User guide

Swing Forks
Installation Procedure:
1. Remove carriage/fork combination or other attachment from boom head.
See Page 14.1
2. Install swing forks attachment on boom head.
3. Connect auxiliary hydraulic hoses to swing forks attachment.
Operation:
Always position forks straight ahead before engaging load.
To travel with load, keep forks in straight ahead position and lower load to
approximately one foot above ground.
Inspect supporting surface at delivery point and have it leveled if necessary.
Use a signal person to assist in positioning the load if necessary.
Slope Piler Carriage
Capacity:
Maximum lift capacity for the slope piler carriage is shown on the attachment
serial number plate. However, maximum lift capacity applies only to certain
areas within boom extension/elevation pattern of handler/slope piler carriage
combination. A separate capacity chart must be used for handlers equipped
with slope piler carriage. Study and understand this chart before attempting to
handle a load with slope piler carriage.
Attachment Tilt Controls:
Figure 14-5
The carriage tilt lever controls carriage tilt.
The auxiliary control lever is used to tilt
slope piler carriage. Push lever forward to
tilt carriage counter-clockwise; pull lever
back to tilt clockwise.
Installation Procedure:
1. Remove carriage/fork combination or other attachment from boom head.
See Page 14.1
2. Install slope piler carriage on boom head.
3. Connect auxiliary hydraulic hoses to slope piler carriage attachment.
Operation:
Approach load with forks centered on load and stop handler.
Level handler before tilting carriage to engage load.
Tilt carriage to left or right to align forks with load and engage load.
Raise load slightly and then level carriage.
Travel with load lowered to travel position (load approximately one foot above
ground).
14.4
WARNING
!
PRECAUTIONS
Level handler before tilting
carriage to engage load.
Always level handler before
lifting a load more than four
feet above ground.
See Page 12.0
WARNING
!
Do not handle a load with Slope
Piler Carriage attachment until you
study & understand the “Slope
Piler Carriage Capacity Chart”. If
your handler does not have a
“Slope Piler Carriage Capacity
Chart”, ask your supervisor to get
one before using the attachment.
AUXILIARY
CONTROL
LEVER
TILT
COUNTER-
CLOCK-
WISE
TILT
CLOCK-
WISE
WARNING
!
Do not handle a load with Swing
Forks attachment until you study
& understand the “Swing Forks
Capacity Chart”. If your handler
does not have a “Swing Forks
Capacity Chart”, ask your
supervisor to get one before using
the attachment.