Self-Propelled Ground Milling Machine For Processing Ground Surfaces Having A Milling Device

A method for operating a self-propelled ground milling machine for the treatment of ground surfaces, which ground milling machine is equipped with a milling device, a transportation means, and a drive device for driving said transportation means and said milling device, wherein said milling device can be switched between a working position, in which the milling device is in operative contact with the ground surface, and a maneuvering position, in which said milling device is not in operative contact with the ground surface, comprising:

• a) lowering the milling device in an initial position of an operational phase from a maneuvering position to a working position with the application of maximum driving power by said drive device for the purpose of advancing the ground milling machine with concurrent milling of a first strip having the width of a milling tool of the milling device from a ground surface to a final position of a first road section to be processed;
• b) lifting the milling device under reduced driving power to a maneuvering position of the milling device for a maneuvering phase, in which said transportation means returns, by means of the reduced driving power of the drive device, said ground milling machine to the initial position with concomitant transversal offset for the purpose of treating a second, adjacent milling strip;
• c) repeating the steps a) and b) until a desired width of the road surface has been removed and the milling device is lowered at a new initial position following on the final position of the first road section for processing of a further road section.