Service/Maintenance Guidelines; Vehicle Modifications - Taylor-Dunn Bigfoot G-1500 Service And Parts Manual

Bigfoot G-1500

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.
WARNING
When welding to the vehicle:
• Do not weld onto any fuel tanks, electrical control components, engine,
or transmission.
• Welding shall be performed by qualified welders.
• Disconnect the battery.
• Disconnect all wires from other electronic modules.
• Disconnect all wires from the engine control systems.
• Disconnect all wires from the transmission control module.
• Connect welding cable directly to the frame, do not connect to any
control components.
• Welding emits showers of sparks. Protect all fuel system components,
engine intake and battery from exposure to the sparks.
Failure to follow these rules may damage electronic control modules
resulting in unsafe operation of the vehicle or result in fire causing severe
bodily injury and/or property damage.
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