HELI green Series User manual

S274-3:2020
1.6-1.8t
Electric Narrow Aisle
Reach Truck
OPERATOR’S
MANUAL

FOREWORD
This manual provides the proper operation to operator, service man and
administrative person of the reach truck. Read this manual carefully before operation
to exert the capacity and enhance efficiency of reach truck.
The manual is based on truck with standard equipments, other kinds of truck is
explained only in different parts.
If you have any questions during using, please contact with HELI specified sale
point for service.
This manual content might not correspond with the actual truck because of the
improving of our products and using method.
Dangers during operation, inspection and maintenance can not be predetermined
and monitor by us in user actual operation.
For the operation, inspection and service not listed in the manual, please take
into consideration by yourself for safety reason.
Symbols are corresponding meanings used in the manual and truck plates are
followed:
Symbol
Meaning
DANGER
Indicates an imminently hazardous situation which, if not avoided, will
result in death or serious injury. You must observe this instruction.
WARNING
Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could
result in death or serious injury. You must observe this instruction.
CAUTION
Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could
result in minor or moderate injury. You must observe this instruction.
NOTE
Indicates a statement of directly or indirectly related to the safety of
personal and maintain of the truck.

CONTENTS
I. About use method…………………………………………………………………1
1. Main use of reach truck……………………………………………………..1
2. Working plan and environment………………………………………………2
3. Travelling road……………………………………………………………….6
4. Selecting driver………………………………………………………………6
5. Truck and load………………………………………………………………..8
6. Inspection…………………………………………………………………….10
7. Transporting…………………………………………………………………11
8. What vehicle the reach truck is……………………………………………..11
9. Driving…………………………………………………………………….. .15
10.Lifting………………………………………………………………………22
11. Parking…………………………………………………………………….27
12. Inspection and repair………………………………………………………28
13. Plates………………………………………………………………………32
II. Operating device…………………………………………………………………39
1.Name of parts………….…………………………………………………39
2.Operating device and using method…………..………………………………40
III. Operation of the truck…………………………………………………………..48
1. Notes on new truck usage…………………………………………………48
2. Relationship between load and stability of truck ………………………….48
3. Load center and load chart………………………………………………….49
4. Truck stability………………………………………………………………49
5. Transporting of the truck…………………………………………………….50
6. Note on get onto or get out of the lorry…………………………………….50
7. Operation of the truck………………………………………………………51
8. Battery usage……………………………………………………………….54
9. Loading and unloading………………………………………………………57
10. Vehicle storing……………………………………………………………….60
IV. Inspection………………………………………………………………………..62
1. Inspection prior to operate……………………………………………………62
2. Periodic inspection…………………………………………………………65

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I. About use method
1. Main use of reach truck
The main use of reach truck is handle and stack the loads that on the pallets.
It is prohibited to use it in prohibitive applications.
The prohibitive applications refer to travel with human riding on, lift human up,
tow other vehicles and so on. The truck can not be used in the prohibitive
applications.
Examples of prohibitive applications:
Lift with people standing on fork or pallet
Stand on the fork to press the goods
Hoist the goods with steel wire hang on the forks directly
Tow other trucks

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Push the loads or other trucks with forks
Open or close the doors of other trucks with forks
2. Working plan and environment
(1) Set down working plan and discuss the plan well
You must decide the travel route and the method of working before start and
discuss the safe problem well.
(2) Regulate limit speed
You must regulate limit speed in working environment and set striking plate in
order to show clearly.
(3) Avoid dropping
Set protector on sideways or platform’s edges in order to avoid reach truck
dropping.

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(4) Point out travel area of reach truck and clean up the load
Point out travel area of reach truck and clean up the road in the travel area in
order to avoid obstacle.
(5) Prohibit passerby to come into working area
Prohibit passerby to come into working area and prohibit the guider of the truck
to contact with reach truck.
(6) Prohibit the reach truck without license to come into working area
Prohibit the reach truck without license to come into working area and set a clear
sign.
(7) Keep good condition of road surface and wipe off oil and grease

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Clean up working area, keep good condition of road surface and wipe off oil
and grease on the road.
(8) Lighting for operation area is needed for safety working
It is difficult to find passerby and obstacle on dark way and it is very dangerous.
Keep brightness and full of full of sunshine on way and working area.
(9) Arrange a guider when working in narrow area
Arrange a guider when working in narrow area or working with other works and
other truck. Do working according to the guider’s lead.

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(10) Affirm contact method in emergent condition
Affirm contact method in emergent condition in order to deal with fire, accident
and other unpredictable things properly.
(11) Set and affirm fire extinguisher
Set fire extinguisher to avoid fire hazard, accident and other unpredictable thing.
Use the fire extinguisher according to its operating rules.
(12) Safety precautions in danger
Set a clear sign in dangerous place in order to
alarm the truck to keep away from assisted
(13) As a motor vehicle, the truck should only be used
in the following condition:
a) Temperature: -25℃ to 40℃
b) Relative humidity:≤90%
c) Altitude: ≤1200m
(14) The stability of the truck will be affected by the

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power and direction of the wind outside, so do no work in strong wind to make sure
people and truck safety.
3. Travelling road
(1) Prohibit travel on public road
Reach truck is the special vehicle for indoor use.
It is different to go through ramp and rough road for its small and compact
structure. Reach truck will upset if go through ramp and rough road. In other hands, it
will block the travel of other vehicle and person’s pas for its low speed. If the wheel is
out of round or the status of the road surface is not good, it will raise the running
noise.
Prohibit travel on public road. Only use indoor.
4. Selecting driver
(1) Wear safety clothes
Please wear proper safety clothes when driving. Improper clothes may be caught
by operating levers or pedal which may cause truck mis-moving.
Be sure to wear safety helmet and safety shoes.
Please wear other necessary protective clothes according to working area
condition
(2) Safety education on goods stacking

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Goods stacking is for storage, it is not to put goods on platform, but stack goods
together.
If goods are not stacked accurately, goods will collapse and it will threaten driver
and other people.
It is necessary to make safety education for the people carrying out stacking
operation.
(3) It is essential to make safety periodic education for experienced driver
Periodic education every five-year. Structure of vehicle will change and rule
of law will change for technique renovation.
Make safety education when operation method and equipment using method
have important change.
Because the fast development of truck structure, application of microcomputer
and automatic devices and changes of law, it is necessary to receive the courses from
expert.
(4) Do not let someone operate the reach truck when he is tired or have poor health.
Do not let someone operate the reach truck when he is tired or have poor health
because accidents may be caused by absent minded.

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5. Truck and load
(1) Do not use the reach truck when its overhead guard is dismantled.
(2) Modifications shall not be carried out by user at will.
Modifications on truck or attachments that affect performance, safe construct and
strength shall not be performed.
For example, modifications that enhance the weight of counterbalance shall not
be performed without the written approval of our company.
(3) Decal must be put on obvious position
You must paste new plate when it damaged or lost.
Check the plate in periodic checking.
(4) Do not over trust overhead guard
The overhead guard is used to protect the driver when goods are falling from the
top of head. But it does not mean it can withstand the impact of all falling goods.
(5) Using a hard pallet

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The pallet must endure the weight of load. Worn-out pallet must be repaired in
time.
(6) Make sure to load and unload the goods in stable and safe condition.
Avoid off-center loads or falling loads. Make sure to load and unload the goods
in stable and safe condition.
(7) Be careful of the capacity of ground
The reach truck is heavy. 80%-90%of reach truck weight is center on front wheel
when the reach truck is loaded. You must investigate the ground of warehouse, and
enhance the quality of ground if necessary.
6. Inspection
(1) When operation, have a good habit of inspection.

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Operator should inspect the truck before operation and if there is any fault, report
to administrative person.
(2) Inspect regularly and make a record.
Inspect monthly and annual, repair it immediately if there is any fault. the
inspection should be carry out by professionals because special technique and
equipments are needed. The record of inspection must be saved three years.
(3) Change the important parts regularly.
Name of safety parts
Term
1
Pipe for lifting system
1~2
2
Chain s of lifting
2~4
The items listed above must be replaced for a fixed period because they are very
important for safety.
(4) It is strictly prohibited to operate fault truck.
Before driving you should check truck carefully. If there is any fault, hang a
warning plate on the truck and then remove the key and report to the administrative
person.
(5) Assign a guider for truck maintenance and attachments working
Assign a guider and do according to his command.
The truck body and parts are heavy and some place have high pressure. Be care
when repair.

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7. Transporting
Load and unload the goods on flat and solid surface. Besides, take care of
connecting plate length, width and strength and make sure it is reliable and safe. In
rainy days, use anti-slip connecting plate or stop working.
When handling goods from or to the truck, it is very safe to use the truck
assembled with jack and winch.
8. What vehicle the reach truck is
(1) Keep the balance of the truck
The reach truck is equipped with the fork in the lifting system that can move
forward and backward. The supporting point of the reach truck is its front wheels
which balance the truck’s center of gravity with the goods’. For this reason, the center
of gravity of the truck together with the goods’are important for truck safety.
The stability of the truck will be improved a lot when the fork is drawn back.

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Load wheel supporting point load weight
(2) Be sure the center of the goods’gravity
The goods can be boxlike, board like, stick and all other kinds of shape.
To estimate the stability, it is important to well-known the center of gravity of all
kinds of the goods shape.
(3) The variety of the center of its gravity
The combine barycenter of the truck itself and the loading determined the truck’s
stability. While unloading, the combine barycenter is the truck’s center gravity itself.
While loading goods, the barycenter combined the truck’s barycenter with the loading
goods. The barycenter changed while the mast tilt forward or backward or lift the fork
arm. Tor this reason it changed the combine barycenter also. In addition, the truck’s
barycenter depend on the following facts.

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The size, the weight and the form if the loading
The height of the loading
The tilt angle of the wheel
The material of the wheel
The acceleration, deceleration and the rolling radius of the truck
The road status and the gradient of the road
The type of the attachment
To level off the truck, the combined center-of-gravity shall be located in the
interior of triangle composed by the ground contacting points of left front wheel, right
front wheel and drive wheel. If the combined center-of-gravity exceeds the position of
front wheel and tipping forward with the front wheel as supporting point will be
resulted. If the combined center-of-gravity exceeds the right or left side, tipping
towards left or right side will be resulted.

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(4) The max loading weight (the loading weight and its center)
The horizontal distance from the center of gravity of the loading to the bottom of
the fork arm (in front of the load backrest) called the load center distance. The
maximum weight that can load in the just load center called the maximum loading
capacity.
The capacity chart showing the relationship of the maximum loading capacity to
the load center distance. It paste in the truck as a plate. The load center moves forward
to the fork arm as well as the combine weight and the load capacity decrease too.
load curve
(5) Acceleration, deceleration and the rolling radius of the truck
A quiescent object will be keeping its state if out of outside force. And it is
applicable to the moving object also. This is called inertia.
The inertia is of the same direction when the truck moving forward. The inertia
will increase with the increasing of speed. While braking, the inertia will make the
truck overturn to the forward. It is dangerous while braking emergently for it will
largen the overturn force. in addition, when rolling the truck, the rolling center’s
centrifugal force acts. The truck makes the truck overturn to the outside, especially the
stably area around the truck. So you should decelerate the truck while rolling
overturn.
When the loading is lifted, the combine barycenter will rise too. It is dangerous
to overturn to the forward or sideward.

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9. Driving
(1) Read this manual before driving
Prior to operation, read this carefully to ensure safety and efficient material
handling by proper driving and maintenance,
This manual should be kept by operator and read it carefully.
(2) Attention before the start
When you start the truck, please obey the following rules:
Check if all operating levers position are in neutral position
Make sure foot is away from braking pedal
Begin operation after ensuing the safety around
WARNING
Operate the truck on designated operating position.
Prohibition of reach lever operating when your body is between the
mast and chassis or this will lead to a dangerous condition unexpectedly.
Operate the mast on the designated operating position.
(3) Change the direction after the truck is stopped.
Sharp direction changing is very dangerous.
(4) Do not drive or make a turn with forks lifted up.
When travelling with lifted forks, this could cause an unstable condition and a
turn over of the truck.
(5) Lower the center of gravity
Tilt the mast backward and keep the fork about 20cm above the ground when

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travelling in order to lower the center of gravity.
(6) It is prohibited to lift or tilt sharply when loaded.
Do not lift or tilt the mast sharply when it is loaded. If so, the truck may have a
danger of overturn.
(7) Rude operation such as sudden start, sudden stop, sudden steering and so on are
prohibited.
Rude operation such as sudden start, sudden stop, sudden steering and so on are
prohibited. when steering, please slow down. The truck will have a danger of overturn
when making a sharp steering without load because the rear of the truck is very heavy.
(8) Driving on a slope
Do not make a turn and travel horizontally on a slope or truck may have a
danger of overturn.
Take care of the road height when there is a sharp slope so as to avoid fork
or pallet contacting with ground.
When traveling on a slope without load, travel backward when go up the
slope and travel forward when down a slope.
When traveling on a slope with load, travel forward when go up the slope
and travel backward when down a slope.

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When down a slope, make full use of brake system.
When travelling on a slope, do not make engine power off.
(9) Do not drive into a weak road shoulder.
Do not drive into a weak road shoulder because it has a danger of collapse.
Keep a safe distance with the road shoulder in narrow road so as to avoid truck
falling.
(10) when operating in a container
It is prohibited to travel on the platform edge because it has a danger of
falling down which may even cause death.
Check the connecting plate capacity and its safety. It is prohibited to use
improper connecting plate.
Apply the hand brake of the lorry and wedge the four wheels to prevent it
from slipping.
Lift the truck with jack to prevent the truck from sinking when the reach
truck travels in because of heavy load.