Boom; Swinging The Boom - JLG 340AJ Operation And Safety Manual

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BOOM

A RED TILT WARNING LIGHT IS LOCATED ON THE CONTROL CONSOLE WHICH LIGHTS
WHEN THE CHASSIS IS ON AN EXCESSIVE SLOPE. DO NOT SWING OR RAISE BOOM
ABOVE HORIZONTAL WHEN LIGHT IS LIT.
DO NOT DEPEND ON TILT ALARM AS A LEVEL INDICATOR FOR THE CHASSIS. TILT
ALARM INDICATES CHASSIS IS ON AN EXCESSIVE SLOPE (3 DEGREE OR GREATER ON CE
& AUSTRALIA SPEC MACHINES, 5 DEGREE OR GREATER ON ANSI, CSA, & JAPAN SPEC
MACHINES). CHASSIS MUST BE LEVEL BEFORE SWINGING, OR RAISING BOOM ABOVE
HORIZONTAL OR DRIVING WITH THE BOOM ELEVATED.
TO AVOID TIP OVER IF RED TILT WARNING LIGHT LIGHTS WHEN BOOM IS RAISED
ABOVE HORIZONTAL, LOWER PLATFORM TO GROUND LEVEL. THEN REPOSITION
MACHINE SO THAT CHASSIS IS LEVEL BEFORE RAISING BOOM.
TRAVELING WITH BOOM BELOW HORIZONTAL IS PERMITTED ON GRADES AND SIDE
SLOPES SPECIFIED IN THE OPERATING SPECIFICATIONS SECTION OF THIS MANUAL.
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TO AVOID SERIOUS INJURY, DO NOT OPERATE MACHINERY IF ANY CONTROL LEVER OR
TOGGLE SWITCH CONTROLLING PLATFORM MOVEMENT DOES NOT RETURN TO THE
'OFF' OR NEUTRAL POSITION WHEN RELEASED.
TO AVOID A COLLISION AND INJURY IF PLATFORM DOES NOT STOP WHEN A CONTROL
SWITCH OR LEVER IS RELEASED, REMOVE FOOT FROM FOOTSWITCH OR USE EMER-
GENCY STOP SWITCH TO STOP THE MACHINE.

Swinging the Boom

To swing boom, use Swing control to select Right or Left direc-
tion.
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SECTION 4 - MACHINE OPERATION
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