22 ENGLISHCAUTION: Only use genuine Makita batteries.Use of non-genuine Makita batteries, or batteries thathave been altered, may result in the battery burstingcausing fires, personal injury and damage. It willalso void the Makita warranty for the Makita tool andcharger.Tips for maintaining maximumbattery life1. Charge the battery cartridge before completelydischarged. Always stop tool operation andcharge the battery cartridge when you noticeless tool power.2. Never recharge a fully charged battery car-tridge. Overcharging shortens the batteryservice life.3. Charge the battery cartridge with room tem-perature at 10 °C - 40 °C (50 °F - 104 °F). Leta hot battery cartridge cool down beforecharging it.4. When not using the battery cartridge, removeit from the tool or the charger.5. Charge the battery cartridge if you do not useit for a long period (more than six months).PARTS DESCRIPTIONWhen the bucket is installed► Fig.11 Tilt switch 2 Control panel 3 Beep button 4 Switch trigger5 Rear lamp 6 Handle 7 Battery box 8 Brake lever9 Rear wheel 10 Rear wheel lock 11 Lock lever 12 Dump unit13 Front wheel 14 Front lamp 15 Bucket - -When the carrier is installed► Fig.21 Tilt switch 2 Control panel 3 Beep button 4 Switch trigger5 Rear lamp 6 Handle 7 Battery box 8 Brake lever9 Rear wheel 10 Rear wheel lock 11 Lock lever 12 Front wheel13 Front lamp 14 Carrier - - - -ASSEMBLYCAUTION: Always be sure that the machineis switched off and the battery cartridges areremoved before carrying out any work on themachine.Before installing or removing the carrier or bucket, besure to lock the brake lever. To lock the brake lever, pulland hold the brake lever, then pull the lock lever, andthen release the brake lever while pulling the lock lever.► Fig.3: 1. Brake lever 2. Lock leverInstalling or removing the bucketInstalling the bucket1. Take out the bucket, stays, and front pipe from thebox.► Fig.4: 1. Bucket 2. Stay 3. Front pipe2. Insert the front pipe between the upper frame andlower frame of the dump unit.► Fig.5: 1. Front pipe3. Place the stay on the dump unit, and then tempo-rarily tighten the bolts with the front pipe together. Installthe other stay to the dump unit in the same way.► Fig.6: 1. Stay 2. Bolt4. Place the bucket on the front pipe and left andright stays.Place the rubber washer on the hole of the bucket andinsert the bolt from the top. Attach the flat washer andspring washer in order to the bolt, and then tighten thenut from the bottom. Tighten the rest of the bolts andnuts in the same way.► Fig.7: 1. Bolt 2. Rubber washer 3. Flat washer4. Spring washer 5. Nut5. Securely tighten 4 bolts which were temporarilytightened in step 3.Removing the bucketTo remove the bucket, perform the installation proce-dure in reverse.