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OPERATION
4-8 / Mid-Mount Ascendant Aerial Tower
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Apparatus Pointed Up-Hill
Figure 4-2: Wheel Chock Placement - Pointed Up Hill
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1. Prepare apparatus for stabilizer deployment. See
“Preparing Apparatus for Stabilizer Deployment”
on
page 4-5
.
NOTE: If Short-Jacking apparatus, both middle stabilizer beams may not be fully extended. See
“Short-
Jack Stabilizer Set-Up”
on
page 4-13
.
2. Extend the middle stabilizer beams, as conditions allow, until the middle stabilizer beam fully extended indicator
light is illuminated.
3. Lower the middle stabilizer jacks until the middle stabilizer jacks firm on ground indicator light is illuminated.
4. Push and hold the Level Assist Button until the front (bumper) and rear stabilizer jacks are down and the firm
on ground indicator is illuminated for all stabilizers. Level Assist sequence will be as follows:
a. Levels the side to side (slope).
b. Deploys the Rear stabilizers before the Front (Bumper) stabilizers.
c. Levels the Front to Rear (grade).
5. Lower each jack until the firm on ground indicator is illuminated for all stabilizers.
NOTE: The #3 axle tires can be on or off the ground as long as the on-ground indicators are illuminated
and the angle indicators show that the apparatus is within the safe level range in slope and grade.
6. Push and hold the Level Assist Button until the truck auto-levels and all the stabilizers stops moving.
7. If the apparatus will NOT level within the safe range of the angle indicators in slope and grade using the Level
Assist Button, proceed to step 8. If the apparatus WILL level within the safe range of the angle indicators in slope
and grade using the Level Assist Button, proceed to step 9.