Taylor-Dunn E-451, Service And Parts Manual

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Service/Maintenance Guidelines
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ME-45X-01
E-451 & E-457
VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS
Taylor-Dunn vehicles are designed and manufactured in accordance with ANSI/ITSDF and OSHA regulations.
Per ANSI/ITSDF and OHSA, modifications to the vehicle must be approved by the manufacturer. Listed below
are the specific regulations:
ANSI/ITSDF 56.8-2006 Personnel and Burden Carriers
Paragraph 8.2q:
Modifications and additions which affect capacity and safe machine operation shall not be performed by
the customer or user without manufacture’s prior written authorization; where authorized modifications
have been made, the user shall ensure that capacity, operation, warning, and maintenance instructions
plates, tags, or decals are changed accordingly.
Paragraph 8.2r:
Care shall be taken to ensure that all replacement parts are interchangeable with the original parts and
of a quality at least equal to that provided in the original equipment.
ANSI/ITSDF 56.9 – 2007 Safety Standard for Operator Controlled Industrial Tow
Tractors
Paragraph 6.2.14:
Modifications and additions which affect capacity and safe tow tractor operation shall not be performed
without manufacture’s prior written approval. Capacity, operation, and maintenance instructions plates,
tags, or decals are changed accordingly.
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 29, Subtitle B, Chapter Xvii OSHA, Part
1910.178 Powered Industrial Trucks (2011)
1910.178(a)(4)
Modifications and additions which affect capacity and safe operation shall not be performed by the
customer or user without manufacturers prior written approval. Capacity, operation, and maintenance
instruction plates, tags, or decals shall be changed accordingly.
1910.178(q)(6)
Industrial trucks shall not be altered so that the relative positions of the various parts are different from
what they were when originally received from the manufacturer, nor shall they be altered either by the
addition of extra parts not provided by the manufacturer or by the elimination of any parts, except as
provided in paragraph (q)(12) of this section. Additional counterweighting of fork trucks shall not be done
unless approved by the truck manufacturer.