HR Series
Operating & Safety Instructions
English/USA – 11/06
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4.4
DRIVING CONTROLS
DO NOT OPERATE THE NIFTYLIFT WHILST ELEVATED UNLESS ON A FIRM,
LEVEL SURFACE FREE FROM ANY POSSIBLE OBSTRUCTIONS OR HAZARDS
BOTH AT GROUND LEVEL AND OVERHEAD.
1)
Check proposed route for possible hazards, obstructions and personnel.
2)
Depress switch located on the front of the joystick.
3) Use
the
Drive Speed
selector on the platform control station to determine speed.
Low Drive
(Tortoise) - gives low speed and low engine revs..
High Drive
(Hare) - gives high speed and high engine revs.
RT Drive
(Rough Terrain) - gives low speed and high engine revs.
N.B.
High Drive is only available when the booms are in the stowed position. The HR15 & 17
will default Low Drive speed whenever the booms are elevated.
4)
Select drive joystick from the platform control box.
A. Up
for
FORWARD
B. Down
for
REVERSE
Steering is controlled by the rocker-switch button on the top of the joystick
C. Left
for
STEER LEFT
D. Right
for
STEER RIGHT
The driving horn is activated by the button on the front of the joystick and there is also a
separate horn button on the platform controls for use when the drive and boom controls are
switched off.
5)
All control levers give a fully proportional response therefore the more the lever is moved away
from the centre
Off
position the faster the function will become.
6)
Maximum drive speed is only attainable when all booms are fully stowed and the
Drive Speed
selector is in the
High Drive
(Hare) position.
7)
When driving with the booms fully stowed, the Tilt Alarm is bypassed to allow the Niftylift to be
driven in areas where the slope exceeds the five-degree working limit. In normal operation the
drive is therefore unaffected when driven onto a slope in excess of five degrees, until the booms
are raised, whereupon the drive would be disabled and the tilt alarm sounds continuously.
8)
Under no circumstances
should any
Height Rider 15 & 17
series machines be driven on
slopes exceeding the gradeability in the general specification
.
ALL NIFTYLIFTS ARE FITTED WITH A TILT ALARM - PRE-SET IN THE
FACTORY. ONCE ENERGISED THE NIFTYLIFT WILL LOSE ALL POWER TO
DRIVE FUNCTIONS AND A LOUD AUDIBLE ALARM WILL BE ACTIVATED.
TO DE-ACTIVATE, LOWER THE BOOMS FULLY TO STOWED POSITION AND
RE-POSITION BASE ON FIRM, LEVEL GROUND.
IF ALARM SOUNDS - DESCEND IMMEDIATELY AND RE-LEVEL MACHINE BASE.
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