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.
