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500E2 OPERATOR MANUAL OPERATING CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
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National Crane Published 07-26-2019 Control # 111-06 3-1
SECTION 3
OPERATING CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
SECTION CONTENTS
Truck Cab Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Power Take-Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Park Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Cold Weather Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Crane Warm-up Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Engine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Hoist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Swing Drive and Turntable Bearing . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Axles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Hydraulic Oil System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Jump Starting Hazard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Unattended Crane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Crane Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Turn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Swing Speed Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Boom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Boom Telescope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Hoist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Stabilizers Up/Down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Stabilizers Extend/Retract. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Outriggers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Foot Throttle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Emergency Stop Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Hydraulic Capacity Alert System (HCA) Load
Range Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
HCA Overload Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Anti-Two-Block/Jib Overload Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Key Override Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Override Button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Load Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Boom Angle Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Boom length Indicator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Outrigger Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Hoist System Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Using Multiple Part Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
General Rules When Operating Hoist . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Lifting the Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Optional Hoist Burst of Speed (BOS) . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Anti-Two Block System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Outrigger Monitoring System (OMS) (Optional—
Standard in North America) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Hydraulic Capacity Alert System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
System Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Indicator Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
HCA Load Range Gauge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
HCA System Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Pressure Sensing Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Jib Load Limiting Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
System Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
System Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Three Section Boom Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Anti-two-block Weight Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Installing Cable On The Hoist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Wedge Socket Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Dead-end Rigging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Danger Remote Start Hazard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
Hydraulic System Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
Radio Remote Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
Safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
Electrical Circuit Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
Emergency Stop Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17
Frequently Asked Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17
TRUCK CAB CONTROLS
Power Take-Off
Manual Shift Control
The PTO’s are engaged when the knobs on dash or floor are
pulled out and disengaged when the knobs are pushed in.
The truck gear shift lever must be in neutral and the clutch
depressed whenever the knobs are moved.

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BrandManitowoc
ModelNational Crane 500E2
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