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- Page 1 $35.00 TOW SLING OPERATION SUPPLEMENT MANUAL 1080 Hykes Road Greencastle, PA 17225 Phone (717) 597-7111 www.jerr-dan.com 5-376-000106 © 2007 Jerr-Dan Corporation. All Rights Reserved. REV. 0 - 09/07...
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- Page 3 All information contained in this manual is as accurate as known at the time of publication and is subject to change, without notice, as a result of continuous product improvements. Jerr-Dan reserves the right to amend the information in this document at any time without prior notice.
- Page 4 Remember to replace the manual if lost. Additional or replacement manuals or replacement safety warning labels can be ordered by calling Jerr-Dan Parts at 717-597-7111. Price and avail- ability will be quoted at time of the request.
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Page 5: Operation
TOW SLING OPERATION (OPTIONAL) Sling Rating: (50 M.P.H. Transport Speed) ... 4,000 lbs. If your MPL is equipped with a towing sling, consult the AAA Towing Manual for hook up and follow these steps: 1. Position the truck within 9 ft. of... - Page 6 3. Remove the tow sling hold back bar retaining pins allowing the hold back bars to swing out of its re- taining brackets on the sides of the boom. 4. Lift the anchor assembly out of the cradle bracket and set it aside. 5.
- Page 7 8. Fold the underlift up until the align- ment indicators on the underlift and on the knee boom match up. 9. CLOSE the underlift lockout valve located on the tilt/fold cylinder on the back side of the knee boom.. WARNING: The underlift must be locked out to prevent the cable tension from folding the underlift back into the...
- Page 8 12. Connect the hold back bars to the tow sling lugs using the pins that you removed earlier. 13. Remove the right hand and left hand tow sling straps for the toolbox and lay them out next to the hold back bars on their respec- tive sides.
- Page 9 16. Install the upper heads of the strap assemblies onto the ends of the upper anchor assembly securing the heads with the snap pins provided. 17. Maneuver the sling under the ve- hicle to be towed, and far enough under so the vehicle will ride on the rubber belts.
- Page 10 19. Using the tow sling with late model vehicles, it may be neces- sary to use spacer blocks or a cross beam in order to get suffi- cient height to prevent any dam- age to body parts. The AAA Tow- ing Manual will diagram this.
- Page 11 Bar Assembly acts as a pivot in the event of a sudden stop. This will assure that the towed vehicle will not catapult forward onto the deck of the MPL. 24. After the tow is complete, reverse the procedure to unload the ve- hicle.
- Page 12 27. Disassemble the tow sling buy removing the strap assemblies and the upper anchor cross bar and stowing them in the toolbox. 28. Remove the winch cable from the underlift sheave and stow the hook on the roller guide. Remove the sheave assembly from the underlift and stow it in the toolbox.
- Page 13 32. Connect the hold back bars to the tow sling storage bracket us- ing the pins that you removed earlier. 33. Snug up the wire rope and fold the underlift into its stored posi- tion. 5-376-000106 REV. 0 - 09/07...
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