Manitowoc Grove RT9150E Operator's Manual page 195

RT9150E OPERATOR MANUAL
1. Press the button (1).
2. The lifting cylinders (2) turn:
Yellow: Intermediate position
Green: Locked
To rotate lifting cylinders to unlocked (Figure 3-118):
1. Press the button (1).
2. The lifting cylinders (2) turn:
Yellow: Intermediate position
Red: Unlocked.
Locking/Unlocking the Counterweight
The counterweight is secured to the crane with a pair of
horizontal locking cylinders. After the counterweight has
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been pretensioned the locking cylinders need to engage the
counterweight to secure it to the crane.
Locking the Counterweight
After pretensioning the counterweight:
FIGURE 3-118
1. Press the engage button (1) (Figure 3-119). When the
lock cylinders are fully engaged the lock cylinders icon
(2) turns green.
Unlocking the Counterweight
In order to remove the counterweight the locking cylinders
must be retracted:
1. Press the retract button (3) (Figure 3-119). When the
lock cylinders are fully retracted the lock cylinders icon
(2) turns red.
Published 2-23-2017, Control # 644-00
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FIGURE 3-119
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3-121