Driving Controls - nifty Heightrider HR17 SP50 HYBRID SERIES 4x4 Operating/Safety Instructions Manual

Height Rider/SP Series
Operating & Safety Instructions
4.4

DRIVING CONTROLS

1) Check proposed route for possible hazards, obstructions and personnel.
2) Depress footswitch located on platform floor.
3) Set the terrain type selector to either level ground (anti-clockwise) or gradient (clockwise).
Set the variable speed control knob as required. Tortoise (fully anti-clockwise) gives minimum
speed/low engine revs for more accurate manoeuvrability and Hare (fully clockwise) allows
maximum speed/high engine revs.
Note; High Drive Speed is only available when the booms are in the stowed position. The HR17
will default to Low Drive speed whenever the booms are elevated.
4) Select drive joystick from the platform control panel.
Push forward for FORWARD DRIVE
Pull backwards for REVERSE DRIVE
Steering is controlled by the rocker-switch button on the top of the joystick
Left for STEER LEFT
Right for STEER RIGHT
The driving horn is activated by a button on the platform controls for use when the drive and boom
controls are switched off.
All control levers give a fully proportional response therefore the more the lever is moved away from
the centre Off position the faster the function will become.
Maximum drive speed is only attainable when all booms are fully stowed and the Terrain selector is in
the Level Ground position (anti clockwise).
When driving with the booms fully stowed, the Tilt Alarm is bypassed to allow the Niftylift to be driven
in areas where the slope exceeds the four degree working limit. In normal operation the drive is
therefore unaffected when driven onto a slope in excess of four degrees, until the booms are raised,
whereupon the drive would be disabled and the tilt alarm sounds continuously.
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DO NOT OPERATE THE NIFTYLIFT WHILST ELEVATED UNLESS ON A FIRM,
LEVEL SURFACE FREE FROM ANY POSSIBLE OBSTRUCTIONS OR HAZARDS
BOTH AT GROUND LEVEL AND OVERHEAD.
ALL NIFTYLIFTS ARE FITTED WITH A TILT ALARM - PRE-SET IN THE FACTORY.
ONCE ENERGISED, THE NIFTYLIFT WILL LOSE ALL POWER TO DRIVE
FUNCTIONS AND A LOUD AUDIBLE ALARM WILL BE ACTIVATED.
TO DE-ACTIVATE, LOWER THE BOOMS FULLY TO THEIR STOWED POSITION
AND RE-POSITION BASE ON FIRM, LEVEL GROUND.
IF ALARM SOUNDS - DESCEND IMMEDIATELY AND RE-LEVEL MACHINE BASE.
English/USA – 03/10
Original instructions