SP Series
Operating & Safety Instructions
USA – 11/14
Original instructions
4.4 DRIVING CONTROLS
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.
1) Check proposed route for possible hazards, obstructions and personnel.
2) Depress footswitch located on basket floor.
3) Set the speed selector switch on the basket control station as required.
Low Drive (Tortoise) - gives low speed and low engine revs.
High Drive (Hare) - gives high speed and high engine revs.
Off-road (High Gradeability) - gives low speed, high engine revs and high gradeability.
Note; High Drive Speed is only available when the booms are in the stowed position. The
SP45/50 will default to Low Drive speed whenever the booms are elevated.
If the machine is driven on slopes exceeding 10
0
it automatically reverts to Off-road speed
(High Gradeability). To return the machine to Low or High Drive, drive on to level ground (<10
0
)
then release and reactivate the joystick or footswitch.
4) Select drive joystick from the basket 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 basket controls. (Refer to Section 4.3.1)
All boom control levers and drive joystick 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 speed selector is in
the High Drive (Hare) 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.
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.
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