A machine includes a machine body; a lifting arm assembly coupled to the machine body and carrying a pivotal mounting arrangement adapted to receive a working implement and being moveable between a raised and a lowered configuration; a compensation ram coupled between the machine body and the lifting arm assembly and configured to extend and retract; a tilt ram configured to move the pivotal mounting assembly between a crowd and a dump configuration, the tilt ram having a first and a second chamber; and a first sensor for sensing a hose burst signal, a second sensor for sensing a lift signal; a hose burst protection system such that fluid passes into the hose burst protection system, the hose burst protection system being configured to allow the passage of fluid from the second chamber when there is no hose burst signal.