Oshkosh JLG E400A Narrow, Operation And Safety Manual

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SECTION 4 - MACHINE OPERATION
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Jib Swing
1. Depress footswitch. To rotate Jib and plat-
form to the left, Jib Swing control switch is
positioned to the Left and held until desired
position is reached.
2. Depress footswitch. To rotate Jib and plat-
form to the right, Jib Swing control switch is
positioned to the Right and held until
desired position is reached.
4.7 BOOM
A RED TILT WARNING LIGHT IS LOCATED ON THE CONTROL CONSOLE
WHICH LIGHTS WHEN THE CHASSIS IS ON A 5 DEGREE OR GREATER
SLOPE. DO NOT SWING OR RAISE BOOM ABOVE HORIZONTAL WHEN
LIGHT IS LIT OR AUDIBLE ALARM SOUNDS.
DO NOT DEPEND ON TILT ALARM AS A LEVEL INDICATOR FOR THE
CHASSIS. TILT ALARM INDICATES CHASSIS IS ON A SEVERE SLOPE (5 DEGREE OR
GREATER). CHASSIS MUST BE LEVEL BEFORE SWINGING, OR RAISING BOOM ABOVE
HORIZONTAL.
TO AVOID TIP OVER IF RED TILT WARNING LIGHT LIGHTS WHEN BOOM IS RAISED
ABOVE HORIZONTAL, LOWER PLATFORM TO GROUND LEVEL. THEN REPOSITION
MACHINE SO THAT CHASSIS IS LEVEL BEFORE RAISING BOOM.
TRAVELING WITH BOOM BELOW HORIZONTAL IS PERMITTED ON GRADES NOT
EXCEEDING THOSE SPECIFIED ON THE SERIAL NUMBER PLATE.
TO AVOID SERIOUS INJURY, DO NOT OPERATE MACHINERY IF ANY CONTROL LEVER OR
TOGGLE SWITCH CONTROLLING PLATFORM MOVEMENT DOES NOT RETURN TO THE
‘OFF’ OR NEUTRAL POSITION WHEN RELEASED.
TO AVOID A COLLISION AND INJURY IF PLATFORM DOES NOT STOP WHEN A CONTROL
SWITCH OR LEVER IS RELEASED, REMOVE FOOT FROM FOOTSWITCH OR USE EMER-
GENCY STOP SWITCH TO STOP THE MACHINE.