Warning
Read and follow these warnings and the instructions that follow. Failure to do so could
result in serious property damage and/or serious bodily injury.
• Use and maintenance of the PANELLIFT
®
Drywall Lift shall be
limited to authorized personnel who are trained in the proper
techniques for its safe operation and maintenance and who are
familiar with the various hazards of overhead material handling.
• As with any lifting equipment,
ALWAYS WEAR A HARD HAT
when operating the PANELLIFT
®
Drywall Lift. Failure to do so
could result in serious bodily injury.
•
DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO USE YOUR PANELLIFT
®
Drywall Lift
IF ANY PART IS MISSING, DAMAGED OR WORN. ORDER A
REPLACEMENT PART IMMEDIATELY. Using a PANELLIFT
®
Drywall Lift with missing, damaged or worn components can
result in failure of the unit and possibly severe property damage
and/or serious bodily injury.
•
INSPECT THE CABLE BEFORE EACH USE. REPLACE AT
THE FIRST SIGN OF WEAR.
A worn, damaged or improperly
installed cable can fail resulting in a sudden and rapid lowering
of the lift and the load and possibly resulting in serious property
damage and/or serious bodily injury. Inspect the cable by dis-
assembling the telescoping system as shown in steps 1-4 on
page
11
of this manual and examine the full length of the cable
for signs of damage or wear. Replace the telescoping sections
according to the instructions on pages 16-19 of this manual.
(See page
20
for general standards for cable inspection.)
•
The weight capacity of the PANELLIFT
®
Drywall Lift is 150
lbs. (68 kg). DO NOT load the unit beyond this limit. Load
only one sheet of wallboard at a time.
Failure to follow this
warning can result in damage to the PANELLIFT
®
Drywall Lift
contributing to a sudden failure of the machine and serious
property damage and/or serious bodily injury.
•
DO NOT ROLL
a loaded PANELLIFT
®
Drywall Lift while the load
is raised. Always keep the load lowered until the lift is in place
beneath the space in which the loaded wallboard will be installed.
Rolling a PANELLIFT
®
Drywall Lift while the load is raised can
result in tipping the lift and load possibly resulting in serious prop-
erty damage and/or serious bodily injury.
• Operate the PANELLIFT
®
Drywall Lift only on hard, flat, level
surfaces free of obstructions, debris, clutter, pits, holes or open-
ings. Failure to follow this warning can result in tipping the lift and
load possibly resulting in serious property damage and/or serious
bodily injury.
• The PANELLIFT
®
Drywall Lift is designed exclusively as
a material lift and shall be used for no other purpose. The
PANELLIFT
®
Drywall Lift is not a personnel lift or platform and
shall not be used as such. Using the PANELLIFT
®
Drywall Lift for
purposes other than a material lift can subject the unit to stresses
and loads that it was not designed to carry. This can result in
failure of the unit which may include a sudden and rapid lowering
of the lift and the load possibly resulting in serious property
damage and/or serious bodily injury.
• The PANELLIFT
®
Drywall Lift is made of steel which conducts elec-
tricity. KEEP ThE UNIT AWAY FROM LIvE ELECTRICAL WIRES.
Failure to do so could result in electrocution.
• Use only factory authorized replacement parts. Installation of
other parts can compromise the safe design of the PANELLIFT
®
Drywall Lift and may cause failure of the unit possibly resulting in
serious property damage and/or serious bodily injury.
• Moving the PANELLIFT
®
Drywall Lift from a cold environment to a
warm one may cause condensation to form on metal surfaces creat-
ing a potential for malfunction. Such malfunction could possibly result
in serious property damage and/or serious bodily injury: Allow the
unit to reach working room temperature and check to make sure that
the winch brake drum is clean and dry before operating.
•
DO NOT
pass your hand through the spokes on the winch
when operating the unit as this could result in
serious bodily injury.
•
BEFORE
operating this equipment, thoroughly read
this set of instructions, make sure you understand them,
and only then follow the step-by-step directions.
FAILURE TO READ AND FOLLOW THESE
INSTRUCTIONS
could result in failure of the
equipment. Failure of the equipment while the lift
is raised can include a sudden and rapid lowering
of the lift and load possibly resulting in serious
property damage and/or serious bodily injury.
Questions? - Call Telpro Inc. Customer Service at 1-800-448-0822 or 701-775-0551
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