Service/Maintenance Guidelines; Vehicle Modifications - Taylor-Dunn C0-T50-80 Service And Parts Manual

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C0-T50-80

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.

Motor Speed Control Programming

Taylor-Dunn programmable motor speed controls are

programmed at the factory for optimum safe, efficient, and

smooth operation of the vehicle. The program settings are

based on many factors including but not limited to: Vehicle

Model, Maximum Safe Speed, System Voltage, Drive Axle

Configuration, Vehicle Configuration, etc.

Some of the parameters can be changed in the field Using

PC software or handsets.

Contact the factory for information regarding available alternate program settings.

Taylor-Dunn will only authorize the use of settings obtained from the factory for a specific vehicle. Any other

alterations to the programming ARE NOT AUTHORIZED and is at your own risk.

DO NOT interchange program settings from different vehicle models or models with different configurations.

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