Test Drive And Braking; Test The Drive Enable System; Test Limited Drive Speed - Genie Z-135/70 Operator's Manual

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Test Drive and Braking

63 Press down the foot switch.
64 Slowly move the drive/steer control handle in the
direction indicated by the blue arrow on the
control panel until the machine begins to move,
then return the handle to the center position.
Result: The machine should move in the
direction that the blue arrow points on the drive
chassis, then come to an abrupt stop.
65 Slowly move the drive/steer control handle in the
direction indicated by the yellow arrow on the
control panel until the machine begins to move,
then return the handle to the center position.
Result: The machine should move in the
direction that the yellow arrow points on the
drive chassis, then come to an abrupt stop.
Note: The brakes must be able to hold the machine
on any slope it is able to climb.

Test the Drive Enable System

66 Press down the foot switch and lower the booms
to the stowed position.
67 Rotate the turntable until the primary boom
moves past one of the circle-end tires.
Result: The drive enable
indicator light should come
on while the boom is
anywhere in the range
shown.
68 Move the drive/steer control handle off center.
Result: No drive function should operate.
69 Push the drive enable button or move the drive
enable switch, and slowly move the drive/steer
control handle off center.
Result: The drive function should operate.
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Note: When the drive enable system is in use, the
machine may drive in the opposite direction that the
drive and steer control handle is moved.
Use the color-coded
direction arrows on the
platform controls and the
drive chassis to identify the
direction of travel.
If the drive/steer control handle is not moved within
two seconds of pushing the drive enable button, the
drive function will not operate.

Test Limited Drive Speed

70 Press down the foot switch.
71 Raise the primary boom to 5° above horizontal.
72 Slowly move the drive control handle to the full
drive position.
Result: The maximum achievable drive speed
with the primary boom raised should not exceed
1 foot / 30 cm per second.
Note: The machine will travel 40 feet / 12 m in 40
seconds.
73 Lower the primary boom to the stowed position.
74 Extend the primary boom 4 feet / 1.2 m.
75 Slowly move the drive control handle to the full
drive position.
Result: The maximum achievable drive speed
with the primary boom extended should not
exceed 1 foot / 30 cm per second.
Note: The machine will travel 40 feet / 12 m in 40
seconds.
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