

an c

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th o

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iou

sin

jury

. A

lway

s re

pla

ce t

he

tram

min

gco

ntr

ol i

nto

its

ho

lder

.

4.6.

1.2

EM

ER

GE

NC

Y S

TO

P PU

SH-B

UT

TO

NS

One

red

emer

genc

y st

op p

ush-

butto

n is

pos

ition

edon

the

tra

mm

ing

cont

rol

switc

h bo

x, a

sec

ond

islo

cate

d on

the

setu

p pa

nel o

n th

e ri

ght s

ide.

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ird

is lo

cate

d at

the

cont

rol c

onso

le. T

hese

pus

h-bu

t-to

ns s

top

the

dies

el e

ngin

e an

d co

nseq

uent

ly a

llth

e fu

nctio

ns o

f th

e m

achi

ne.

Aft

er a

n em

erge

ncy

stop

, re

set

it by

lif

ting

the

push

-but

ton

befo

re a

ttem

ptin

g to

rest

art t

he e

ngin

e.T

here

are

als

o re

set b

utto

ns o

n ne

ar th

e E

mer

genc

ySt

op b

utto

ns, (

Fig.

30,

SS5

; Fig

. 31,

SS6

; Fig

. 33,

PB3)

.

NO

TIC

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is n

ot p

oss

ible

to r

esta

rt th

e en

gin

eif

an

y em

erg

ency

sto

p p

ush

-bu

tto

n is

on

(d

ow

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STR

UM

EN

TS

AN

D C

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OL

S (L

IST

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EFE

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sole

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GE

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GE

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ne P

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/OFF

SS12

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iliar

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N/O

FFPB

3H

orn

LT2

Serv

ice

Filte

rs W

arni

ng L

Ight

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3E

mer

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5R

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rt E

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PM)

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the

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ear

pers

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cre

w is

aw

are

if th

e dr

ill a

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e en

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evic

e se

nses

the

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fere

nce

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4.7

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ER

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ead

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man

ual

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op

er-

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ng

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pti

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gin

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reh

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ter.

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ter

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st b

e p

reh

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d u

p t

o 3

0se

con

ds

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ore

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gin

e cr

anki

ng

. D

on

ot o

per

ate

pre

hea

ter

for

mo

re th

an 3

min

ute

s af

ter

eng

ine

star

ts.

WA

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ING

Do

no

t u

se s

tart

ing

flu

id (

eth

er).

Im

-m

edia

te e

ng

ine

dam

age

and

per

son

alin

jury

may

res

ult

.

CA

UT

ION

In c

ase

un

usu

al n

ois

e, a

bn

orm

al p

res-

sure

val

ues

, or

if s

ign

al li

gh

ts a

pp

ear,

sto

p th

e en

gin

e im

med

iate

ly a

nd

car

ryo

ut

nec

essa

ry r

epai

rs.

4.7.

1ST

AR

TIN

G T

HE

EN

GIN

ER

EFE

R T

O: F

ig. 2

8—34

RE

FE

R T

O:

Att

achm

ent

1, C

ater

pill

ar 3

126

or33

06 D

iese

l Eng

ines

.Fo

r te

mpe

ratu

re i

nclu

ded

betw

een

-40°

C a

nd -

15°C

[-4

0°F

and

+5°

F]

RE

FE

R T

O:

Par

agra

ph4.

23,

OP

ER

AT

ION

UN

DE

R A

MB

IEN

T T

EM

-PE

RA

TU

RE

S B

ET

WE

EN

-40

°C A

ND

-15

°C [

-40

°F A

ND

+5°

F].

Mak

e su

re th

at th

e ba

ttery

mas

ter

switc

hes

(Fig

.

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mac

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.P

age

22

34-3

and

34-

4) a

re tu

rned

on.

Rea

d st

art u

p in

stru

ctio

ns o

n th

e at

tach

ed C

ater

-pi

llar

Eng

ine

man

ual.

Mak

e su

re t

hat

the

thre

e em

erge

ncy

stop

pus

h-bu

ttons

(Fi

g. 3

0, P

B1

, Fig

. 31.

PB

2 an

d Fi

g. 3

3,PB

2) a

re n

ot p

ushe

d in

.R

otat

e th

e ke

y (F

ig. 2

1, S

S16)

to

the

star

t po

si-

tion.

If th

e en

gine

doe

s no

t sta

rt w

ithin

20

seco

nds,

rele

ase

the

key

and

awai

t the

coo

ling

of s

tart

er m

o-to

r (a

t lea

st 2

min

utes

).R

elea

se t

he k

ey a

s so

on a

s th

e di

esel

eng

ine

isru

nnin

g.E

ngin

e oi

l an

d hy

drau

lic p

ress

ures

mus

t re

ach

nom

inal

val

ues

with

in 5

sec

onds

. Adj

ust

engi

nesp

eed

with

the

cont

rol (

Fig.

28,

SS0

0; F

ig. 3

0, S

S00

or F

ig. 3

1, S

S9)

.Id

le t

he e

ngin

e fo

r 5

min

utes

and

run

with

re-

duce

d lo

ad u

ntil

the

wat

er t

empe

ratu

re r

each

es60

°C [

140°

F] a

nd t

he h

ydra

ulic

oil

reac

hes

40°C

[104

°F].

The

ele

ctri

c sy

stem

can

be

dam

aged

ser

ious

ly, i

fth

e en

gine

is

star

ted

wit

hout

the

bat

teri

es c

on-

nect

ed. T

he e

ngin

e m

ust n

ot ru

n w

ith d

isco

nnec

ted

batte

ries

.

4.7.

2M

OV

EM

EN

T O

F T

HE

MA

CH

INE

Insu

re th

at a

ll pe

rson

nel a

nd o

bjec

ts a

re c

lear

from

the

inte

nded

pat

h of

trav

el. P

lace

sw

itch

(Fig

. 31,

SS

4) i

n th

e T

RA

VE

L m

ode.

Adj

ust

the

engi

nesp

eed

to l

ow (

Fig.

28-

9; F

ig. 3

0, S

S8 o

r Fi

g. 3

1,SS

9). R

emov

e th

e tr

amm

ing

cont

rol b

ox f

rom

the

stor

age

box.

Con

nect

the

cabl

e to

one

of

the

thre

eco

nnec

tors

. P

ress

the

RE

SE

T c

ontr

ol (

Fig

. 33

,PB

3).

Whi

le h

oldi

ng th

e tr

amm

ing

cont

rol b

ox, s

low

lym

ove

the

cont

rolle

rs F

IG. 3

3, V

D1

and

VD

2: le

ftle

ver f

or le

ft tr

ack,

righ

t lev

er fo

r rig

ht tr

ack,

aw

ayfr

om y

ou fo

r for

war

d, to

war

d yo

u fo

r rev

erse

trav

el.

WA

RN

ING

Do

no

t si

t o

r st

and

on

mac

hin

e w

hile

tram

min

g. U

nex

pec

ted

mo

vem

ent c

anca

use

dea

th o

r se

rio

us

inju

ry. U

se r

e-m

ote

tram

min

g c

on

tro

l bo

x o

nly

wh

ilest

and

ing

at

gro

un

d l

evel

wit

h g

oo

dvi

sib

ility

.

WA

RN

ING

A c

rush

ed o

r dam

aged

tram

min

g c

on

-tr

ol c

ou

ld r

esu

lt in

un

exp

ecte

d m

ove

-m

ent

of

the

mac

hin

e. U

nex

pec

ted

mo

vem

ent c

an c

ause

dea

th o

r ser

iou

sin

jury

; A

lway

s re

pla

ce t

he

tram

min

gco

ntr

ol i

nto

its

ho

lder

.

4.8

SE

T-U

P

NO

TIC

EE

ffic

ien

t se

t-u

p r

equ

ires

th

e d

rill

erp

lus

on

e ad

dit

ion

al p

erso

n.

4.8.

1PO

SIT

ION

TH

E D

RIL

LU

sing

the

tram

min

g co

ntro

ls, m

ove

the

drill

and

posi

tion

it ov

er th

e in

tend

ed c

ente

r lin

e of

the

bore

.U

sing

lev

ers

(Fig

. 23

-1 a

nd 2

3-2)

, po

siti

on t

heth

rust

fra

me

to th

e de

sire

d an

gle.

4.8.

2E

XT

EN

D T

HE

DR

ILL

ER

’S C

ON

SOL

ET

he c

ontr

ol c

onso

le o

n th

e D

D-1

00 A

ND

DD

-14

0 pi

vots

from

trav

el p

ositi

on a

nd m

inim

um m

a-ch

ine

wid

th to

dri

lling

pos

ition

. It i

s ne

cess

ary

tom

ove

the

cons

ole

into

the

drill

ing

posi

tion

befo

reop

erat

ion

(See

Fig

. 22

and

23).

4.8.

3R

EM

OV

E H

OSE

CA

RR

IER

HO

LD

DO

WN

See

Fig.

20.

4.8.

4IN

STA

LL

HA

ND

RA

ILS

ON

TH

E W

AL

K-

WA

YR

emov

e th

e ha

ndra

ils f

rom

the

sto

rage

are

a on

the

drill

. Ins

tall

them

in th

e so

cket

s pr

ovid

ed a

ndse

cure

with

a b

olt a

nd n

ut.

NO

TIC

ET

he

han

dra

il se

ctio

ns

AR

E N

OT

inte

r-ch

ang

eab

le.

Eac

h s

ecti

on

is

mar

ked

wit

h a

nu

mer

al (F

ig. 2

7-1)

so

yo

u m

ayfi

t it i

nto

the

mat

chin

g s

ock

et (s

ee F

ig.

27-2

).

4.8.

5PO

SIT

ION

ING

RE

AR

TH

RU

ST S

TAB

ILIZ

ER

S

(JA

CK

S)

Use

the

cont

rols

(Fig

. 31,

SS1

8) to

sel

ect t

he re

arst

abili

zers

. U

se t

he c

ontr

ols

(Fig

. 31

, SS

20 a

ndSS

21)

low

er th

e st

abili

zers

to c

onta

ct th

e gr

ound

.T

he s

tabi

lizer

s ar

e to

resi

st th

e re

arw

ard

mov

emen

t

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this

mac

hine

.P

age

23

of th

e dr

ill w

hen

mak

ing

the

pilo

t bor

e. D

o no

t use

the

rear

thru

st s

tabi

lizer

s to

leve

l the

dri

ll. D

o no

tus

e th

e re

ar t

hrus

t st

abili

zers

to

lift

the

trac

ks o

ffth

e gr

ound

.

DA

NG

ER

Kee

p p

erso

nn

el a

t a

safe

dis

tan

cew

hil

e

low

eri

ng

s

tab

iliz

ers

, th

ey

pre

sen

t a

dan

ger

of

cru

shin

g.

4.8.

6PO

SIT

ION

TH

E C

RA

NE

Rem

ove

the

pend

ant c

ontr

ol fr

om th

e st

orag

e bo

xan

d co

nnec

t it

at t

he b

ase

of t

he c

rane

. Whi

le t

hedr

iller

ope

rate

s th

e cr

ane

cont

rols

, the

sec

ond

per-

son

deta

ches

the

hook

blo

ck f

rom

its

rest

. Mov

e-m

ent o

f th

e ri

ght f

ront

jack

will

mov

e th

e ba

se o

fth

e cr

ane,

so

be s

ure

to u

nhoo

k th

e cr

ane

from

its

rest

bef

ore

mov

ing

the

fron

t jac

ks.

To a

ctiv

ate

the

cran

e, c

onne

ct th

e re

mot

e co

ntro

lca

ble

to th

e el

ectr

ic s

ocke

t at t

he b

ase

of th

e cr

ane.

Set t

he e

ngin

e th

rottl

e (F

ig. 3

0, S

S8)

to h

igh.

Op-

erat

e th

e cr

ane

usin

g th

e co

ntro

ls, (

Fig.

27)

.

4.8.

7P

OS

ITIO

NIN

G T

HE

FR

ON

T S

TAB

ILIZ

-E

RS

(JA

CK

S)U

se th

e co

ntro

ls (F

ig. 3

1, S

S18)

to s

elec

t the

fron

tst

abili

zers

. U

se t

he c

ontr

ols

(Fig

. 31

, SS

20 a

ndSS

21)

low

er th

e st

abili

zers

to c

onta

ct th

e gr

ound

.

4.8.

8T

HR

UST

FR

AM

E A

NG

LE

The

thr

ust

fram

e ha

s tw

o in

depe

nden

t m

ove-

men

ts.

It c

an b

e ti

lted

for

cha

ngin

g th

e dr

illi

ngan

gle

usin

g th

e co

ntro

l (Fi

g. 3

1, S

S22)

and

can

be

adva

nced

or

retr

acte

d (f

orw

ard

or r

earw

ard)

.

4.8.

9T

HR

UST

FR

AM

E E

XT

EN

SIO

NTo

adv

ance

or

retr

act

the

fram

e, s

et t

he s

witc

h(F

ig. 3

1, S

S45)

to D

RIL

L p

ositi

on.

Ope

rate

the

Thr

ust/P

ullb

ack

cont

rol (

Fig.

30,

PD

2)to

pos

ition

the

carr

iage

at t

he C

arri

age

Loc

k (F

ig.

26).

Sw

ing

the

Loc

k P

late

(F

ig.

26-1

) in

to t

heso

cket

on

the

carr

iage

and

rot

ate

the

togg

le b

ar to

hold

the

Loc

k Pl

ate

in p

ositi

on.

In th

is p

osito

n, o

pera

tion

of th

e T

hrus

t/Pul

lbac

kco

ntro

l (F

ig.

30,

PD2)

will

ext

end

or r

etra

ct t

heth

rust

fram

e. E

xten

d th

e th

rust

fram

e un

til th

e fr

ont

foot

con

tact

s th

e gr

ound

.

Inst

all t

he lo

ckin

g bo

lt th

roug

h th

e ho

les

drill

edin

the

thr

ust

fram

e an

d th

e th

rust

fra

me

supp

ort.

Thi

s w

ill p

reve

nt th

e th

rust

fra

me

from

slid

ing

onth

e fr

ame

supp

ort.

Rot

ate

the

togg

le b

ar a

way

fro

m th

e L

ock

Plat

e.Sw

ing

the

lock

pla

te (

Fig.

26-

1) a

way

the

soc

ket

on th

e ca

rria

ge. D

rilli

ng o

pera

tions

are

don

e w

ithth

e lo

ck p

late

aw

ay f

rom

the

carr

iage

.

4.8.

10A

NC

HO

R T

HE

MA

CH

INE

DA

NG

ER

MO

VIN

G P

AR

TS

. Dan

ger

of

enta

ng

le-

men

t. K

eep

bo

dy

and

clo

thin

g a

way

.

4.8.

10.1

PLA

CIN

G T

HE

TIE

DO

WN

STA

KE

ST

he t

ie d

own

stak

es a

re i

nten

ded

to p

reve

nt t

hem

ovem

ent

of t

he d

rill

as i

t th

rust

s pi

pe i

nto

the

soil,

or

pulls

on

a ba

ckre

amer

or

the

prod

uct.

Plac

ing

the

tie d

own

auge

rs re

quir

es a

noth

er p

er-

son

in a

dditi

on to

the

drill

ope

rato

r. W

hile

the

sec-

ond

pers

on h

olds

the

stak

e in

pos

ition

, the

dri

ller

driv

es th

e st

ake

into

the

grou

nd u

sing

a h

ydra

ulic

stak

e dr

iver

.A

s an

alte

rnat

ive,

the

stak

es c

an b

y pu

shed

into

the

soil

by c

aref

ully

usi

ng th

e bu

cket

of a

bac

khoe

or e

xcav

ator

to

exer

t do

wnw

ard

forc

e on

the

top

of th

e st

ake.

DA

NG

ER

Kee

p p

erso

nn

el a

t a

safe

dis

tan

cew

hile

dri

vin

g t

ie d

ow

n s

take

s, t

hey

pre

sen

t a

dan

ger

of

cru

shin

g.

4.8.

10.2

OT

HE

R M

ET

HO

DS

OF

AN

CH

OR

ING

TH

E D

RIL

LIn

esp

ecia

lly s

oft s

oils

or

sand

, it m

ay b

e ne

ces-

sary

to

use

an e

arth

anc

hor

in a

dditi

on t

o th

e tie

dow

n st

akes

.In

har

d or

roc

ky s

oil i

t may

be

nece

ssar

y to

cut

open

ings

in th

e ea

rth

to a

ccep

t the

H-b

eam

s. S

ome

soils

req

uire

the

use

of

a pn

eum

atic

dri

ll or

oth

ereq

uipm

ent.

4.8.

10.3

POU

R A

CO

NC

RE

TE

AN

CH

OR

In s

ome

soils

, it w

ill n

ot b

e po

ssib

le to

inst

all H

-be

ams.

Aft

er s

elec

ting

the

laun

ch p

oint

, the

dri

ller

may

use

con

vent

iona

l ex

cava

ting

tec

hniq

ues

to

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mac

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.P

age

24

crea

te a

pit

whi

ch c

an b

e fi

lled

with

con

cret

e. Y

oum

ay c

onsi

der

plac

ing

beam

s or

fas

tene

rs i

nto

the

wet

con

cret

e an

d at

tach

the

fro

nt f

oot

of t

he d

rill

by f

aste

ners

or

wel

ding

.

4.8.

10.4

CO

NST

RU

CT

A “

DE

AD

MA

N”

AN

CH

OR

Con

stru

ct a

“de

ad m

an”

anch

or b

y ex

cava

ting

and

back

fill

ing.

One

eff

ectiv

e m

etho

d is

to u

se s

heet

pilin

g an

d a

stee

l bea

m. T

he s

heet

pili

ng is

pla

ced

vert

ical

ly in

the

exca

vatio

n in

fro

nt in

fro

nt o

f th

edr

ill. A

ste

el b

eam

is

plac

ed h

oriz

onta

lly i

n fr

ont

of t

he s

heet

pili

ng. A

hea

vy c

hain

or

cabl

e is

at-

tach

ed b

etw

een

the

stee

l be

am a

nd t

he f

ront

foo

tof

the

drill

. The

exc

avat

ed s

oil i

s re

plac

ed a

nd c

om-

pact

ed o

ver

the

shee

t pi

ling

and

stee

l be

am. T

his

arra

ngem

ent p

reve

nts

the

drill

from

mov

ing

back

-w

ard

whe

n th

rust

ing

the

drill

str

ing

into

the

eart

h.Se

e Fi

g. 3

7.

4.8.

11E

XC

AV

AT

E T

HE

EN

TR

Y P

ITT

he d

rill

shou

ld b

e an

chor

ed to

the

eart

h be

fore

exca

vatin

g th

e en

try

pit.

Use

ear

thm

ovin

g eq

uip-

men

t to

exca

vate

the

entr

y pi

t in

fron

t of

the

drill

.T

he p

it is

use

d to

cat

ch a

nd r

etai

n dr

illin

g fl

uid

that

ret

urns

fro

m th

e bo

re. M

any

drill

ers

exca

vate

a sm

alle

r pi

t to

one

sid

e of

the

ent

ry p

it an

d co

n-ne

ct th

e tw

o pi

ts to

geth

er w

ith a

sha

llow

cha

nnel

.Fl

uid

retu

rns

ente

r the

larg

er p

it an

d ov

erfl

ow in

toth

e sm

alle

r pi

t. D

urin

g th

is p

roce

ss m

any

of t

heso

lids

retu

rnin

g fr

om th

e bo

re s

ettle

to th

e bo

ttom

of th

e la

rger

pit

and

do n

ot h

ave

to b

e ha

ndle

d by

the

flui

d re

cycl

ing

equi

pmen

t.

4.9

DR

ILL

ING

PR

OC

ES

SD

irec

tiona

l dr

illin

g is

the

pro

cess

of

dire

ctin

g a

stri

ng o

f sm

all p

ipe,

kno

wn

as a

dri

ll st

ring

, und

eran

obs

tacl

e, a

ttach

a c

able

or

larg

er p

ipe

line,

and

pull

it ba

ck t

o th

e st

artin

g po

int.

Var

ious

fac

tors

shou

ld b

e ta

ken

into

acc

ount

suc

h as

: 1) H

ole

size

,2)

Req

uire

d cu

rvat

ure,

3)

Hol

e le

ngth

, 4)

Geo

l-og

y, 5

) Min

imum

gro

und

cove

rage

, 6) S

urve

y te

ch-

niqu

e, 7

) M

agne

tic b

eari

ng, 8

) D

rilli

ng f

luid

s, 9

)E

ntra

nce

angl

e, 1

0) E

xit a

ngle

, 11)

Dri

ll pi

pe, 1

2)D

rilli

ng m

achi

ne,

13)

Prep

lotti

ng c

hart

, an

d 14

)G

ener

al w

orki

ng a

rea.

The

re a

re t

wo

cate

gori

es. T

he f

irst

will

be

deep

cros

sing

s, (

4.5

m[1

5 ft

] or

mor

e). T

he s

econ

d ca

t-eg

ory

will

be

shal

low

cro

ssin

gs (

4.5

m [

15 f

t] o

rle

ss).

In

both

cat

egor

ies,

the

bas

ic d

rilli

ng m

eth-

ods

are

the

sam

e. T

he d

iffe

renc

es a

re in

the

man

-ne

r of

gui

danc

e an

d lo

catin

g th

e dr

ill s

trin

g he

ad.

Con

sult

the

man

ufac

ture

r of

the

loc

atin

g sy

stem

for

exac

t ope

ratin

g in

stru

ctio

ns.

The

dir

ectio

nal

drill

pro

vide

s th

e m

eans

for

ro-

tatin

g, a

dvan

cing

and

retr

actin

g th

e dr

ill s

trin

g. D

e-pe

ndin

g on

the

spec

ific

pro

ject

, a c

erta

in d

rill

stri

ngdi

amet

er i

s se

lect

ed.

Sele

ctio

n of

dri

ll st

ring

di-

amet

er o

r ca

paci

ty i

s la

rgel

y de

pend

ent

on t

hele

ngth

of

the

cros

sing

and

the

ant

icip

ated

thr

ust

and

pullb

ack

requ

ired

for t

he fi

nish

ed p

rodu

ct li

ne.

At t

he le

adin

g en

d of

the

drill

str

ing,

a c

uttin

g he

adis

atta

ched

(see

Fig

. 15-

1). T

he c

uttin

g he

ad is

usu

-al

ly e

quip

ped

with

noz

zles

whi

ch d

irec

t dr

illin

gfl

uid

to th

e so

il fo

rmat

ion.

Whi

le th

e cu

tting

hea

dis

bei

ng r

otat

ed i

nto

the

grou

nd,

drill

ing

flui

d is

pum

ped

thro

ugh

the

drill

str

ing

and

pass

es th

roug

hth

e no

zzle

s in

the

hea

d to

car

ry c

uttin

gs b

ack

toth

e su

rfac

e. T

he d

rilli

ng f

luid

is a

lso

used

as

a lu

-br

ican

t to

redu

ce fr

ictio

n an

d he

at b

etw

een

the

ro-

tatin

g pa

rts

and

the

grou

nd.

4.9.

1D

EE

P C

RO

SSIN

GS

- T

HE

SE

TU

PA

dri

lled

cros

sing

can

be

set u

p in

sev

eral

dif

fer-

ent w

ays.

One

met

hod

is to

dri

ll in

a c

onst

ant a

rcor

sem

i ci

rcle

(se

e F

ig.

44).

The

oth

er m

etho

dw

ould

be

to e

nter

a h

ole

at a

dow

nwar

d an

gle.

The

drill

str

ing

is th

en d

irec

ted

into

a h

oriz

onta

l pos

i-tio

n an

d ad

vanc

ed fo

r the

dis

tanc

e re

quir

ed to

cle

arth

e ob

stru

ctio

n. T

he d

rill

stri

ng w

ould

then

be

di-

rect

ed a

t an

upw

ard

angl

e to

the

exit

poin

t A c

ross

-in

g is

det

erm

ined

by

its d

epth

, sta

rtin

g po

int

and

fini

shin

g po

int.

Onc

e th

ese

crite

ria

are

dete

rmin

ed, a

set

bac

k di

s-ta

nce

is c

alcu

late

d fo

r an

ente

ring

and

exi

ting

poin

tto

and

fro

m t

he i

nten

ded

line.

A g

ener

al r

ule

ofth

umb

is th

at a

dri

ll st

ring

can

ben

d at

the

rate

of

30.5

m o

f ra

dius

per

2.5

cm

of

drill

ing

pipe

dia

m-

eter

. (E

xam

ple:

the

min

imum

ben

d ra

dius

of a

pip

e9.

85 c

m in

dia

met

er is

app

roxi

mat

ely

120

m).

[In

the

Eng

lish

syst

em a

dri

ll st

ring

can

ben

d at

the

rate

of

100

ft o

f ra

dius

per

1 in

ch o

f dr

illin

g pi

pedi

amet

er. (

Exa

mpl

e: th

e m

inim

um b

end

radi

us o

fa

pipe

3-7

/8 i

nche

s in

dia

met

er i

s ap

prox

imat

ely

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er to

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ty A

war

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s P

rogr

am in

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man

ual b

efor

e at

tem

ptin

g to

ope

rate

this

mac

hine

.P

age

25

380

ft).

]O

nce

the

proj

ect

is e

stab

lishe

d an

d th

e en

teri

ngan

d ex

it po

ints

are

kno

wn,

the

proc

ess

can

begi

n.T

he d

rill

rig

is s

et u

p an

d th

e dr

ill th

rust

fra

me

isse

t to

the

req

uire

d an

gle.

Thi

s is

fro

m 1

0 to

18

degr

ees,

dep

endi

ng o

n th

e ch

arac

teri

stic

s of

the

cros

sing

. The

initi

al p

ipe

sect

ion

and

cutti

ng h

ead

are

set i

nto

the

wre

nch.

(Not

e: W

hile

the

setu

p an

ddr

illin

g is

pro

ceed

ing,

a s

econ

d op

erat

ion

shou

ldbe

sta

rted

to p

repa

re th

e pr

oduc

t lin

e fo

r in

stal

la-

tion)

. The

firs

t pie

ce o

f dri

ll pi

pe is

mad

e ou

t of a

nno

nmag

netic

mat

eria

l to

elim

inat

e an

y in

terf

eren

ceto

the

sur

vey

prob

e. T

his

firs

t se

ctio

n is

set

up t

om

ount

the

cut

ting

head

and

the

sur

vey

prob

e fo

rgu

idan

ce.

Bef

ore

the

dril

ling

pro

cess

beg

ins,

am

agne

tic b

eari

ng is

sel

ecte

d fo

r th

e de

sire

d di

rec-

tion

of t

rave

l. T

he s

urve

y pr

obe

is c

alib

rate

d to

this

bea

ring

and

inst

alle

d in

the

firs

t sec

tion.

4.9.

2D

EE

P C

RO

SSIN

GS

- ST

EE

RIN

G S

YST

EM

Whi

le th

e ho

le is

bei

ng d

rille

d, th

e dr

ill s

trin

g is

rota

ted

alon

g w

ith th

e cu

tting

hea

d as

a s

ingl

e se

c-tio

n. W

hen

stee

ring

adj

ustm

ents

are

req

uire

d, th

edr

ill s

trin

g is

not

rota

ted,

how

ever

, the

cut

ting

head

offs

et i

s ro

tate

d to

war

d th

e de

sire

d di

rect

ion

oftr

avel

and

the

drill

str

ing

is a

dvan

ced

forw

ard

with

-ou

t rot

atio

n. T

he e

ccen

tric

loca

tion

of th

e cu

tting

head

rel

ativ

e to

the

cen

ter

line

of t

he d

rill

stri

ngcr

eate

s a

wed

ge ty

pe e

ffec

t whe

n pu

shed

with

out

rota

tion.

Thi

s ca

uses

the

dri

ll st

ring

to

defl

ect

inth

e de

sire

d di

rect

ion.

The

loc

atin

g pr

obe

tran

smits

the

ori

enta

tion

ofth

e cu

tter

head

rel

ativ

e to

the

face

of

a cl

ock

(Fig

.18

). O

nce

the

orie

ntat

ion

is d

eter

min

ed, t

he d

rille

rro

tate

s th

e dr

ill p

ipe

to th

e de

sire

d lo

catio

n. T

his

isco

nfir

med

by

the

loca

ting

ins

trum

ent.

The

dri

llst

ring

is th

en r

otat

ed to

res

ume

cutti

ng. T

his

pro-

cess

is r

epea

ted

as m

any

times

as

nece

ssar

y to

as-

sure

pro

per

loca

tion

of

the

cutt

ing

head

as

itpr

ogre

sses

alo

ng th

e de

sire

d pa

th.

4.9.

3D

EE

P C

RO

SSIN

GS

- D

RIL

LIN

GM

ET

HO

DW

hen

dril

ling

beg

ins,

the

dri

llin

g fl

uid

(mud

)pu

mp

is tu

rned

on

and

the

cutti

ng h

ead

is r

otat

edin

to t

he g

roun

d. A

s th

e fi

rst

sect

ion

is b

eing

bur

-ie

d, t

he o

pera

tor

mon

itors

the

hea

d lo

catio

n an

d

com

pare

s th

e in

form

atio

n to

a p

lotte

d ch

art.

If th

ere

is a

ny d

evia

tion

from

the

inte

nded

line

, the

ope

ra-

tor

mak

es t

he s

teer

ing

corr

ectio

ns. O

nce

the

firs

tse

ctio

n is

bur

ied,

the

drill

sect

ion

is u

ncou

pled

from

the

drill

spi

ndle

and

ano

ther

sec

tion

of d

rill

pipe

isad

ded.

For

eac

h se

ctio

n of

dri

ll pi

pe i

nsta

lled,

an

addi

tiona

l len

gth

of c

onne

ctor

wir

e is

als

o in

stal

led,

crim

ped

and

insu

late

d to

com

plet

e th

e ci

rcui

t fo

rth

e su

rvey

pro

be.

The

seq

uenc

e co

ntin

ues

unti

l th

e pi

lot

hole

is

com

plet

ed. B

y th

e tim

e th

e pi

lot h

ole

is c

ompl

eted

,th

e pr

oduc

t lin

e sh

ould

hav

e be

en p

repa

red

to b

epu

lled

back

. For

pul

ling

back

a p

rodu

ct li

ne o

r lin

es,

firs

t the

cut

ting

head

is re

mov

ed a

nd a

bac

krea

mer

is in

stal

led

in it

s pl

ace. D

AN

GE

RR

OTA

TIN

G P

IPE

. Dan

ger

of

enta

ng

le-

men

t. K

eep

bo

dy

and

clo

thin

g a

way

.

DA

NG

ER

MO

VIN

G P

AR

TS

. P

inch

po

int.

Kee

pb

od

y an

d c

loth

ing

aw

ay.

WA

RN

ING

A w

ren

ch o

n ro

tati

ng

dri

ll p

ipe

can

se-

rio

usl

y in

jure

or

kill.

Do

no

t b

reak

ou

tto

ol j

oin

ts w

ith

pip

e w

ren

ches

A b

ackr

eam

er i

s a

cutti

ng h

ead

with

its

cut

ters

faci

ng th

e dr

ill s

trin

g. It

s pu

rpos

e is

to c

lear

a p

ath

for

the

prod

uct

line

bein

g in

stal

led

(Fig

. 15

-3 &

15-4

). D

irec

tly b

ehin

d th

e ba

ckre

amer

(aw

ay fr

omth

e dr

ill p

ipe)

a b

eari

ng s

wiv

el i

s in

stal

led.

The

bear

ing

swiv

el i

s to

atta

ch t

o a

cap

that

has

bee

nin

stal

led

on t

he p

rodu

ct l

ine.

The

pur

pose

of

the

bear

ing

swiv

el i

s to

pre

vnt

the

prod

uct

line

from

rota

ting

as th

e re

amer

and

dri

ll pi

pe r

otat

e. A

s th

epr

oduc

t lin

e is

pul

led

into

the

hole

, the

dri

ll st

ring

is r

otat

ed a

nd d

rilli

ng f

luid

is p

umpe

d in

to m

ain-

tain

the

inte

grity

of

the

hole

.A

rul

e of

thum

b st

ates

that

the

back

rea

m d

iam

-et

er s

houl

d be

at l

east

1.5

x th

e di

amet

er o

f the

pro

d-uc

t lin

e.In

cas

es w

here

the

prod

uct l

ine

or b

undl

e of

line

sar

e la

rger

tha

n th

e pi

lot

hole

, an

ove

rsiz

edba

ckre

amer

will

be

requ

ired

. Whe

n ba

ckre

amin

gfo

r pr

oduc

t lin

e in

stal

latio

n, a

slig

htly

larg

er h

ole

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er to

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Safe

ty A

war

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rogr

am in

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man

ual b

efor

e at

tem

ptin

g to

ope

rate

this

mac

hine

.P

age

26

than

the

prod

uct l

ine

is re

quir

ed s

o th

at th

e dr

illin

gfl

uid

can

rem

ove

the

cutt

ings

. T

he a

mou

nt o

fov

ercu

t is

larg

ely

depe

nden

t upo

n so

il co

nditi

ons

and

the

type

of c

ross

ing

or o

bsta

cle.

In c

ases

whe

reth

e gr

ound

con

diti

ons

are

soft

and

bas

ical

lyun

supp

ortin

g, u

se a

bar

rel

ream

er.

Thi

s is

a t

ool

wit

h ra

dial

or

cone

d-sh

aped

end

s, w

hich

whe

npu

lled

and

rota

ted

thro

ugh

the

grou

nd, c

ompa

cts

the

soil

in t

he h

ole

to m

aint

ain

its i

nteg

rity

. T

hebe

arin

g sw

ivel

is in

stal

led

behi

nd th

e ba

rrel

ream

er.

Dri

lling

in h

ard

soil

or r

ock

requ

ires

a d

ownh

ole

mot

or (s

ee F

ig. 1

6). D

ownh

ole

mot

ors a

re d

esig

ned

and

built

in

vari

ous

diam

eter

s an

d to

rque

rat

ings

to a

ccom

mod

ate

mos

t dr

illi

ng a

ppli

cati

ons.

Dow

nhol

e m

otor

s ar

e us

ed w

here

hig

h cu

tter

bit

spee

d is

des

ired

. In

mos

t ap

plic

atio

ns t

he m

otor

sar

e us

ed in

com

bina

tion

with

the

bent

sub

for s

teer

-in

g pu

rpos

es. S

ever

al m

anuf

actu

rers

hav

e co

mbi

-na

tion

syst

ems

for

sale

or

leas

e.In

cas

es w

here

the

hol

e m

ust

be m

aint

aine

d or

blow

outs

mus

t be

prev

ente

d, u

se o

f a w

ash

pipe

isre

com

men

ded.

A w

ash

pipe

can

be

inst

alle

d w

hen

back

ream

ing

or d

irec

tly o

ver

the

drill

str

ing.

The

use

of a

was

h pi

pe p

rovi

des

a m

aint

aine

d an

nula

rar

ea s

o th

e dr

illin

g fl

uid

can

rem

ove

the

cutti

ngs

and

spoi

l m

ater

ial

wit

hout

inc

reas

ing

dow

nhol

em

ud p

ress

ures

and

the

prob

abili

ty o

f a fr

ac-o

ut (i

n-ad

vert

ent r

etur

n of

flu

id).

4.9.

4SH

AL

LO

W C

RO

SSIN

GS

- TH

E P

RO

CE

SST

he D

D-1

00 a

nd D

D-1

40B

are

not

nor

mal

ly u

sed

in s

hallo

w d

rilli

ng (

4.5

m [

15 f

t] o

r le

ss).

DA

NG

ER

RO

TAT

ING

PIP

E. D

ang

er o

f en

tan

gle

-m

ent.

Kee

p b

od

y an

d c

loth

ing

aw

ay.

DA

NG

ER

MO

VIN

G P

AR

TS

. P

inch

po

int.

Kee

pb

od

y an

d c

loth

ing

aw

ay.

WA

RN

ING

A w

ren

ch o

n ro

tati

ng

dri

ll p

ipe

can

se-

rio

usl

y in

jure

or

kill.

Do

no

t b

reak

ou

tto

ol j

oin

ts w

ith

pip

e w

ren

ches

4.9.

5A

PPL

ICA

TIO

N O

F D

RIL

LIN

G F

LU

ID T

OH

OR

IZO

NTA

L B

OR

ING

Whe

n us

ing

high

pro

duct

ivity

dri

lls a

s la

rge

asth

e D

D-1

00 o

r DD

-140

B, a

flui

d re

cycl

ing

syst

emis

str

ongl

y re

com

men

ded.

Dri

llin

g op

erat

ions

mig

ht r

equi

re f

luid

qua

ntiti

es o

f 11

35 t

o 22

70 L

/m

inut

e (3

00 to

600

GPM

). S

impl

y m

ixin

g fl

uid

inth

ese

quan

titie

s pr

esen

ts a

cha

lleng

e. A

rec

yclin

gsy

stem

ena

bles

the

dri

ller

to r

ecla

im m

ost

of t

hedr

illin

g fl

uid

for r

e-us

e, a

nd m

inim

izes

the

amou

ntof

fre

sh w

ater

req

uire

d fo

r m

ixin

g. T

he r

ecyc

ling

syst

em r

emov

es s

olid

s fr

om th

e dr

illin

g fl

uid

and

usua

lly in

clud

es a

hig

h pr

essu

re p

ump

(mud

pum

p)to

sen

d th

e fl

uid

thro

ugh

the

drill

pip

e in

to th

e bo

re.

Con

trol

s fo

r an

Am

eric

an D

irec

tiona

l Dri

ll re

cy-

clin

g sy

stem

fit

in th

e co

ntro

l con

sole

nex

t to

the

drill

con

trol

s (s

ee F

ig. 2

9-3)

.T

he p

rim

ary

func

tions

of

a dr

illin

g fl

uid

(mud

)in

hor

izon

tal b

orin

g ar

e: 1

) to

red

uce

torq

ue a

sso-

ciat

ed w

ith s

ticky

soi

l con

ditio

ns, 2

) to

aid

rem

oval

of s

olid

s fr

om t

he f

resh

ly c

ut h

ole

by a

flu

shin

gac

tion,

and

3)

to h

elp

stab

ilize

the

soi

l. W

ater

is

the

maj

or c

ompo

nent

of d

rilli

ng fl

uids

use

d in

hor

i-zo

ntal

bor

ing.

Mat

eria

ls a

dded

to w

ater

to p

rodu

cea

drill

ing

flui

d ar

e b

ento

nite

and

pol

ymer

. Fac

tors

whi

ch a

re v

ery

impo

rtan

t to

dri

lling

flu

id q

ualit

yar

e: 1

) w

ater

qua

lity,

2)

form

ulat

ion

of t

he p

rod-

ucts

and

mix

ing

orde

r, an

d 3)

ade

quat

e m

ixin

g of

the

prod

ucts

.

4.9.

6D

RIL

LIN

G F

LU

ID -

TH

E P

RO

CE

SSD

rilli

ng f

luid

(m

ud)

cons

ists

of

wat

er o

r w

ater

with

add

itive

s. P

rodu

cts s

uch

as b

ento

nite

and

pol

y-m

er c

an b

e ve

ry h

elpf

ul fo

r hor

izon

tal b

orin

g, O

p-tim

um d

eliv

ery

of d

rilli

ng f

luid

to

soil

is c

ritic

alfo

r m

inim

izin

g op

erat

ing

pres

sure

s an

d to

rque

.T

here

are

sev

eral

key

fac

tors

whi

ch m

ust b

e co

n-si

dere

d to

max

imiz

e yo

ur p

rodu

ctio

n: 1

) hol

e si

ze,

2) b

orin

g ra

te,

and

3) f

luid

inj

ectio

n ra

te.

The

seth

ree

fact

ors

can

be u

sed

to c

alcu

late

a f

luid

-to-

soil

inje

ctio

n ra

te in

vol

ume

of f

luid

to v

olum

e of

soil

rem

oved

. The

am

ount

of f

luid

requ

ired

to m

ake

the

soil

flow

out

the

hole

is d

epen

dent

on

the

type

and

amou

nt o

f cl

ays

in th

e so

il.

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ty A

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ual b

efor

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tem

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g to

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rate

this

mac

hine

.P

age

27

4.9.

7C

AL

CU

LA

TIO

N O

F V

OL

UM

E O

FFL

UID

TO

VO

LU

ME

OF

SOIL

The

thre

e pi

eces

of i

nfor

mat

ion

need

ed to

cal

cu-

late

gal

lons

of

flui

d to

gal

lons

of

soil

at a

giv

enbo

ring

rate

are

: 1) h

ole

volu

me,

per

uni

t of l

engt

h.,

2) b

orin

g ra

te, i

n le

ngth

/min

ute,

and

3)

pum

p ra

tein

vol

ume/

min

ute.

Fro

m th

is in

form

atio

n, th

e vo

l-um

e ca

n be

cal

cula

ted

(see

Fig

. 43)

.So

me

soils

may

req

uire

mor

e fl

uid,

oth

ers

less

.If

you

are

at t

he m

axim

um m

ud p

ump

outp

ut a

nden

coun

ter

exce

ss to

rque

, the

n yo

u ca

n re

duce

the

rate

of

adva

nce

and

vary

you

r pu

mp

rate

to

pro-

duce

min

imum

torq

ue to

opt

imiz

e pr

ogre

ss. S

ome

soils

will

be

easi

er t

o dr

ill i

f po

lym

er i

s ad

ded

toth

e dr

illi

ng f

luid

. B

ento

nite

sup

plie

rs c

an o

ffer

guid

ance

con

cern

ing

the

use

of b

ento

nite

and

pol

y-m

er p

rodu

cts.

4.9.

8FL

UID

DIS

POSA

LD

ispo

sal

of d

rilli

ng f

luid

was

tes

shou

ld b

e co

v-er

ed in

con

stru

ctio

n pe

rmits

. Alth

ough

dri

lling

flui

dad

ditiv

es s

uch

as b

ento

nite

and

pol

ymer

are

not

cons

ider

ed h

azar

dous

was

tes,

loc

al r

egul

atio

nsco

ncer

ning

flu

id d

ispo

sal v

ary.

Whi

le it

is im

por-

tant

to

appl

y en

ough

flu

id t

o m

inim

ize

oper

atin

gto

rque

, ove

ruse

of d

rilli

ng fl

uid

will

incr

ease

cos

tsof

ben

toni

te a

nd d

ispo

sal f

ees.

For

inst

ance

, re

amin

g a

355

mm

dia

met

er h

ole

and

usin

g 3.

8 lit

res

of f

luid

per

3.8

litr

es o

f so

il, a

bore

30.

5 m

lon

g w

ould

req

uire

app

roxi

mat

ely

3028

litr

es o

f flu

id fo

r 302

8 lit

res

of s

oil e

xcav

ated

.T

he t

otal

was

te g

ener

ated

is

6056

litr

es o

f a

soil

and

wat

er m

ixtu

re.

Dep

endi

ng o

n th

e am

ount

of

mat

eria

l di

spla

ced

from

the

dri

lled

hole

, it

coul

dbe

nec

essa

ry to

dig

a p

it of

an

addi

tiona

l 5.6

cub

icm

etre

s vol

ume

just

to a

ccom

mod

ate

the

was

te fr

omth

e dr

illed

hol

e. [

Usi

ng th

e E

nglis

h sy

stem

, rea

m-

ing

a 14

inch

dia

met

er h

ole

and

usin

g 1

gallo

n of

flui

d pe

r 1 g

allo

n of

soil,

a b

ore

100

feet

long

wou

ldre

quir

e ap

prox

imat

ely

800

gallo

ns o

f flu

id fo

r 800

gallo

ns o

f so

il ex

cava

ted.

The

tot

al w

aste

gen

er-

ated

is 1

600

gallo

ns o

f so

il an

d w

ater

. Dep

endi

ngon

the

amou

nt o

f mat

eria

l dis

plac

ed fr

om th

e dr

illed

hole

, it c

ould

be

nece

ssar

y to

dig

a p

it of

an

addi

-tio

nal 2

00 c

ubic

feet

vol

ume

just

to a

ccom

mod

ate

the

was

te f

rom

the

drill

ed h

ole.

4.9.

9W

AT

ER

QU

AL

ITY

Har

d w

ater

(con

tain

s ca

lciu

m a

nd/o

r mag

nesi

um)

or s

alty

wat

er is

det

rim

enta

l to

bent

onite

and

pol

y-m

er. I

f yo

u no

tice

seve

re th

icke

ning

or

sepa

ratio

nof

ben

toni

te o

r po

lym

er a

t the

bot

tom

of

the

mix

-in

g ta

nk, t

hen

you

prob

ably

hav

e a

wat

er q

ualit

ypr

oble

m. I

f yo

ur m

akeu

p w

ater

is s

alty

, rep

lace

itw

ith fr

esh

wat

er. I

f you

r wat

er s

ourc

e is

har

d tr

eat

with

sod

a as

h (s

odiu

m c

arbo

nate

, Na 2C

O3)

at a

rate

from

0.2

5 kg

to

1 kg

per

380

litr

es [

0.5

to 2

.0 l

bpe

r 10

0 ga

llons

] or

adj

ust t

he p

H to

9.5

. Sod

a as

hpr

ecip

itate

s ou

t ca

lciu

m i

n th

e m

ake-

up w

ater

as

inso

lubl

e ca

lciu

m c

arbo

nate

, mak

ing

it ha

rmle

ss.

4.9.

10M

UD

MIX

ING

Ade

quat

e m

ixin

g is

ess

entia

l for

pre

pari

ng e

ither

bent

onite

or

bent

onite

/pol

ymer

slu

rrie

s. T

he m

ix-

ing

syst

em m

ust i

ncor

pora

te in

crea

sed

velo

city

by

pipe

dia

met

er re

duct

ion.

Ben

toni

te p

owde

r is a

dded

thro

ugh

the

hopp

er p

ortio

n of

the

jet m

ixer

. Liq

uid

emul

sion

pol

ymer

s sh

ould

be

mix

ed b

y re

circ

ulat

-in

g th

roug

h a

jet.

4.10

AD

DIN

G A

ND

RE

MO

VIN

G P

IPE

The

cra

ne is

inte

nded

onl

y fo

r han

dlin

g pi

pe a

ndto

olin

g. D

o no

t use

the

cran

e fo

r m

aint

enan

ce o

not

her

mac

hine

s (s

uch

as ti

re li

ftin

g).

Whe

n th

e cr

ane

is n

ot b

eing

use

d, d

isco

nnec

tth

e co

ntro

l cab

le a

nd s

tore

it in

a s

afe

dry

loca

tion.

The

con

trol

is n

ot w

eath

er p

roof

.T

he c

rane

is e

quip

ped

with

an

“ant

i-tw

o bl

ock”

safe

ty d

evic

e. D

o no

t di

sabl

e th

is d

evic

e. D

o no

tus

e th

e sa

fety

dev

ice

as a

shu

t of

f w

hen

liftin

g a

load

.T

he c

rane

has

one

pow

er e

xten

sion

sec

tion

onth

e bo

om, a

nd o

ne m

anua

l pul

l out

sec

tion.

Whe

nth

e bo

om s

ectio

ns a

re e

xten

ded,

the

loa

d on

the

cran

e m

ust b

e re

duce

d ac

cord

ing

to th

e lo

ad c

hart

(Atta

chm

ent

4, C

rane

Ow

ners

Man

ual)

. Als

o, a

sth

e cr

ane

boom

app

roac

hes

hori

zont

al, t

he lo

ad o

nth

e cr

ane

mus

t be

red

uced

acc

ordi

ng t

o th

e lo

adch

art.

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ual b

efor

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rate

this

mac

hine

.P

age

28

DA

NG

ER

Do

no

t w

alk

or

stan

d u

nd

er a

su

s-p

end

ed l

oad

. R

etra

ct t

he

bo

om

co

m-

ple

tely

bef

ore

tran

spo

rtin

g th

e d

rill.

Do

no

t al

low

th

e cr

ane

to c

on

tact

ove

r-h

ead

ele

ctri

c w

ires

.

DA

NG

ER

RO

TAT

ING

PA

RT

S.

Da

ng

er

of

en

-ta

ng

lem

ent.

Kee

p b

od

y an

d c

loth

ing

away

.

DA

NG

ER

MO

VIN

G P

AR

TS

. P

inch

po

int.

Kee

pb

od

y an

d c

loth

ing

aw

ay.

DA

NG

ER

MO

VIN

G P

AR

TS

. P

inch

po

int.

In

stal

lth

e fe

nd

er b

enea

th t

he

pip

e lo

ader

.K

eep

bo

dy

and

clo

thin

g a

way

. Do

no

tal

low

per

son

nel

in

sid

e th

e fe

nd

erw

hile

th

e p

ipe

load

er is

op

erat

ing

.

4.10

.1A

DD

ING

PIP

E (

FIR

ST S

EC

TIO

N)

Coa

t th

e th

read

s on

the

rot

ary

spin

dle

with

spe

-ci

al th

read

lubr

ican

t. M

ove

the

carr

iage

to th

e re

arof

the

thru

st f

ram

e us

ing

cont

rol (

Fig.

30,

PD

2).

Usi

ng th

e cr

ane

and

a pi

pe to

ngs,

lift

one

sec

tion

of p

ipe

from

sto

rage

and

pla

ce i

t ov

er t

he t

hrus

tfr

ame.

Rai

se t

he p

ipe

supp

orts

usi

ng t

he c

ontr

ols

(Fig

.30

, SS1

5 an

d SS

16).

Low

er th

e pi

pe in

to th

e pi

pesu

ppor

ts.

Usi

ng P

D2,

adv

ance

the

carr

iage

unt

il its

thre

ads

cont

act

the

box

of t

he p

ipe

sect

ion.

Usi

ng P

D1,

rota

te th

e sp

indl

e un

til th

e th

read

s tig

hten

.B

e su

re t

o co

at t

he p

ipe

thre

ads

(pin

end

) w

ithth

read

joi

nt c

ompo

und.

Adv

anci

ng t

he c

arri

age,

slid

e th

e fi

rst s

ectio

n of

pip

e th

roug

h th

e w

renc

hes

for

inst

alla

tion

of

the

sond

e ho

usin

g an

d cu

tter

head

.L

ower

the

pipe

sup

port

s, u

sing

the

cont

rols

(Fig

.30

, SS1

5 an

d SS

16)

Follo

win

g m

anuf

actu

rer’

s in

stru

ctio

ns, r

esup

ply

the

loca

ting

sond

e w

ith f

resh

bat

teri

es a

nd c

ali-

brat

e th

e lo

catin

g re

ceiv

er.

Put

the

sond

e in

to a

sond

e ho

usin

g an

d ha

nd f

it it

to a

cut

ting

head

.H

and-

fit t

he s

onde

hou

sing

and

cut

ting

head

to th

e

thre

ads.

Be

sure

to c

oat t

he p

ipe

thre

ads

with

thre

adjo

int c

ompo

und.

If th

e so

nde

and

cutti

ng h

ead

is v

ery

long

, it m

aybe

nec

essa

ry to

tilt

the

thru

st f

ram

e or

exc

avat

e a

pit i

n fr

ont o

f th

e dr

ill.

Tig

hten

pip

e jo

ints

to

the

pipe

man

ufac

ture

r’s

spec

ific

atio

ns.

You

can

set

a l

imit

on t

he r

otar

yto

rque

at t

he s

pind

le b

y ob

serv

ing

the

pres

sure

on

the

rota

ry t

orqu

e ga

uge

(Fig

.30,

GA

GE

2F)

and

usin

g th

e ch

art

to c

onve

rt t

he p

ress

ure

to r

otar

yto

rque

. Tur

n th

e co

ntro

l (F

ig.

29-4

) to

adj

ust

the

max

imum

pre

ssur

e on

the

gaug

e. A

void

ove

r-tig

ht-

enin

g th

e pi

pe t

hrea

ds t

o re

duce

pro

blem

s w

hen

loos

enin

g th

e th

read

s.U

sing

sui

tabl

e to

ols,

tigh

ten

the

cutti

ng h

ead

and

sond

e ho

usin

g to

the

pipe

.

DA

NG

ER

A w

ren

ch o

n ro

tati

ng

dri

ll p

ipe

can

se-

rio

usl

y in

jure

or

kill.

Do

no

t b

reak

ou

tto

ol j

oin

ts w

ith

pip

e w

ren

ches

4.10

.2U

SIN

G A

MU

D M

OT

OR

A m

ud m

otor

will

be

long

er th

an th

e co

mbi

na-

tion

of t

he s

onde

hou

sing

and

cut

ting

head

. T

hem

ud m

otor

als

o no

rmal

ly re

quir

es th

e us

e of

a n

on-

mag

netic

pip

e se

ctio

n w

hich

fits

bet

wee

n th

e m

udm

otor

and

the

firs

t sec

tion

of d

rill

pipe

. The

loca

t-in

g so

nde

or o

ther

inst

rum

ent i

s lo

cate

d in

side

this

non-

mag

netic

sec

tion.

The

use

of

a m

ud m

otor

will

nor

mal

ly r

equi

reex

cava

tion

of a

pit

in f

ront

of

the

drill

. T

he p

itsh

ould

allo

w th

e cu

tting

bit

to e

nter

the

far v

ertic

alw

all o

f th

e pi

t. M

ud m

otor

s va

ry s

omew

hat i

n de

-si

gn. F

ollo

w th

e m

anuf

actu

rer’

s in

stru

ctio

ns w

ithre

spec

t to

ins

talla

tion

of t

he c

uttin

g bi

t, an

d ad

-ju

stm

ent o

f the

mud

mot

or a

nd n

on-m

agne

tic s

ec-

tion

to c

alib

rate

the

loca

ting

inst

rum

ent.

4.10

.2.1

TH

E R

OTA

RY

BR

AK

ET

he o

pera

tion

of a

mud

mot

or i

nduc

es a

n un

-w

ante

d ba

ckw

ard

rota

tion

into

the

drill

str

ing.

The

rota

ry b

rake

is u

sed

to lo

ck th

e ro

tary

spi

ndle

and

prev

ent i

t fro

m tu

rnin

g ba

ckw

ard.

Act

ivat

e th

e ro

-ta

ry b

rake

with

the

con

trol

(Fi

g. 3

0, S

S11)

. U

n-lo

ck th

e ro

tary

bra

ke b

efor

e at

tem

ptin

g to

ste

er th

em

ud m

otor

.

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4.10

.3IN

ST

AL

LIN

G A

WIR

EL

INE

GU

ID-

AN

CE

IN

STR

UM

EN

TSe

vera

l su

pplie

rs s

ell

and

leas

e a

mag

netic

sur

-ve

y sy

stem

whi

ch p

rovi

de in

form

atio

n to

the

drill

oper

ator

suc

h as

dri

ll he

ad ro

tatio

n, d

rill

head

ang

lean

d m

agne

tic b

eari

ng. T

his

info

rmat

ion

is re

laye

dto

the

oper

ator

by

mea

ns o

f pro

be in

stal

led

dire

ctly

behi

nd t

he c

uttin

g he

ad i

n th

e fi

rst

sect

ion

of t

hedr

ill p

ipe.

The

dat

a is

usu

ally

tra

nsm

itted

to

the

surf

ace

via

a si

ngle

con

duct

or w

ire.

Mos

t of

the

unit

s ar

e pr

ovid

ed w

ith

a su

rfac

e pr

oces

sor

for

com

putin

g th

e in

form

atio

n.T

he w

irel

ine

guid

ance

inst

rum

ent i

s ho

used

in a

spec

ial

sect

ion

of d

rill

pipe

. So

me

hous

ings

are

mad

e of

a n

on-m

agne

tic a

lloy.

It

is n

eces

sary

to

calib

rate

the

guid

ance

inst

rum

ent a

nd “

time”

it to

the

drill

str

ing

to g

et a

ccur

ate

read

ings

. Fol

low

the

man

ufac

ture

r’s

inst

ruct

ions

.

4.10

.4A

DD

ING

PIP

E (

AD

DIT

ION

AL

SE

C-

TIO

NS)

Dri

ll th

e fi

rst s

ectio

n of

pip

e, s

onde

hou

sing

and

cutte

r he

ad i

nto

the

eart

h un

til t

he s

pind

le i

s ju

stab

out t

o en

ter

the

brea

kout

wre

nch.

The

box

end

of th

e pi

pe s

houl

d be

loca

ted

betw

een

the

jaw

s of

the

fixe

d w

renc

h.G

rip

the

firs

t sec

tion

of p

ipe

tight

ly in

the

fixe

dw

renc

h, u

sing

con

trol

(Fig

. 30,

VD

8).

Loo

sen

the

thre

ads

on t

he s

pind

le b

y ro

tatin

g sp

indl

e us

ing

cont

rol

(Fig

. 30.

PD

8). B

reak

out

the

joi

nt, l

eav-

ing

the

firs

t se

ctio

n of

pip

e se

cure

in

the

fixe

dw

renc

h.C

oat

the

spin

dle

thre

ads

with

thr

ead

join

t co

m-

poun

d. M

ove

the

carr

iage

to th

e re

ar o

f th

e th

rust

fram

e us

ing

cont

rol P

D2.

Bri

ng a

noth

er s

ectio

n of

pip

e in

to p

ositi

on o

ver

the

thru

st fr

ame,

follo

win

g th

e in

stru

ctio

ns a

bove

.M

ake

up th

e jo

int b

etw

een

the

spin

dle

thre

ads

and

the

new

sec

tion

of p

ipe.

Rot

ate

the

spin

dle

slow

lyus

ing

cont

rol

PD1,

and

adv

ance

the

car

riag

e to

-w

ard

the

pipe

, m

akin

g su

re t

he s

pind

le a

nd p

ipe

box

are

alig

ned.

Coa

t th

e pi

pe t

hrea

ds w

ith l

ubri

cant

. Rot

ate

the

spin

dle

slow

ly u

sing

con

trol

PD

1 an

d en

gage

the

new

pip

e th

read

s w

ith th

e pr

evio

us s

ectio

n. A

s th

eth

read

s be

gin

to ti

ghte

n, a

pply

pre

ssur

e to

the

end

of th

e pi

pe w

ith th

e ca

rria

ge s

pind

le.

Use

the

carr

iage

to p

ush

the

sect

ion

of p

ipe

until

its p

in e

nd e

ngag

es th

e bo

x of

the

prev

ious

sec

tion

of p

ipe.

R

otat

e th

e sp

indl

e sl

owly

usi

ng c

ontr

olPD

1 an

d en

gage

the

new

pip

e th

read

s w

ith th

e pr

e-vi

ous

sect

ion

of p

ipe.

Usi

ng t

he c

ontr

ol (

Fig.

30,

VD

8) r

elea

se th

e ja

ws

of th

e fi

xed

wre

nch.

Add

add

ition

al s

ectio

ns o

f pip

e to

the

drill

str

ing

repe

atin

g th

e in

stru

ctio

ns a

bove

.C

ontin

ue to

add

sec

tions

of

pipe

to c

ompl

ete

the

pilo

t bor

e. M

ake

stee

ring

cor

rect

ions

as

nece

ssar

y.

4.10

.5R

EM

OV

ING

PIP

EU

sing

mov

emen

t of

the

car

riag

e (c

ontr

ol P

D2)

,pu

ll pi

pe b

ack

from

the

hole

unt

il th

e jo

int b

etw

een

the

spin

dle

and

the

pipe

is

alig

ned

in t

he j

aws

ofth

e w

renc

h. T

he l

ower

sec

tion

of p

ipe

shou

ld b

ehe

ld b

y th

e fi

xed

clam

p, (c

ontr

ol V

D8)

. Mak

e su

reth

e ca

rria

ge i

s pu

lled

back

so

that

the

slid

ing

ro-

tary

box

has

mov

ed f

orw

ard.

The

slid

ing

rota

rybo

x m

ust h

ave

room

to m

ove

rear

war

d as

the

pipe

thre

ads

dise

ngag

e.

NO

TIC

EB

ecau

se R

ang

e 2

pip

e se

ctio

ns

can

vary

in

len

gth

, th

e w

ren

ches

on

th

eD

D-1

00 a

nd

DD

-140

are

ad

just

able

to

alig

n th

e w

ren

ches

with

the

too

l jo

ints

.P

osi

tio

n t

he

wre

nch

es f

orw

ard

an

dre

arw

ard

alo

ng

th

e th

rust

fra

me,

us-

ing

th

e co

ntr

ol (

Fig

. 30,

SS

17).

Posi

tion

the

spin

dle

in th

e br

eako

ut w

renc

h. C

lose

the

jaw

s us

ing

VD

8. L

oose

n th

e th

read

ed jo

int a

tth

e sp

indl

e by

mov

ing

cont

rol V

D6,

act

ivat

ing

the

brea

kout

wre

nch.

The

n re

turn

the

brea

kout

wre

nch

to it

s or

igin

al p

ositi

on.

Rot

ate

the

spin

dle

in t

he b

reak

out

dire

ctio

n an

dlo

osen

the

upp

er t

hrea

ded

join

t to

the

spi

ndle

by

oper

atin

g co

ntro

l PD

1. T

his

will

req

uire

onl

y 2

to3

revo

lutio

ns.

With

the

spin

dle

thre

ads

loos

e bu

t stil

l eng

aged

,m

ove

the

carr

iage

tow

ard

the

rear

of

the

thru

stfr

ame.

Obs

erve

the

mec

hani

cal p

oint

er fi

xed

to th

eth

rust

fram

e ne

ar th

e w

renc

hes.

Mov

e th

e ca

rria

geto

war

d th

e re

ar o

f the

thru

st fr

ame

until

the

shou

l-de

r of t

he p

ipe

pin

is a

ligne

d w

ith th

e po

inte

r. T

his

is th

e pr

oper

pos

ition

to r

emov

e th

e pi

pe w

ith th

elo

ader

arm

.

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ual b

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this

mac

hine

.P

age

30

Usi

ng c

ontr

ol P

D2,

mov

e th

e ca

rria

ge to

war

d th

ew

renc

hes.

Pau

se a

nd a

pply

thre

ad jo

int c

ompo

und

to t

he s

pind

le t

hrea

ds.

Mov

e th

e sp

indl

e th

read

sin

to t

he b

ox o

f th

e pi

pe s

till

hel

d in

the

fix

edw

renc

h. M

ake

sure

the

sli

ding

rot

ary

box

has

mov

ed to

the

rear

of t

he c

arri

age.

Use

con

trol

PD

1to

rot

ate

the

spin

dle

in th

e m

akeu

p di

rect

ion

until

the

thre

ads

have

com

plet

ely

enga

ged.

Obs

erve

the

pre

ssur

e on

the

gau

ge (

Fig

. 30

,G

AG

E2F

). C

ompa

re t

he p

ress

sure

rea

ding

to

the

conv

ersi

on c

hart

(Fi

g. 3

9 or

41)

to

find

mak

eup

torq

ue. A

void

ove

rtig

hten

ing

the

thre

ads,

whi

ch c

ansh

orte

n pi

pe li

fe a

nd m

ake

brea

kout

dif

ficu

lt. C

or-

rect

mak

eup

torq

ue v

alue

s ar

e su

pplie

d by

the

pipe

man

ufac

ture

r.

DA

NG

ER

Do

no

t w

alk

or

stan

d u

nd

er a

su

s-p

end

ed l

oad

. D

o n

ot

allo

w t

he

lifti

ng

mec

han

ism

to c

on

tact

ove

rhea

d e

lec-

tric

wir

es.

Pla

ce th

e pi

pe s

ectio

ns in

an

area

whe

re th

ey w

illno

t in

terf

ere

with

the

mov

emen

ts o

f th

e dr

illin

gcr

ew.

4.10

.6C

AL

CU

LA

TIN

G R

OTA

RY

TO

RQ

UE

FOR

CE

Rot

ary

torq

ue f

orce

can

be

lear

ned

by c

ompa

r-in

g th

e re

adin

g on

the

gaug

e (F

ig.3

0, G

AG

E2F

) to

the

tabl

e (F

ig.

39).

Exa

mpl

e: 2

,500

psi

ind

icat

edon

the

DD

-100

gau

ge p

rovi

des

a to

rque

of

3,53

8ft

-lb

(Hig

h ra

nge)

or

11,1

89 f

t-lb

(L

ow r

ange

).

4.10

.6.1

LIM

ITIN

G R

OTA

RY

TO

RQ

UE

The

max

imum

rot

ary

torq

ue f

orce

can

be

set b

ytu

rnin

g th

e kn

ob (

Fig.

29-

4). T

his

can

prev

ent a

p-pl

ying

too

muc

h fo

rce

and

dam

agin

g th

e pi

peth

read

s.

4.10

.7C

AL

CU

LA

TIN

G T

HR

UST

AN

D P

UL

LB

AC

K F

OR

CE

Thr

ust

and

pullb

ack

forc

e ca

n be

cal

cula

ted

byco

mpa

ring

the

rea

ding

on

the

gaug

es (

Fig

. 30

,G

AG

E2A

and

GA

GE

2B) t

o th

e ta

ble

(Fig

. 38

and

40).

Exa

mpl

e: 1

,400

psi

indi

cate

d on

the

DD

-100

gaug

e pr

ovid

es a

thru

st/p

ullb

ack

forc

e of

8,8

76 lb

(Hig

h ra

nge)

or

27, 2

21 lb

(L

ow r

ange

).

4.10

.7.1

LIM

ITIN

G T

HR

UST

AN

DPU

LL

BA

CK

FO

RC

ET

he m

axim

um t

hrus

t an

d pu

llbac

k fo

rce

can

bese

t by

turn

ing

the

knob

s (F

ig. 2

9-5

and

29-6

). T

his

can

prev

ent a

pply

ing

too

muc

h fo

rce

and

dam

ag-

ing

a do

wn

hole

mot

or.

It c

an a

lso

help

the

dri

llop

erat

or r

egul

ate

the

rate

of

adva

nce

of th

e cu

tter

head

or

the

retr

actio

n of

a b

ack

ream

er.

4.11

STA

RT

OF

TH

E D

RIL

LIN

G O

PER

AT

ION

Con

firm

that

the

mac

hine

is in

the

drill

ing

posi

-tio

n, o

ther

wis

e fi

nd th

is p

ositi

on a

nd m

ove

the

ma-

chin

e. T

he d

rill

pipe

sho

uld

be p

ositi

oned

long

itu-

dina

lly a

long

the

inte

nded

bor

e pa

th.

Anc

hor

the

mac

hine

.C

onne

ct t

he m

ud m

ixin

g eq

uipm

ent(

sold

sep

a-ra

tely

) to

the

dri

lling

rig

by

mea

ns o

f a

flex

ible

hose

. The

con

nect

ion

is a

long

side

the

thru

st fr

ame.

Foll

owin

g m

anuf

actu

rer’

s in

stru

ctio

ns,

oper

ate

the

tran

sfer

pum

p on

the

mud

rec

yclin

g sy

stem

toen

sure

an

adeq

uate

sup

ply

of d

rilli

ng f

luid

to

the

mud

pum

p on

the

DD

-100

AN

D D

D-1

40. I

t is

nor-

mal

for

dri

lling

flu

id t

o es

cape

fro

m t

he c

uttin

ghe

ad e

ven

if th

e m

ud p

ump

is n

ot o

pera

ting.

With

the

dri

ll pr

oper

ly p

ositi

oned

alo

ng t

he i

n-te

nded

bor

e pa

th, a

nd w

ith th

e fr

ont f

oot a

ncho

red

secu

rely

, act

ivat

e th

e m

ud p

ump.

A s

tron

g je

t of d

rilli

ng fl

uid

will

esc

ape

from

the

cutti

ng h

ead.

Con

trol

mud

flow

with

the

optio

nal c

ontr

ols

(Fig

.29

-3)

DA

NG

ER

Dri

llin

g fl

uid

un

der

pre

ssu

re c

an c

ause

per

son

al in

jury

. Sta

y aw

ay fr

om

the

jet.

Usi

ng th

e co

ntro

l lev

er (

Fig.

30,

PD

1), a

dvan

ceth

e ca

rria

ge to

thru

st th

e cu

tting

hea

d in

to th

e ea

rth.

Dep

endi

ng o

n th

e de

sire

d bo

re p

ath,

it

is t

hedr

iller

’s d

ecis

ion

whe

ther

to a

dvan

ce th

e he

ad w

ithor

with

out r

otat

ion.

Whe

n th

e le

ngth

of

pipe

has

bee

n ne

arly

thr

ust

thro

ugh

the

fixe

d w

renc

h, a

lign

the

join

ts i

n th

epi

pe b

etw

een

the

wre

nch

and

the

brea

kout

wre

nch.

Ope

ratio

n of

the

brea

kout

wre

nch

will

loos

en th

eth

read

s, a

ssis

ted

by r

otat

ion

of t

he s

pind

le i

n th

ecl

ockw

ise

dire

ctio

n.

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ual b

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mac

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.P

age

31

Whe

n th

e sp

indl

e ha

s co

me

loos

e fr

om th

e le

ngth

of p

ipe,

app

ly th

read

join

t com

poun

d to

the

spin

dle.

Ret

ract

the

carr

iage

to th

e re

ar o

f the

thru

st fr

ame.

Ope

rate

the

cra

ne t

o po

sitio

n an

othe

r se

ctio

n of

pipe

bet

wee

n th

e sp

indl

e an

d th

e fe

mal

e th

read

(the

box)

of

the

prev

ious

pip

e.A

pply

thre

ad lu

bric

ant t

o th

e pi

n of

the

new

pip

e.Sl

owly

adv

ance

the

spi

ndle

int

o th

e bo

x of

the

new

pip

e, th

en a

llow

the

pipe

to s

lide

over

the

pipe

supp

orts

unt

il th

e pi

n of

the

new

pip

e co

ntac

ts th

ebo

x of

the

prev

ious

pip

e. S

low

ly ro

tate

the

spin

dle

and

adva

nce

the

carr

iage

unt

il th

e th

read

s of

the

two

pipe

s en

gage

and

tigh

ten.

Tig

hten

ing

mus

t be

done

wit

h ro

tati

on o

f th

e sp

indl

e. T

he b

reak

out

wre

nch

on th

e D

D-1

00 a

nd D

D-1

40 is

not

des

igne

dto

tigh

ten.

Rel

ease

the

jaw

s of

the

fixe

d w

renc

h an

d ad

vanc

eth

e pi

pe in

to th

e bo

re p

ath

as b

efor

e.R

epea

t thi

s se

quen

ce to

com

plet

e th

e pi

lot b

ore.

Stee

ring

cor

rect

ions

dep

end

on t

he t

ype

of c

ut-

ting

head

in u

se.

DA

NG

ER

Kee

p p

erso

nn

el a

way

fro

m t

he

rota

t-in

g p

arts

.

4.12

EN

D O

F D

RIL

LIN

G O

PER

AT

ION

SM

aint

ain

good

ver

bal c

onta

ct w

ith th

e pe

rson

nel

at t

he e

xit

poin

t. M

ake

sure

eve

ryon

e is

cle

ar o

fth

e ex

iting

pip

e. N

otif

y th

e dr

iller

and

act

ivat

e th

ees

!lok

® s

yste

m.

Usi

ng s

uita

ble

tool

s, r

emov

e th

ecu

tter h

ead

and

sond

e ho

usin

g. S

epar

ate

the

cutte

rhe

ad f

rom

the

sond

e ho

usin

g.

DA

NG

ER

Dri

llin

g o

per

atio

ns

may

req

uir

e co

n-

stru

ctio

n o

f an

exi

t-si

de

pit

. T

he

pit

mu

st b

e co

nst

ruct

ed fo

llow

ing

Fed

eral

and

lo

cal

law

s. U

nsa

fe p

it c

on

stru

c-tio

n m

ay c

ause

dea

th o

r ser

iou

s in

jury

.

DA

NG

ER

A w

ren

ch o

n ro

tati

ng

dri

ll p

ipe

can

se-

rio

usl

y in

jure

or

kill.

Do

no

t b

reak

ou

tto

ol j

oin

ts w

ith

pip

e w

ren

ches

.

Com

plet

ely

clea

n th

e cu

tter

head

. R

emov

e th

eso

nde

inst

rum

ent

from

the

hou

sing

. R

emov

e th

e

batte

ries

and

sto

re th

e so

nde

in a

saf

e co

ntai

ner.

4.13

ST

AR

T O

F T

HE

PU

LL

BA

CK

OP

ER

A-

TIO

NS

Aft

er th

e co

mpl

etio

n of

the

pilo

t bor

e, th

e op

era-

tor

mus

t de

cide

whe

ther

to

enla

rge

the

bore

by

ream

ing.

Fac

tors

incl

ude

the

soil

cond

ition

s, le

ngth

of th

e bo

re, a

nd th

e fl

exib

ility

of

the

pipe

or

cabl

ebe

ing

inst

alle

d.If

rea

min

g is

req

uire

d, r

emov

e th

e cu

tting

hea

dfr

om th

e dr

ill p

ipe

usin

g su

itabl

e to

ols.

D

AN

GE

RU

nex

pec

ted

mo

vem

ent

or

rota

tio

n o

fth

e d

rill

stri

ng

can

cau

se d

eath

or

se-

rio

us

in

jury

. A

me

ric

an

Dir

ec

tio

na

lD

rills

co

me

equ

ipp

ed w

ith

the

es!l

ok®

exit

sid

e lo

cko

ut

syst

em.

Use

th

ees

!lo

k® s

yste

m t

o d

isab

le t

he

dri

llw

hile

ch

ang

ing

to

olin

g.

Inst

ruct

ion

sfo

r o

per

atin

g t

he

es!l

ok®

sys

tem

are

fou

nd

in

a s

epar

ate

man

ual

RE

FE

RTO

: Att

ach

men

t 3,

Es!

lok®

Op

erat

or’

sM

anu

al.

WA

RN

ING

Do

no

t at

tem

pt

to b

ypas

s th

e es

!lo

syst

em O

per

atio

n o

f th

e d

rill

wit

h t

he

es!l

ok

dis

able

d c

an r

esu

lt in

inju

ry o

rd

eath

.

WA

RN

ING

A w

ren

ch o

n ro

tati

ng

dri

ll p

ipe

can

se-

rio

usl

y in

jure

or

kill.

Do

no

t b

reak

ou

tto

ol j

oin

ts w

ith

pip

e w

ren

ches

.

To p

re-r

eam

the

pilo

t bor

e, in

stal

l the

rea

mer

inpl

ace

of th

e cu

tting

hea

d. W

hen

all p

erso

nnel

are

clea

r, re

-ena

ble

the

es!l

ok® s

yste

m, a

nd r

otat

e th

edr

ill s

trin

g. U

se o

f dri

lling

flui

d as

with

the

cutti

nghe

ad w

ill re

mov

e so

il de

bris

and

will

lubr

icat

e an

dco

ol th

e re

amer

.C

ontin

ue t

o w

ithdr

aw s

ectio

ns o

f pi

pe f

rom

the

pilo

t bo

re u

ntil

the

ream

er h

as r

each

ed t

he e

ntry

poin

t.So

me

drill

ers

add

sect

ions

of

drill

pip

e be

hind

the

ream

er a

s it

pass

es th

roug

h th

e pi

lot b

ore.

Thi

sen

sure

s th

at th

e dr

iller

will

hav

e ac

cess

to th

e pi

lot

bore

eve

n in

cas

e of

som

e co

llaps

e of

the

surr

ound

-

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Ref

er to

the

Safe

ty A

war

enes

s P

rogr

am in

this

man

ual b

efor

e at

tem

ptin

g to

ope

rate

this

mac

hine

.P

age

32

ing

soil.

The

ope

rato

r m

ay b

e ab

le t

o co

mpl

ete

ream

ing

and

pullb

ack

in a

sin

gle

oper

atio

n. I

n th

at c

ase,

ahe

avy

duty

sw

ivel

is

conn

ecte

d to

the

far

sid

e of

the

swiv

el. A

sui

tabl

e pu

lling

eye

is c

onne

cted

bot

hto

the

swiv

el a

nd to

the

pipe

or c

able

to b

e in

stal

led.

4.14

EN

D O

F PU

LL

BA

CK

OPE

RA

TIO

NS

The

pul

lbac

k op

erat

ion

is c

ompl

ete

whe

n th

e pi

peor

cab

le h

as b

een

inst

alle

d an

d pu

lled

back

to th

een

try

open

ing.

Usi

ng s

uita

ble

tool

s, r

emov

e th

e sw

ivel

, rea

mer

,an

d pu

lling

eye

. Lea

ve th

e pi

pe o

r ca

ble

expo

sed

acco

rdin

g to

the

requ

irem

ents

of

the

inst

alla

tion.

4.14

.1R

EM

OV

ING

TH

E T

IE D

OW

N S

TAK

ES

Rem

ove

the

tie d

own

stak

es f

rom

the

fron

t foo

t.D

o no

t at

tem

pt t

o re

mov

e th

e tie

dow

n st

akes

by

rais

ing

the

mac

hine

’s f

ront

foo

t. R

emov

e th

e tie

dow

n st

akes

fro

m th

e w

ork

area

and

sto

re th

em.

DA

NG

ER

MO

VIN

G P

AR

TS

. P

inch

po

int.

Kee

pb

od

y an

d c

loth

ing

aw

ay.

4.14

.2C

LE

AN

UP

Posi

tion

the

carr

iage

at t

he m

idpo

int o

f the

thru

stfr

ame

as a

n ai

d to

bal

ance

the

mac

hine

. Rem

ove

the

mud

sup

ply

hose

fro

m th

e m

ud p

ump.

Put

the

switc

h (F

ig. 3

1, S

S4) i

n th

e T

RA

VE

L p

ositi

on. R

e-tr

act

the

rear

thr

ust

stab

ilize

rs.

Rem

ove

all

tool

san

d lo

ose

obje

cts

from

the

area

and

put

them

into

stor

age.

Bef

ore

tram

min

g aw

ay f

rom

the

ent

rypo

int,

posi

tion

the

thru

st f

ram

e in

to th

e tr

avel

po-

sitio

n (s

ee P

arag

raph

3.2

.2).

Usi

ng t

he t

ram

min

gco

ntro

l box

, slo

wly

bac

k th

e m

achi

ne a

way

fro

mth

e en

try

poin

t. W

ash

mud

, dri

lling

flu

id a

nd s

oil

off

the

mac

hine

bef

ore

tran

spor

ting

it.

WA

RN

ING

Do

no

t si

t o

r st

and

on

mac

hin

e w

hile

tram

min

g. U

nex

pec

ted

mo

vem

ent c

anca

use

dea

th o

r se

rio

us

inju

ry. U

se r

e-m

ote

tram

min

g c

on

tro

l bo

x o

nly

wh

ilest

and

ing

at

gro

un

d l

evel

wit

h g

oo

dvi

sib

ility

.

WA

RN

ING

A c

rush

ed o

r dam

aged

tram

min

g c

on

-tr

ol c

ou

ld r

esu

lt in

un

exp

ecte

d m

ove

-m

ent

of

the

mac

hin

e. U

nex

pec

ted

mo

vem

ent c

an c

ause

dea

th o

r ser

iou

sin

jury

; A

lway

s re

pla

ce t

he

tram

min

gco

ntr

ol i

nto

its

ho

lder

.

4.15

SWIT

CH

ING

OFF

TH

E E

NG

INE

Posi

tion

all t

he c

ontr

ols

in th

e O

FF o

r NE

UT

RA

Lpo

sitio

n.R

educ

e th

e en

gine

rpm

to

min

imum

(F

ig.

30,

SS

18).

Wai

t 5

min

utes

for

the

eng

ine

to c

ool.

Switc

h of

f th

e en

gine

by

push

ing

the

Em

erge

ncy

Stop

but

ton

(Fig

. 30,

PB

2).

4.16

EM

ER

GE

NC

Y S

TO

PU

sing

the

EM

ER

GE

NC

Y S

TO

P pu

sh-b

utto

ns(r

ed)

it is

pos

sibl

e to

sto

p ev

ery

func

tion

of t

hem

achi

ne i

mm

edia

tely

by

switc

hing

off

the

die

sel

engi

ne.

Loc

atio

n of

the

3 em

erge

ncy

stop

pus

h-bu

ttons

:-O

n th

e se

t-up

con

trol

pan

el o

n th

e ri

ght s

ide

ofth

e m

achi

ne (

Fig.

31,

PB

1).

-On

the

tram

min

g co

ntro

l sw

itch

box

(Fig

. 33

,PB

2) a

cces

sibl

e fr

om th

e gr

ound

.-O

n th

e m

ain

cont

rol c

onso

le (

Fig.

30,

PB

0).

Whe

n on

e of

em

erge

ncy

stop

pus

h-bu

tton

is

push

ed, t

he d

iese

l eng

ine

switc

hes

off i

mm

edia

tely

.

4.17

STA

RT

AF

TE

R A

N E

ME

RG

EN

CY

STO

PTo

re-

star

t the

mac

hine

aft

er a

n em

erge

ncy

stop

,fi

nd a

nd re

mov

e th

e re

ason

for t

he e

mer

genc

y. T

hen

use

the

follo

win

g pr

oced

ure:

Rot

ate

the

igni

tion

key

to s

witc

h th

e O

FF p

osi-

tion

(Fig

. 31,

SS3

). P

ositi

on a

ll th

e co

ntro

ls in

the

OFF

or

NE

UT

RA

L p

ositi

on.

Iden

tify

the

emer

genc

y pu

sh-b

utto

n us

ed f

or th

est

op a

nd li

ft it

.St

art u

p th

e m

achi

ne w

ith th

e no

rmal

pro

cedu

re.

RE

FE

R T

O:

Par

agra

ph 4

.7.1

. S

TAR

TIN

G T

HE

EN

GIN

E.

4.18

CH

EC

KS

DU

RIN

G O

PE

RA

TIO

ND

urin

g dr

illin

g, it

is a

bsol

utel

y ne

cess

ary

to m

oni-

tor

inst

rum

ents

and

fun

ctio

ns r

egul

arly

.In

cas

e of

ano

mal

y, a

ct im

med

iate

ly, b

y m

odif

y-in

g th

e ad

just

men

ts o

r st

oppi

ng o

pera

tion.

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Ref

er to

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Safe

ty A

war

enes

s P

rogr

am in

this

man

ual b

efor

e at

tem

ptin

g to

ope

rate

this

mac

hine

.P

age

33

A p

rior

ity l

ist

of i

nstr

umen

ts c

an b

e th

e fo

llow

-in

g: -Eng

ine

rpm

(Fi

g. 3

0, T

AC

H)

-Eng

ine

Thr

ottle

(Fi

g. 3

0, S

S8)

-Thr

ust p

ress

ure

(Fig

. 30,

GA

GE

2A)

-Pul

lbac

k pr

essu

re (

Fig.

30,

GA

GE

2B-R

otar

y hy

drau

lic p

ress

ure

(Fig

. 30,

GA

GE

2F)

-Hyd

raul

ic o

il fi

lter

light

s(F

ig. 3

0, L

T2)

The

dri

ller s

houl

d al

so m

ake

peri

odic

insp

ectio

nsof

the

engi

ne in

stru

men

ts (

Fig.

28)

:-V

oltm

eter

(Fi

g 28

-1)

-Eng

ine

wat

er te

mpe

ratu

re (

Fig.

28-

2)-E

ngin

e oi

l pre

ssur

e (F

ig. 2

8-3)

4.19

NO

RM

AL

OP

ER

AT

ING

RA

NG

ES

OF

IN-

ST

RU

ME

NT

S-E

ngin

e oi

l pre

ssur

e no

rmal

val

ue is

2.8

bar

[40

psi] -E

ngin

e co

olan

t te

mpe

ratu

re n

orm

al r

ange

is

71°C

to

96°C

[16

0°F

to 2

05°F

] m

axim

um 8

8°C

[190

°F]

-Hyd

raul

ic o

il te

mpe

ratu

re n

orm

al ra

nge

is 3

8°C

to 6

0°C

at a

n am

bien

t tem

pera

ture

of 5

°C to

27°

C[1

00°F

to

140°

F at

an

ambi

ent

tem

pera

ture

fro

m40

°F to

80°

F]-V

olt m

eter

12.

8 to

13.

5 vo

lts-E

ngin

e rp

m (

Fig

. 30

, TA

CH

). D

o no

t ex

ceed

2600

rpm

-Rot

ary

spee

d (F

ig. 3

0, D

M1)

acc

ordi

ng t

o so

ilco

ndit

ions

, no

rmal

ran

ge (

DD

-100

: 0-

100

rpm

;D

D-1

40B

: 0-9

5 rp

m)

The

cor

rect

ope

ratio

n of

the

batte

ry c

harg

ing

cir-

cuit

is in

dica

ted

by th

e vo

ltmet

er w

ith th

e in

dica

-to

r be

twee

n 12

.8 a

nd 1

3.5

volts

. Whe

n th

e en

gine

is r

unni

ng, i

f th

e in

dica

tor

is b

elow

12.

8v i

t in

di-

cate

s an

ano

mal

y. C

heck

the

syst

em.

Hyd

raul

ic o

il re

d al

arm

ligh

ts in

dica

te a

nee

d fo

rm

aint

enan

ce w

hen

the

syst

em is

at n

orm

al o

pera

t-in

g pr

essu

re a

nd a

t no

rmal

tem

pera

ture

. In

cas

eth

ese

light

s re

mai

n on

whe

n 40

°C [

104°

F] t

em-

pera

ture

is r

each

ed, r

epla

ce th

e fi

lters

.

CA

UT

ION

It i

s th

e o

per

ato

r’s

resp

on

sib

ility

to

sto

p t

he

mac

hin

e fo

r an

y ab

no

rmal

valu

e in

dic

ated

by

the

inst

rum

ents

.

4.20

ES

!LO

K® L

OC

KO

UT

WA

RN

ING

Rea

d a

nd

un

der

stan

d th

e in

stru

ctio

ns

in t

he

es!l

ok®

op

erat

or’

s m

anu

al,

At-

tach

men

t 3)

.

WA

RN

ING

Do

no

t at

tem

pt

to b

ypas

s th

e es

!lo

syst

em. O

per

atio

n o

f th

e d

rill

wit

h th

ees

!lo

k d

isab

led

can

res

ult

in in

jury

or

dea

th.

The

es!

lok®

exi

t si

de l

ocko

ut m

ust

be m

anua

llyen

gage

d by

the

dri

ll op

erat

or a

nd b

y th

e C

ompe

-te

nt P

erso

n on

the

exit

side

cre

w. T

he d

rill

oper

a-to

r pu

shes

the

res

et s

wit

ch o

n th

e re

ceiv

er b

oxm

ount

ed to

the

left

of t

he c

ontr

ol c

onso

le (F

ig. 2

9-1

). T

he C

ompe

tent

Per

son

enab

les

oper

atio

n by

pres

sing

the

star

t but

ton

on th

e es

!lok

® u

nit w

orn

on th

e be

lt. T

he n

orm

al in

dica

tion

is a

gre

en li

ght

on t

he r

ecei

ver

box

and

a fl

ashi

ng g

reen

lig

ht o

nth

e un

it w

orn

on th

e be

lt. I

n ca

se o

f an

y fa

ult,

the

thru

st a

nd r

otat

ion

func

tions

of

the

drill

will

sto

p,an

d w

ill n

ot o

pera

te u

ntil

both

per

sons

hav

e re

set

thei

r re

spec

tive

devi

ces.

4.20

.1ST

AR

T A

FTE

R U

SE O

F E

S!L

OK

®

The

nor

mal

use

of t

he e

s!lo

k® is

to p

rovi

de s

afet

yto

the

exit

side

cre

w w

hile

they

are

in c

onta

ct w

ithth

e dr

ill p

ipe

and

tool

ing.

Aft

er n

otif

ying

the

drill

oper

ator

by

radi

o or

oth

er s

igna

l, th

e C

ompe

tent

Pers

on p

ress

es t

he r

ed S

TO

P bu

tton

on t

he b

elt

unit.

A r

ed li

ght w

ill b

e se

en o

n th

e re

ceiv

er b

ox,

rem

indi

ng t

he d

rill

oper

ator

tha

t a

lock

out

is u

n-de

rway

. Onl

y w

hen

it is

saf

e to

do

so, t

he C

ompe

-te

nt P

erso

n w

ill n

otif

y th

e dr

ill o

pera

tor

to r

eset

the

rece

iver

. The

Com

pete

nt P

erso

n al

so re

sets

the

belt

unit

by p

ress

ing

the

STA

RT

but

ton.

Nor

mal

func

tions

are

res

tore

d to

the

drill

.

4.21

US

E O

F Z

AP

AL

ER

WA

RN

ING

Rea

d a

nd

un

der

stan

d th

e Z

AP

AL

ER

op

erat

or’

s m

anu

al (

Att

ach

men

t 3)

.

Rea

d an

d fo

llow

the

tes

t an

d se

t up

ins

truc

tions

in t

he Z

AP

AL

ER

T® o

pera

tor’

s m

anua

l (A

ttach

-

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ual b

efor

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tem

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rate

this

mac

hine

.P

age

34

men

t 4)

. T

he Z

AP

AL

ER

T® i

s in

tend

ed t

o w

arn

the

crew

if th

e dr

ill a

nd a

ssoc

iate

d eq

uipm

ent b

e-co

me

ener

gize

d. I

t is

criti

cal t

o ta

ke p

rope

r ac

tion

afte

r str

ikin

g a

buri

ed c

able

. Tak

ing

the

wro

ng a

c-tio

n ca

n ca

use

deat

h or

sev

ere

inju

ry.

4.21

.1ST

AR

T A

FTE

R U

SE O

F Z

AP

AL

ER

Mak

e su

re th

at th

e dr

ill a

nd a

ssoc

iate

d eq

uipm

ent

are

no lo

nger

ene

rgiz

ed. R

etes

t and

set

up

the

ZA

PA

LE

RT

® a

s be

fore

.

4.22

OP

ER

AT

ION

UN

DE

R A

MB

IEN

T T

EM

PE

RA

-T

UR

ES

BE

TW

EE

N -

40 &

-15

°C[-

40°F

to

+5°

F]

Onl

y th

e m

achi

nes

espe

cial

ly a

rran

ged

at th

e fa

c-to

ry c

an w

ork

unde

r am

bien

t tem

pera

ture

s be

twee

n-4

0°C

and

-15

°C [

-40°

F to

+5°

F]. T

his

is d

ue to

apa

rtic

ular

cho

ice

of m

ater

ials

(rub

ber,

gask

ets,

oils

,gr

ease

) so

that

the

com

pone

nts

do n

ot s

uffe

r fr

omth

e co

ld a

nd d

o no

t ag

e qu

ickl

y. S

ome

mac

hine

sar

e eq

uipp

ed w

ith a

pre

heat

er d

evic

e to

kee

p th

em

inim

um te

mpe

ratu

re n

eede

d fo

r sta

rtin

g th

e di

e-se

l eng

ine.

It i

s ne

cess

ary

to c

aref

ully

fol

low

the

spe

cifi

ca-

tions

of

oils

and

coo

ling

liqui

ds f

or th

e di

esel

en-

gine

, tha

t mus

t gua

rant

ee s

uita

ble

prot

ectio

n at

the

min

imum

tem

pera

ture

.R

EF

ER

TO

: A

ttac

hmen

t 1,

Cat

erpi

llar

312

6 or

3306

Die

sel E

ngin

es. W

AR

NIN

GM

ake

sure

all

the

con

tro

ls a

re i

n t

he

NE

UT

RA

L o

r O

FF

po

sit

ion

be

fore

star

tin

g t

he

eng

ine.

CA

UT

ION

Fai

lure

to

ob

serv

e st

arti

ng

in

stru

c-ti

on

s ca

n c

ause

d

amag

e to

th

e h

y-d

rau

lic c

ircu

it an

d to

the

die

sel e

ng

ine.

4.22

.1PR

E-H

EA

TIN

G D

EV

ICE

SD

urin

g no

rmal

ope

ratio

n, th

e m

achi

ne is

abl

e to

keep

the

tem

pera

ture

s of

the

oils

with

in th

e lim

itsal

low

ed. I

n ca

se o

f st

op i

t is

nec

essa

ry t

o su

pply

pow

er fo

r kee

ping

the

tem

pera

ture

s in

side

the

die-

sel e

ngin

e. T

his

is m

ade

by c

onne

ctin

g th

e re

leva

ntpl

ug o

f th

e pr

e-he

atin

g de

vice

to

an e

lect

ric

sup-

ply

rate

d at

1 k

W a

t 110

/220

V 5

0/60

Hz

mon

opha

se.

The

cus

tom

er m

ust

spec

ify

whi

ch v

olta

ge r

ange

the

heat

er w

ill b

e co

nnec

ted

to.

In t

his

way

it

ispo

ssib

le to

sta

rt th

e di

esel

eng

ine

even

at a

mbi

ent

tem

pera

ture

s be

twee

n -4

0 an

d -1

5°C

[-4

0°F

to

+5°

F], i

t is

adv

isab

le t

o us

e pr

e-he

ater

s in

cas

e it

goes

und

er 0

°C [

32°F

]. C

onne

ct t

he c

able

of

preh

eate

r to

the

elec

tric

sup

ply.

WA

RN

ING

Pre

-hea

tin

g d

evic

e o

per

ates

on

hig

hvo

ltag

e (1

10 v

olt

s o

r 22

0 vo

lts

AC

).C

on

nec

t to

a c

ircu

it e

qu

ipp

ed w

ith

ag

rou

nd

fau

lt in

terr

up

ter

(GF

I). P

rote

ctth

e el

ectr

ic c

able

s fr

om

co

nta

ct w

ith

wat

er o

r o

ther

liq

uid

s.

4.22

.2ST

AR

TIN

G T

HE

EN

GIN

E (

with

the

ma-

chin

e ke

pt w

arm

thro

ugh

pre-

heat

ers)

RE

FER

TO

: Atta

chm

ent 1

312

6 or

330

6 C

ater

pil-

lar

Die

sel E

ngin

es.

Idle

the

engi

ne.

Wai

t un

til t

he e

ngin

e ha

s re

ache

d th

e op

erat

ing

tem

pera

ture

bef

ore

mov

ing.

Wai

t fo

r th

e hy

drau

lic o

il to

rea

ch t

he t

empe

ra-

ture

of +

30°C

[86°

F] b

efor

e op

erat

ing

the

cont

rols

.C

heck

that

the

filte

r pilo

t lig

hts

filte

rs a

re s

witc

hed

off

befo

re m

ovem

ent.

Dis

conn

ect t

he c

able

of p

rehe

ater

s fr

om th

e el

ec-

tric

sup

ply

befo

re p

uttin

g th

e m

achi

ne to

wor

k.

4.22

.3S

TAR

TIN

G T

HE

EN

GIN

E (

in c

ase

the

preh

eate

rs a

re n

ot c

onne

cted

whi

le s

topp

ed)

In c

ase

of lo

ng s

tops

with

am

bien

t tem

pera

ture

sbe

twee

n -4

0°C

and

-15°

C [-

40°F

to +

5°F]

with

out

the

preh

eate

rs c

onne

cted

, be

fore

sta

rtin

g th

e en

-gi

ne.

Idle

the

engi

ne.

Wai

t unt

il th

e en

gine

has

reac

hed

oper

atin

g te

m-

pera

ture

bef

ore

mov

ing.

Wai

t unt

il th

e hy

drau

lic o

il ha

s re

ache

d th

e te

m-

pera

ture

of

+30

°C [

86°F

] be

fore

mov

ing

the

con-

trol

s.

4.22

.4P

RO

TE

CT

ING

TH

E F

LU

ID C

OU

RS

EFR

OM

FR

EE

ZIN

GW

hene

ver

dril

ling

is

stop

ped

and

the

ambi

ent

tem

pera

ture

is

expe

cted

to

reac

h 0°

C [

32°F

] or

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ual b

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rate

this

mac

hine

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age

35

belo

w,

it is

nec

essa

ry t

o pr

otec

t th

e fl

uid

cour

se(p

ath

of m

ud f

low

) fr

om f

reez

ing.

4.22

.4.1

DR

AIN

TH

E F

LU

ID C

OU

RSE

The

flu

id c

ours

e on

the

DD

-100

and

DD

-140

Bca

n be

dra

ined

by

brea

king

the

too

l jo

int

near

est

the

wre

nche

s an

d by

ope

ning

the

sm

all

valv

e be

-hi

nd th

e ha

mm

er u

nion

whe

re th

e m

ud s

uppl

y ho

seis

con

nect

ed.

CA

UT

ION

Fre

ezin

g w

ater

can

do

sev

ere

dam

age

to t

he

mu

d p

um

p a

nd

oth

er p

arts

of

the

flu

id c

ou

rse.

Do

no

t u

se e

ng

ine

anti

free

ze f

luid

in t

he

mu

d p

um

p d

ue

to c

on

cern

s ab

ou

t sp

ills.

Use

sp

ecia

lan

tifr

eeze

flu

id w

hic

h is

cla

ssif

ied

as

“no

n-t

oxi

c.”

5.M

AIN

TE

NA

NC

E

5.1

DA

NG

ER

OU

S Z

ON

ES

—S

AF

E D

ISTA

NC

ES

WA

RN

ING

Car

ry o

ut

mai

nte

nan

ce w

hen

th

e m

a-ch

ine

is o

ff.

Bef

ore

op

erat

ing

, cl

ean

the

mac

hin

e an

d lo

ck m

ova

ble

par

ts.

Fo

r mai

nte

nan

ce to

be

carr

ied

ou

t with

run

nin

g m

ach

ine,

fo

llow

in

stru

ctio

ns

in C

hap

ter

4 U

SE

.

Hyd

raul

ic o

il, g

earb

oxes

oil,

die

sel

engi

ne o

il,pi

ns a

nd b

eari

ngs

grea

se, d

iese

l eng

ine

cool

ing

liq-

uid,

bat

teri

es li

quid

, fue

l: ha

ndle

with

car

e.E

ngin

es,

muf

fler

, ge

arbo

xes

and

hydr

aulic

sys

-te

m, c

an r

each

ver

y hi

gh t

empe

ratu

re. D

o no

t at

-te

mpt

mai

nten

ance

imm

edia

tely

aft

er s

topp

ing

the

wor

k un

til a

fter

the

part

s ar

e co

ol.

WA

RN

ING

Do

no

t ca

rry

ou

t w

eld

ing

nea

r th

eta

nks

an

d in

flam

mab

le li

qu

ids.

DA

NG

ER

Mak

e su

re th

at p

erso

nn

el k

eep

a s

afe

dis

tan

ce d

uri

ng

mai

nte

nan

ce a

nd

co

n-

tro

l op

erat

ion

s.

5.2

OR

DIN

AR

Y, P

ER

IOD

ICA

L A

ND

PR

EV

EN

TIV

EM

AIN

TE

NA

NC

ET

his

sect

ion

incl

udes

all

the

nece

ssar

y op

erat

ions

for

mai

nten

ance

by

the

dril

l op

erat

or (

exam

ple:

grea

sing

, add

ing

oil,

etc)

.

5.2.

1Q

UA

LIF

ICA

TIO

N O

F T

HE

TE

CH

NIC

IAN

The

tech

nici

an in

cha

rge

mus

t be

trai

ned

to k

now

the

oper

atio

n an

d ha

ndlin

g of

the

mac

hine

, to

veri

fyth

at t

here

are

no

func

tioni

ng f

aults

, to

car

ry o

utm

aint

enan

ce w

ith s

uita

ble

equi

pmen

t and

pro

tec-

tion,

and

to

info

rm t

he r

espo

nsib

le q

ualif

ied

per-

sonn

el a

bout

spe

cial

rep

airs

tha

t ca

nnot

be

mad

eby

him

self

(ex

ampl

e: a

djus

tmen

t of

Cat

erpi

llar

engi

ne, w

eldi

ng, e

tc). N

OT

ICE

Fo

r an

y o

per

atio

n w

hic

h i

s n

ot

de-

scri

bed

in t

his

man

ual

or

for

extr

a in

-fo

rmat

ion

ple

ase

con

tact

AM

ER

ICA

NA

UG

ER

S o

r th

e n

eare

st d

eale

r dir

ectly

.

5.2.

2FR

EQ

UE

NC

Y O

F IN

SPE

CT

ION

SPe

riod

ical

insp

ectio

ns g

ive

the

oper

ator

a s

impl

eid

entif

icat

ion

and

solu

tion

of t

he p

robl

ems.

It

isad

visa

ble

to c

arry

out

the

ins

pect

ions

mor

e fr

e-qu

ently

whe

n w

orki

ng in

dif

ficu

lt so

il co

nditi

ons.

At e

very

insp

ectio

n/m

aint

enan

ce s

ched

ule

all p

re-

viou

s in

spec

tions

mus

t be

carr

ied

out.

For e

xam

ple,

at 2

50 w

orki

ng h

ours

, als

o pe

rfor

m th

e ite

ms

liste

din

dai

ly a

nd w

eekl

y sc

hedu

les.

5.3

SC

HE

DU

LE

D IN

SP

EC

TIO

N A

ND

MA

INT

E-

NA

NC

EE

very

day

bef

ore

use

and

at le

ast e

very

10

hour

s,in

spec

t and

per

form

mai

nten

ance

on

the

mac

hine

acco

rdin

g to

the

pro

cedu

res

indi

cate

d in

Sec

tion

5.N

OT

ICE

Ref

er to

the

tab

le (F

ig. 4

5) fo

r ap

pro

ved

rep

lace

men

t fl

uid

s

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36

5.3.

1 M

AIN

TE

NA

NC

E S

CH

ED

UL

ES

OF

DI-

RE

CT

ION

AL

DR

ILL

MO

DE

L D

D-1

00 A

ND

DD

-14

0

NO

TIC

ET

he

pro

ced

ure

s m

ust

be

carr

ied

ou

tas

in

dic

ated

in

th

e m

ain

ten

ance

sec

-tio

n o

f th

e m

anu

al fo

r th

e o

per

ato

r. F

or

mai

nte

nan

ce o

n t

he

die

sel

eng

ine

RE

FE

R T

O: A

ttac

hm

ent 1

, 312

6 o

r 330

6C

ater

pill

ar D

iese

l En

gin

es.

5.3.

1.1

Dai

ly (

or 1

0 ho

urs)

Eng

ine

cran

kcas

e lu

be o

il le

vel.

Eng

ine

cool

ant l

evel

.H

ydra

ulic

tank

oil

sigh

t gla

ss le

vel (

3/4

full)

.Fu

el le

vel.

Rot

ary

box

lube

leve

l sig

ht g

lass

(3/

4 fu

ll).

Loo

k ar

ound

rig

and

mud

sys

tem

for s

igns

of f

uel,

cool

ant,

hydr

aulic

leak

s. C

heck

hyd

raul

ic f

ittin

gsvi

sual

ly.

Gre

ase

carr

iage

cam

fol

low

ers.

Gre

ase

wre

nch

and

die

hold

er s

lides

.G

reas

e hi

nge

pin

boss

es.

Che

ck c

rane

pin

s an

d re

tain

ers.

Che

ck tr

ack

tens

ion.

5.3.

1.2

Wee

kly

(or

50 h

ours

)Pe

rfor

m d

aily

mai

nten

ance

item

s, p

lus:

Car

riag

e pl

anet

ary

gear

box

lube

lev

els.

Rem

ove

“lev

el c

heck

” pl

ug. F

ill to

low

er e

dge

of o

peni

ng.

Pum

p dr

ive

gear

box.

Rem

ove

dips

tick.

Add

oil

tom

ark

show

n on

dip

stic

k.T

rack

dri

ve g

earb

ox. R

emov

e “l

evel

che

ck”

plug

.Fi

ll to

low

er e

dge

of

open

ing.

5.3.

1.3

Mon

thly

(or

250

hou

rs)

Perf

orm

dai

ly a

nd w

eekl

y m

aint

enan

ce it

ems,

plu

s:D

rain

and

rep

lace

eng

ine

lube

oil

and

cran

kcas

efi

lter.

Che

ck b

atte

ry w

ater

leve

l.C

lean

or

chan

ge p

rim

ary

air

filte

r el

emen

t.In

spec

t eng

ine

cool

ant l

evel

.

5.3.

1.4

Six

Mon

ths

(or

500

hour

s)Pe

rfor

m d

aily

, w

eekl

y an

d m

onth

ly m

aint

enan

ceite

ms,

plu

s:C

hang

e ai

r fi

lter

elem

ents

.

Cha

nge

engi

ne f

uel f

ilter

s.C

hang

e al

l hyd

raul

ic fi

lter e

lem

ents

or w

hen

indi

-ca

ted

by r

ed li

ghts

.R

emov

e an

d re

plac

e al

l ge

arbo

x oi

l, or

sub

mit

sam

ple

for

anal

ysis

. Inc

lude

s:-R

otar

y ge

arbo

x-C

arri

age

driv

e ge

arbo

xes

-Tra

ck d

rive

gea

rbox

es (

2)-H

ydra

ulic

pum

p dr

ive

gear

box

Cha

nge

hydr

aulic

sys

tem

oil,

or s

ubm

it sa

mpl

e fo

ran

alys

is.

5.3.

1.5

Yea

rly

(or

1000

hou

rs)

Per

form

dai

ly,

wee

kly,

mon

thly

and

six

mon

thm

aint

enan

ce it

ems,

plu

s:R

epla

ce e

ngin

e co

olan

t or s

ubm

it sa

mpl

e fo

r ana

ly-

sis.

5.3.

1.6

Aft

er E

ach

Job

Tho

roug

hly

was

h an

d dr

ain

mud

sys

tem

of a

ll cu

t-tin

gs a

nd p

acke

d be

nton

ite.

Che

ck t

rack

adj

ustm

ent.

Tig

hten

if

need

ed,

see

man

ual.

NO

TIC

EA

t eve

ry in

spec

tio

n a

ll th

e in

spec

tio

ns

wit

h p

revi

ou

s sc

hed

ule

s m

ust

be

car-

ried

ou

t.

5.3.

2E

ME

RG

EN

CY

ST

OP

Ver

ify

that

the

3 em

erge

ncy

stop

pus

h-bu

ttons

of

the

mac

hine

are

ope

ratin

g.

5.3.

3G

RE

ASI

NG

The

poi

nts

liste

d be

low

mus

t be

lubr

icat

ed d

aily

(whe

re n

ot o

ther

wis

e sp

ecif

ied,

2 g

reas

e pu

mps

are

enou

gh).

Use

She

ll R

etin

ax L

C, w

hich

is s

uit-

able

for m

ost t

empe

ratu

res

Whe

n w

orki

ng in

ver

yhi

gh o

r lo

w te

mpe

ratu

re c

onsu

lt th

e fa

ctor

y.

5.3.

3.1

GR

EA

SE P

OIN

TS

(LIS

T)

NO

TIC

EG

reas

e fi

ttin

gs

mu

st b

e ke

pt c

lean

so

that

co

nta

min

atio

n i

s n

ot

forc

ed i

n-

sid

e. R

epla

ce d

amag

ed f

itti

ng

s.

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er to

the

Safe

ty A

war

enes

s P

rogr

am in

this

man

ual b

efor

e at

tem

ptin

g to

ope

rate

this

mac

hine

.P

age

37

5.3.

4E

NG

INE

OIL

Con

sult

the

CA

TE

RPI

LL

AR

ope

ratin

g an

d m

ain-

tena

nce

man

ual.

Che

ck th

at th

e en

gine

oil

is a

t the

max

. le

vel

and

that

the

re i

s no

con

tam

inat

ion,

whi

ch c

ould

lea

d to

cha

nge,

filt

er a

nd o

il pr

ema-

ture

ly. T

ypic

al c

onta

min

atio

n is

: oil

disc

olor

atio

n,w

ater

or

engi

ne c

oola

nt in

the

oil,

etc.

WA

RN

ING

Bef

ore

ch

ang

ing

oil

wai

t fo

r th

e en

gin

eto

co

ol.

5.3.

5 E

NG

INE

CO

OL

AN

T

WA

RN

ING

Bef

ore

ch

ecki

ng

or

chan

gin

g c

oo

lan

tw

ait

for

the

eng

ine

to c

oo

l.

Che

ck th

at th

e le

vel o

f th

e ra

diat

or c

oola

nt is

at

max

imum

and

that

ther

e is

no

cont

amin

atio

n. A

ddco

olan

t if

the

leve

l is

low

. Con

sult

Atta

chm

ent 1

,31

26 o

r 33

06 C

ater

pilla

r D

iese

l E

ngin

es f

or

the

spec

ific

atio

ns a

bout

coo

lant

and

coo

ling

syst

em.

5.3.

6A

IR F

ILT

ER

SD

o no

t cle

an th

e ai

r cle

aner

unl

ess

the

inst

rum

ent

show

s a

need

for s

ervi

ce. A

t eac

h in

spec

tion

of th

eai

r cle

aner

als

o in

spec

t the

rubb

er e

vacu

ator

val

ve(F

ig. 4

2-1)

. Che

ck th

at in

the

air c

lean

er p

ipes

ther

ear

e no

dep

osits

, if s

o cl

ean

them

. The

pri

mar

y fi

l-te

r ca

n be

cle

aned

and

reu

sed

up t

o 6

times

. The

seco

ndar

y fi

lter

mus

t no

t be

use

d ag

ain.

A s

top-

page

indi

cato

r (Fi

g. 4

2-2)

sig

nals

the

need

to c

lean

or re

plac

e th

e fi

lter.

In e

xtre

mel

y du

sty

cond

ition

s,th

e m

aint

enan

ce o

f en

gine

air

filt

er s

houl

d be

in-

crea

sed.

Use

the

pro

cedu

res

indi

cate

d in

Atta

ch-

men

t 1, 3

126

or 3

306

Cat

erpi

llar

Die

sel E

ngin

es.

5.3.

7FU

EL

Use

onl

y cl

ean

fuel

of

the

prop

er g

rade

.A

fter

eve

ry r

efue

lling

, loc

k th

e ta

nk.

Dis

char

ge w

ater

and

dep

osits

from

the

fuel

tank

s.Fo

r tem

pera

ture

s lo

wer

than

0°C

[32°

F] u

se w

in-

ter f

uel i

n or

der t

o av

oid

the

stop

page

of f

ilter

s fo

rde

posi

ts o

f w

ax.

WA

RN

ING

Bef

ore

ch

ang

ing

fuel

filte

rs w

ait f

or t

he

eng

ine

to c

oo

l.

Rep

lace

the

dies

el fu

el fi

lters

eve

ry 5

00 h

ours

or

earl

ier

if n

eces

sary

.U

se th

e pr

oced

ures

indi

cate

d in

Atta

chm

ent 1

, 312

6or

330

6 C

ater

pilla

r D

iese

l Eng

ines

.

5.3.

8 H

YD

RA

UL

IC O

IL C

IRC

UIT

NO

TIC

EV

ery

smal

l am

ou

nts

of c

on

tam

inat

ion

of

hyd

rau

lic o

il ca

n d

amag

e th

e sy

s-te

m.

WA

RN

ING

Hyd

rau

lic o

il m

ay b

e u

nd

er h

igh

pre

s-su

re.

Rel

ease

pre

ssu

re b

efo

re o

pen

-in

g t

he

syst

em.

Che

ck th

e le

vel i

n th

e ta

nk u

sing

the

tran

spar

ent

gaug

e m

ount

ed o

n it.

If th

e le

vel i

s to

o lo

w, a

dd o

ilas

far

as

the

mar

k in

dica

tes

the

leve

l.T

he le

vel m

ust b

e ch

ecke

d w

hen

the

oil i

s co

ld,

with

all

cylin

ders

ret

ract

ed.

Aft

er r

efill

ing,

lock

the

tank

cap

.C

heck

the

cond

ition

of

the

pipe

s an

d h

oses

and

repl

ace

dam

aged

one

s.Id

enti

fy a

nd e

lim

inat

e th

e lo

sses

im

med

iate

ly:

loss

es o

f hy

drau

lic s

yste

m u

nder

pre

ssur

e ge

t al

-w

ays

wor

se.

5.3.

8.1

PRO

CE

DU

RE

FO

R R

EPL

AC

EM

EN

TO

F FI

LTE

RS

(500

HO

UR

S or

whe

nin

dica

ted

by li

ghts

)

WA

RN

ING

Su

pp

ort

the

thru

st fr

ame

wit

h a

str

on

gsu

pp

ort

bef

ore

dra

inin

g th

e h

ydra

ulic

filt

ers.

Do

no

t sta

rt u

p th

e en

gin

e u

nti

lp

erso

nn

el h

ave

mo

ved

aw

ay fr

om

the

area

.

CA

UT

ION

Hyd

rau

lic c

ircu

it c

an b

e d

amag

ed i

r-re

par

ably

if s

tart

up

pro

ced

ure

is n

ot

follo

wed

co

rrec

tly.

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Ref

er to

the

Safe

ty A

war

enes

s P

rogr

am in

this

man

ual b

efor

e at

tem

ptin

g to

ope

rate

this

mac

hine

.P

age

38

To r

epla

ce o

il fi

lters

:1.

Pla

ce a

con

tain

er u

nder

the

filt

ers

to c

atch

the

oil.

Oil

from

nea

rby

hose

s w

ill a

lso

drai

n ou

t.2.

Use

a w

renc

h to

loo

sen

and

rem

ove

the

oute

rco

ntai

ner.

3. R

emov

e an

d re

plac

e th

e fi

lter

elem

ent.

4. R

epla

ce th

e ou

ter

cont

aine

r.5.

Run

the

eng

ine

at l

ow s

peed

and

ope

rate

the

rota

ry.

6. C

onfi

rm p

rope

r oi

l lev

el in

the

tank

.7.

Run

the

engi

ne a

t hig

h sp

eed

for

5 m

inut

es.

8. S

hut o

ff th

e en

gine

and

insp

ect f

or le

aks.

5.3.

8.2

PRO

CE

DU

RE

FO

R T

HE

RE

PLA

CE

–M

EN

T O

F H

YD

RA

UL

IC O

IL(e

very

500

hou

rs)

Dra

in h

ydra

ulic

oil

from

the

tan

k in

a c

onta

iner

suita

ble

for

tran

spor

t or

elim

inat

ion.

All

part

s m

ust b

e cl

eane

d.R

emov

e th

e hy

drau

lic ta

nk in

spec

tion

cove

r an

dre

mov

e an

y de

posi

t of

old

gask

ets.

Kee

p al

l the

bol

ts to

geth

er.

Rem

ove

the

suct

ion

filte

r in

the

tank

.C

lean

suc

tion

filte

r, br

eath

er p

ipe,

and

mag

netic

cap

with

a li

nt f

ree

clot

h an

d cl

ean

oil.

WA

RN

ING

Do

no

t use

infla

mm

able

so

lven

ts, n

ear

fire

, sp

arks

or

oth

er ig

nit

ion

so

urc

es.

Wip

e th

e in

ner p

art o

f the

tank

with

lint

free

clo

ths.

Rea

ssem

ble

the

suct

ion

filte

r.Pu

t sili

cone

on

insp

ectio

n co

ver

and

rea

ssem

ble.

Tig

hten

bol

ts o

f th

e co

ver.

Ref

ill w

ith h

ydra

ulic

oil

(RE

FER

TO

: Fi

g. 4

5,A

ppro

ved

Rep

lace

men

t Fl

uids

). D

o no

t m

ix h

y-dr

aulic

oils

pro

duce

d by

dif

fere

nt c

ompa

nies

due

to th

e po

ssib

ility

of

reac

tions

am

ong

the

oils

.A

tra

nspa

rent

gau

ge i

s m

ount

ed o

n th

e ta

nk i

nor

der

to a

llow

qui

ck c

heck

s of

oil

leve

ls. T

he o

ille

vel i

n th

e ta

nk c

an v

ary

cons

ider

ably

acc

ordi

ngto

the

eff

ect

of t

empe

ratu

re (

hot

oil

incr

ease

s th

evo

lum

e) a

nd to

the

posi

tion

of h

ydra

ulic

cyl

inde

rs.

Ove

rfill

ing

can

caus

e oi

l to

com

e ou

t of

the

tank

.

CA

UT

ION

Ch

eck

leve

ls o

nly

wh

en g

earb

oxe

s ar

eco

ld.

5.3.

9G

EA

RB

OX

ES

AN

D P

UM

P D

RIV

EIn

spec

t the

gea

rbox

in o

rder

to d

isco

ver l

eaks

. In

case

of

a sm

all l

oss,

fill

the

gear

box

to th

e co

rrec

tle

vel.

Rep

lace

the

oil i

n th

e ge

arbo

xes

and

in th

e pu

mp

driv

e ev

ery

500

hour

s an

d w

hene

ver

cont

amin

a-tio

n oc

curs

.A

fter

uns

crew

ing

a le

vel

plug

, a

smal

l qu

antit

yof

oil

will

esc

ape.

As

soon

as

this

hap

pens

insp

ect

the

oil i

n or

der

to v

erif

y th

at th

ere

is n

o co

ntam

i-na

tion

whi

ch re

quir

es a

n un

sche

dule

d re

plac

emen

t.

5.3.

9.1

PUM

P D

RIV

E, L

EV

EL

CH

EC

KFo

r co

ntro

lling

the

oil

leve

l in

the

pum

p dr

ive

use

the

dips

tick

(rod

) ac

cess

ible

fro

m t

he e

ngin

edo

or. T

he c

orre

ct l

evel

mus

t be

bet

wee

n th

e tw

olin

es m

arke

d on

the

rod.

5.3.

9.2

HY

DR

AU

LIC

PU

MP

DR

IVE

, FIL

LIN

GPR

OC

ED

UR

EFo

r fi

lling

use

the

elbo

ws

whe

re b

reat

her

pipe

ispo

sitio

ned

Rem

ove

the

brea

ther

pip

esTo

p up

with

sui

tabl

e oi

l un

til i

t co

mes

out

the

leve

l hol

e.Fo

r dr

aini

ng t

he o

il re

mov

e th

e pl

ug i

n th

e bo

t-to

m o

f the

gea

rbox

. Cat

ch th

e oi

l in

a su

itabl

e co

n-ta

iner

. Dis

pose

of

used

oil

in a

law

ful m

anne

r.

5.3.

9.3

CA

RR

IAG

E R

OTA

RY

GE

AR

BO

XIn

spec

t the

gea

rbox

in o

rder

to d

isco

ver l

eaks

. In

case

of

a sm

all l

oss,

fill

the

gear

box

to th

e co

rrec

tle

vel.

Rep

lace

the

oil i

n th

e ge

arbo

xes

and

in th

e pu

mp

driv

e ev

ery

500

hour

s an

d w

hene

ver

cont

amin

a-tio

n oc

curs

.

5.3.

9.4

CA

RR

IAG

E R

OTA

RY

GE

AR

BO

X,

LE

VE

L C

HE

CK

Aft

er u

nscr

ewin

g a

leve

l plu

g , a

sm

all q

uant

ityof

oil

will

esc

ape.

As

soon

as

this

hap

pens

insp

ect

the

oil i

n or

der

to v

erif

y th

at th

ere

is n

o co

ntam

i-na

tion

whi

ch re

quir

es a

n un

sche

dule

d re

plac

emen

t.

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ty A

war

enes

s P

rogr

am in

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man

ual b

efor

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tem

ptin

g to

ope

rate

this

mac

hine

.P

age

39

5.3.

9.5

CA

RR

IAG

E R

OTA

RY

GE

AR

BO

X,

FIL

LIN

G P

RO

CE

DU

RE

Top

up w

ith s

uita

ble

oil

until

it

com

es o

ut t

hele

vel h

ole

For

drai

ning

the

oil

rem

ove

the

plug

in

the

bot-

tom

of t

he g

earb

ox. C

atch

the

oil i

n a

suita

ble

con-

tain

er. D

ispo

se o

f ol

d oi

l in

a la

wfu

l man

ner.

5.3.

9.6

TR

AC

K D

RIV

E G

EA

RB

OX

ES

Insp

ect t

he g

earb

ox in

ord

er to

dis

cove

r lea

ks. I

nca

se o

f a

smal

l los

s, f

ill th

e ge

arbo

x to

the

corr

ect

leve

l.R

epla

ce th

e oi

l in

the

gear

boxe

s an

d in

the

pum

pdr

ive

ever

y 50

0 ho

urs

and

whe

neve

r co

ntam

ina-

tion

occu

rs.

5.3.

9.7

TR

AC

K D

RIV

E G

EA

RB

OX

ES,

LE

VE

L C

HE

CK

The

re a

re t

wo

chec

k pl

ugs

on e

ach

trac

k dr

ive

gear

box.

Mov

e th

e m

achi

ne t

o po

sitio

n th

e le

vel

plug

s. O

ne p

lug

mus

t be

at 1

2:00

o’c

lock

. The

oth

erpl

ug w

ill

be p

osit

ione

d co

unte

rclo

ckw

ise

at t

he10

:00

o’cl

ock

posi

tion

. R

emov

e th

e pl

ug a

t th

e10

:00

posi

tion

Aft

er u

nscr

ewin

g th

e le

vel p

lug

, asm

all

quan

tity

of o

il w

ill e

scap

e. A

s so

on a

s th

isha

ppen

s in

spec

t the

oil

in o

rder

to v

erif

y th

at th

ere

is n

o co

ntam

inat

ion

whi

ch r

equi

res

an u

nsch

ed-

uled

rep

lace

men

t

5.3.

9.8

TR

AC

K D

RIV

E G

EA

RB

OX

ES,

FIL

LIN

G P

RO

CE

DU

RE

Posi

tion

the

leve

l pl

ugs

as d

escr

ibed

in

5.3.

9.7,

abov

e. R

emov

e bo

th p

lugs

.To

p up

with

sui

tabl

e oi

l un

til i

t co

mes

out

the

leve

l hol

e at

the

10:0

0 cl

ock

posi

tion.

For

drai

ning

the

oil

rem

ove

the

plug

in

the

bot-

tom

of t

he g

earb

ox. C

atch

the

oil i

n a

suita

ble

con-

tain

er. D

ispo

se o

f ol

d oi

l in

a la

wfu

l man

ner.

5.3.

10T

RA

CK

TE

NSI

ON

Tra

ck t

ensi

on i

s m

aint

aine

d by

add

ing

grea

seth

roug

h a

spec

ial f

ittin

g, o

ne o

n ea

ch tr

ack.

5.3.

11W

EL

DIN

G

CA

UT

ION

Fai

lure

to

fo

llow

wel

din

g p

roce

du

reca

n c

ause

dam

age

to e

lect

ric

and

mec

han

ical

co

mp

on

ents

. D

amag

e to

com

po

nen

ts d

ue

to i

mp

rop

er p

roce

-d

ure

s is

no

t co

vere

d u

nd

er w

arra

nty

.

CA

UT

ION

Dis

con

nec

t al

l wir

es t

o b

atte

ry e

qu

al-

izer

bef

ore

wel

din

g o

n m

ach

ine.

Fai

l-u

re t

o d

o s

o m

ay r

esu

lt in

dam

age

tob

atte

ry e

qu

aliz

er a

nd

bat

teri

es.

Dis

con

nec

t g

rou

nd

ter

min

al f

irst

.R

eco

nn

ect

gro

un

d t

erm

inal

last

.

Wel

ding

mus

t be

done

with

the

batte

ry s

witc

hes

(Fig

. 34-

3 an

d 34

-4) i

n O

FF p

ositi

on (s

witc

hed

off)

.T

he g

roun

d w

ire

mus

t be

con

nect

ed d

irec

tly t

oth

e co

mpo

nent

whe

re t

he w

eldi

ng i

s m

ade.

Fai

l-ur

e to

follo

w th

e ab

ove

inst

ruct

ions

cou

ld d

amag

eel

ectr

ic a

nd h

ydra

ulic

com

pone

nts,

cyl

inde

rs, g

ears

and

bear

ings

, due

to in

tern

al a

rcin

g.

5.3.

12R

AD

IAT

OR

Thi

s ca

tego

ry i

nclu

des

the

engi

ne r

adia

tor

and

hydr

aulic

oil

radi

ator

. Che

ck th

at th

ere

are

no o

b-st

ruct

ions

. C

lean

the

obs

truc

tions

in

orde

r to

al-

low

the

corr

ect a

ir f

low

and

coo

ling.

Coo

ling

ca-

paci

ty o

f hea

t exc

hang

ers

of th

e m

achi

ne is

gre

atly

redu

ced

by d

epos

it of

fore

ign

mat

eria

l suc

h as

dus

tla

yers

, oil

laye

rs, l

eave

s, g

rass

and

oth

er m

ater

ial

whi

ch c

an o

bstr

uct a

ir f

low

. Cor

rect

any

pro

blem

imm

edia

tely

.

5.3.

13H

YD

RA

UL

IC P

IST

ON

RO

DS

Che

ck t

hat

the

rods

are

not

dam

aged

, an

d th

atth

ey d

o no

t hav

e lo

sses

of

oil.

Cle

an i

f ne

cess

ary.

If

this

is

not

done

, the

sha

ftse

als

can

fail.

5.3.

14C

LE

AN

ING

Cle

an a

ll th

e m

arki

ng p

late

s as

wel

l as

all l

ight

-in

g de

vice

s in

stal

led.

Do

not d

irec

t spr

ay o

f w

ater

insi

de th

e m

uffl

er, o

r th

e ai

r fi

lter,

agai

nst e

lect

ric

com

pone

nts

and

cont

rol p

anel

s, o

n ca

ps a

nd o

pen

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er to

the

Safe

ty A

war

enes

s P

rogr

am in

this

man

ual b

efor

e at

tem

ptin

g to

ope

rate

this

mac

hine

.P

age

40

tank

s. D

o no

t us

e ac

id o

r ab

rasi

ve s

olut

ions

. Fo

rth

e co

ntro

l pan

els

use

only

a d

amp

clot

h or

com

-pr

esse

d ai

r (m

ax. 2

bar

[30

psi

]).

5.4

OT

HE

R C

HE

CK

S A

ND

MA

INT

EN

AN

CE

(50

HO

UR

S)

At t

he b

egin

ning

of e

very

wee

k or

aft

er e

very

50

oper

atin

g ho

urs,

ins

pect

the

fol

low

ing

item

s, i

nad

ditio

n to

any

sch

edul

ed m

aint

enan

ce.

5.4.

1B

OLT

S A

ND

NU

TS

Insp

ect

for

any

loos

e or

mis

sing

bol

ts a

nd n

uts.

Tig

hten

loos

e bo

lts a

nd n

uts.

Rep

lace

mis

sing

bol

tsan

d nu

ts.

5.4.

2PI

PES

AN

D H

OSE

SIn

spec

t pi

pes

for

leak

s. R

epla

ce l

eaki

ng p

ipes

.In

spec

t hos

es f

or le

aks

and

for

dam

age

to th

e ou

t-si

de s

urfa

ce d

ue to

abr

asio

n.

5.4.

3L

EA

KS

Insp

ect t

he m

achi

ne fo

r lea

ks o

f gea

r oil,

hyd

rau-

lic o

il, e

ngin

e co

olan

t an

d fu

el. B

ig l

eaks

sho

uld

be re

pair

ed. S

mal

l lea

ks s

houl

d be

wip

ed c

lean

and

the

rele

vant

par

t wat

ched

clo

sely

for o

il le

vel.

Not

eth

at a

llow

ing

oil

or o

ther

flu

ids

to l

eak

into

the

envi

ronm

ent m

ight

be

unla

wfu

l.

5.4.

4G

AU

GE

S A

ND

IN

STR

UM

EN

TS

Wip

e th

e fa

ces

of g

auge

s w

ith a

clo

th m

oist

ened

wit

h w

ater

. R

epla

ce c

rack

ed o

r m

issi

ng g

lass

.Fl

uid-

fille

d (s

hock

res

ista

nt)

gaug

es s

houl

d be

re-

plac

ed if

the

glas

s is

cra

cked

.

5.4.

5B

AT

TE

RIE

S WA

RN

ING

Mac

hin

e b

atte

ries

co

nta

in a

cid

. U

sep

rop

er p

reca

uti

on

s an

d f

ollo

w t

he

in-

stru

ctio

ns

liste

d a

bo

ve.

Che

ck th

e le

vel o

f th

e el

ectr

olyt

e an

d ad

d liq

uid

if t

he l

evel

is

too

low

. C

heck

the

bat

tery

cab

les

and

veri

fy t

hat

ther

e ar

e no

abr

asio

ns o

r in

dent

a-tio

ns; i

f nec

essa

ry, r

epla

ce th

e ba

ttery

cab

les.

Che

ckth

at th

e ba

ttery

term

inal

s ar

e no

t cor

rode

d, o

ther

-w

ise

clea

n an

d re

plac

e th

em.

The

vol

tage

of

the

batte

ry is

12

volts

.

Do

not

star

t th

e en

gine

with

out

batte

ries

or

dis-

conn

ect

them

with

the

eng

ine

runn

ing.

Thi

s ca

nda

mag

e th

e el

ectr

ic s

yste

m.

The

bat

teri

es c

onta

in s

ulfu

ric

acid

. Pro

tect

eye

s,fa

ce a

nd h

ands

dur

ing

mai

nten

ance

wor

k. D

o no

tpo

ur b

atte

ry a

cid

on c

loth

es,

skin

or

eyes

. If

the

acid

rea

ches

the

skin

, flo

od w

ith w

ater

. If

the

acid

reac

hes

the

eyes

, was

h w

ith w

ater

ple

ntif

ully

and

go to

the

doct

or im

med

iate

ly. I

n ca

se o

f in

gest

ion

drin

k w

ater

or

milk

and

go

to th

e do

ctor

imm

edi-

atel

y.B

atte

ries

can

pro

duce

exp

losi

ve g

as.

Do

not

smok

e ne

ar a

bat

tery

: ke

ep a

way

inf

lam

mab

leso

urce

, spa

rks

or fl

ames

. Cha

rge

the

batte

ries

onl

yin

goo

d ve

ntila

ted

area

s.C

lean

cor

rosi

on m

arks

on

batte

ry t

erm

inal

s, i

fan

y. A

pas

te m

ake

of s

odiu

m b

icar

bona

te a

nd w

a-te

r is

nor

mal

ly e

noug

h to

cle

an te

rmin

als

and

bat-

tery

box

. A

fter

cle

anin

g, r

inse

tho

roug

hly

wit

hcl

ean

wat

er. C

oat t

he te

rmin

als

with

gre

ase

in o

r-de

r to

pre

vent

fut

ure

corr

osio

n.

5.4.

5.1

BA

TT

ER

Y E

QU

AL

IZE

RT

he b

atte

ry e

qual

izer

is a

hig

hly

relia

ble

met

hod

of o

btai

ning

a 1

2 vo

lt D

C p

ower

sou

rce

from

a 2

4vo

lt D

C e

lect

rica

l sys

tem

. A

vaila

bilit

y of

12

volt

pow

er p

erm

its t

he u

se o

f 12

vol

t eq

uipm

ent

such

as w

orki

ng li

ghts

and

rad

ios,

whi

ch a

re m

uch

less

expe

nsiv

e th

an s

imila

r ite

ms

man

ufac

ture

d fo

r 24

volt

syst

ems.

Whe

n th

e 12

vol

t loa

ds re

quir

e po

wer

the

batte

ry e

qual

izer

ass

ures

that

the

curr

ent i

s tak

eneq

ually

fro

m b

oth

batte

ries

. Thi

s eq

ualiz

atio

n ex

-te

nds

batte

ry li

fe.

The

bat

tery

equ

aliz

er s

yste

m u

sed

on t

he D

D-

100

and

DD

-140

B i

nclu

des

a sy

stem

mon

itor

whi

ch a

lso

oper

ates

sta

tus/

war

ning

lam

ps.

Und

er n

orm

al c

ondi

tion

s th

e ba

tter

y eq

uali

zer

syst

em d

oes

not r

equi

re p

erio

dic

serv

ice.

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ual b

efor

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rate

this

mac

hine

.P

age

41

5.4.

6U

ND

ER

CA

RR

IAG

E

DA

NG

ER

Rem

ove

pip

e an

d p

ipe

bas

ket f

rom

the

mac

hin

e b

efo

re p

erfo

rmin

g m

ain

te-

nan

ce.

Th

e m

ax.

wei

gh

t o

f th

e m

a-ch

ine

on

th

e u

nd

erca

rria

ge

syst

emca

n b

e in

exc

ess

of

26,3

00 k

g [

58,0

00lb

]. B

efo

re s

tart

ing

an

y m

ain

ten

ance

on

th

e u

nd

erca

rria

ge,

th

e m

ach

ine

mu

st b

e p

rop

erly

su

pp

ort

ed v

erti

cally

.T

he

vert

ical

su

pp

ort

mu

st i

ncl

ud

e a

lock

ing

sys

tem

th

at c

ann

ot

be

inad

-ve

rten

tly

rele

ased

allo

win

g t

he

ma-

chin

e to

fal

l do

wn

. Fai

lure

to

use

th

isp

roce

du

re c

ou

ld c

ause

ser

iou

s in

jury

or

dea

th o

f th

e o

per

ato

rs.

5.5

OT

HE

R IN

SP

EC

TIO

NS

AN

DM

AIN

TE

NA

NC

E (

EV

ER

Y 2

50 H

OU

RS

)C

heck

and

/or

effe

ct th

e m

aint

enan

ce o

f th

e m

a-ch

ine

ever

y 25

0 ho

urs

of e

ngin

e op

erat

ion

as f

ol-

low

s: (t

his c

ontr

ol m

ust b

e ca

rrie

d ou

t tog

ethe

r with

the

dail

y an

d w

eekl

y co

ntro

ls m

enti

oned

pre

vi-

ousl

y).

5.5.

1 M

OT

OR

MO

UN

TS

AN

D R

AD

IAT

OR

SC

heck

the

rubb

er fo

r wea

r. If

the

rubb

er p

arts

are

wor

n re

plac

e th

em.

5.5.

2U

ND

ER

CA

RR

IAG

E R

OL

LE

RS

Rep

lace

the

rolle

rs in

cas

e of

dam

age,

fla

t spo

ts,

etc.

5.5.

3 B

RE

AT

HE

R P

IPE

S

WA

RN

ING

Do

no

t use

infla

mm

able

so

lven

ts, n

ear

fire

, s

pa

rks

or

oth

er

infl

am

ma

ble

sou

rces

. Bef

ore

sta

rtin

g th

e o

per

atio

nw

ait

un

til

all

the

mac

hin

e u

nit

s (e

n-

gin

e, e

tc.)

are

co

ol.

Che

ck th

at th

ere

are

no o

bstr

uctio

ns o

r de

posi

tsac

cum

ulat

ed.

Cle

an t

he b

reat

her

pipe

s in

cas

e of

obst

ruct

ions

. We

reco

mm

end

usin

g an

oil

solv

ent

(die

sel f

uel i

s O

K).

Flyw

heel

gea

rbox

(1)

Hyd

raul

ic ta

nk (

1)Fu

el ta

nk (

1)

5.5.

4T

RA

CK

TE

NSI

ON

Tra

ck t

ensi

on i

s m

aint

aine

d by

add

ing

grea

seth

roug

h a

spec

ial f

ittin

g on

eac

h tr

ack.

5.6

OT

HE

R IN

SP

EC

TIO

N A

ND

MA

INT

EN

AN

CE

(EV

ER

Y 5

00 H

OU

RS

)

5.6.

1 E

NG

INE

BE

LTS

WA

RN

ING

Wai

t fo

r th

e en

gin

e to

co

ol.

Che

ck t

hat

belts

hav

e th

e ri

ght

tens

ion.

If

they

have

loo

sene

d, p

ut t

hem

und

er t

ensi

on.

Rep

lace

belts

if th

ey a

re w

orn

over

the

limits

.R

EFE

R T

O: A

ttach

men

t 1, 3

126

OR

330

6 C

ater

-pi

llar

Die

sel E

ngin

es.

5.6.

2 C

OO

LIN

G S

YST

EM

WA

RN

ING

Wai

t fo

r th

e en

gin

e to

co

ol.

Fill

the

cool

ing

syst

em w

ith a

ntif

reez

e.R

EFE

R T

O: A

ttach

men

t 1, C

ater

pilla

r D

iese

l En-

gine

s

5.6.

3 E

NG

INE

OIL

BR

EA

TH

ER

PIP

E

WA

RN

ING

Wai

t fo

r th

e en

gin

e to

as

coo

l.

Eve

ry 6

00 h

ours

cle

an th

e en

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Fig. 48 DD-100 Hydraulic Schematic (2 of 3)

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Fig. 49 DD-100 Hydraulic Schematic (3 of 3)

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Fig. 50 DD-100 ELECTRIC Schematic (1 of 3)

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Fig. 51 DD-100 ELECTRIC Schematic (2 of 3)

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Fig. 52 DD-100 ELECTRIC Schematic (3 of 3)

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Fig. 53 DD-140B Hydraulic Schematic (1 of 4)

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Fig. 55 DD-140B Hydraulic Schematic (2 of 4)

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Fig. 56 DD-140B Hydraulic Schematic (3 of 4)

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Fig. 57 DD-140B Hydraulic Schematic (4 of 4)

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Fig. 58 DD-140B Electric Schematic (1 of 4)

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Fig. 59 DD-140B Electric Schematic (2 of 4)

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Fig. 60 DD-140B Electric Schematic (3 of 4)

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Fig. 61 DD-140B Electric Schematic (4 of 4)

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American Augers, Inc.135 U.S. Rt. 42 • P.O. Box 814 • West Salem, Ohio 44287 USA

Phone 419-869-7107 • 800-324-4930 • Fax 419-869-7425www.americanaugers.com

Due to continuing product improvement, specifications are subject to change without notice.

Part Number: DD100140BOOK-01 November 2001