JLG 1500SJ Use and care manual

Operation and Safety Manual
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Original Instructions - Keep this manual with the machine at all times.
Boom Lift Models
1500SJ
3121261
June 30, 2017

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FOREWORD
This manual is a very important tool! Keep it with the machine at all times.
The purpose of this manual is to provide owners, users, operators, lessors, and lessees with the precautions and operating
procedures essential for the safe and proper machine operation for its intended purpose.
Due to continuous product improvements, JLG Industries, Inc. reserves the right to make specification changes without
prior notification. Contact JLG Industries, Inc. for updated information.

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SAFETY ALERT SYMBOLS AND SAFETY SIGNAL WORDS
INDICATES AN IMMINENTLY HAZARDOUS SITUATION. IF NOT AVOIDED, WILL
RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. THIS DECAL WILL HAVE A RED BACK-
GROUND.
INDICATES A POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS SITUATION. IF NOT AVOIDED, COULD
RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. THIS DECAL WILL HAVE AN ORANGE BACK-
GROUND.
INDICATES A POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS SITUATION. IF NOT AVOIDED, MAY RESULT
IN MINOR OR MODERATE INJURY. IT MAY ALSO ALERT AGAINST UNSAFE PRACTICES.
THIS DECAL WILL HAVE A YELLOW BACKGROUND.
INDICATES INFORMATION OR A COMPANY POLICY THAT RELATES DIRECTLY OR INDI-
RECTLY TO THE SAFETY OF PERSONNEL OR PROTECTION OF PROPERTY.
This is the Safety Alert Symbol. It is used to alert you to the potential personal injury
hazards. Obey all safety messages that follow this symbol to avoid possible injury or
death

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THIS PRODUCT MUST COMPLY WITH ALL SAFETY RELATED BULLETINS. CONTACT JLG
INDUSTRIES, INC. OR THE LOCAL AUTHORIZED JLG REPRESENTATIVE FOR INFORMA-
TION REGARDING SAFETY-RELATED BULLETINS WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR
THIS PRODUCT.
JLG INDUSTRIES, INC. SENDS SAFETY RELATED BULLETINS TO THE OWNER OF
RECORD OF THIS MACHINE. CONTACT JLG INDUSTRIES, INC. TO ENSURE THAT THE
CURRENT OWNER RECORDS ARE UPDATED AND ACCURATE.
JLG INDUSTRIES, INC. MUST BE NOTIFIED IMMEDIATELY IN ALL INSTANCES WHERE
JLG PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING BODILY INJURY
OR DEATH OF PERSONNEL OR WHEN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE HAS OCCURRED TO PER-
SONAL PROPERTY OR THE JLG PRODUCT.
Contact:
Product Safety and Reliability Department
JLG Industries, Inc.
13224 Fountainhead Plaza
Hagerstown, MD 21742
USA
or Your Local JLG Office
(See addresses on inside of manual cover)
In USA:
Toll Free: 877-JLG-SAFE (877-554-7233)
Outside USA:
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
For:
• Accident Reporting
• Product Safety Publica-
tions
• Current Owner Updates
• Questions Regarding
Product Safety
• Standards and Regulations
Compliance Information
• Questions Regarding Special
Product Applications
• Questions Regarding Prod-
uct Modifications

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REVISION LOG
Original Issue - April 25, 2011
Revised - May 23, 2011
Revised - November 10, 2011
Revised - September 10, 2012
Revised - September 4, 2014
Revised - January 5, 2015
Revised - May 23, 2017
Revised - June 30, 2017

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SECTION - PARAGRAPH, SUBJECT PAGE SECTION - PARAGRAPH, SUBJECT PAGE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION - 1 - SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
1.1 GENERAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
1.2 PRE-OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Operator Training and Knowledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Workplace Inspection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Machine Inspection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
1.3 OPERATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Trip and Fall Hazards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Electrocution Hazards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Tipping Hazards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Crushing and Collision Hazards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
1.4 TOWING, LIFTING, AND HAULING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
1.5 MAINTENANCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
Maintenance Hazards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
Battery Hazards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
SECTION - 2 - USER RESPONSIBILITIES, MACHINE PREPARATION,
AND INSPECTION
2.1 PERSONNEL TRAINING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Operator Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Training Supervision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Operator Responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
2.2 PREPARATION, INSPECTION, AND MAINTENANCE . . . . . 2-2
Pre-Start Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Function Check. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
SkyGuard Function Test. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Boom Control System Check Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
2.3 OSCILLATING AXLE LOCKOUT TEST (IF EQUIPPED). . . . 2-16
SECTION - 3 - MACHINE CONTROLS AND INDICATORS
3.1 GENERAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
3.2 CONTROLS AND INDICATORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Ground Control Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Ground Control Indicator Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Platform Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Platform Control Indicator Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
SECTION - 4 - MACHINE OPERATION
4.1 DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
4.2 BOOM OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS AND
LIMITATIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Controlled Arc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Envelope Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Controlled Angle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Swing Speed Proportioning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Stability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

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4.3 CAPACITY SELECT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
4.4 ENGINE OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Starting Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Shutdown Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Fuel Reserve / Shut-Off System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
4.5 TRAVELING (DRIVING). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Traveling Forward and Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Traveling on a Grade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
4.6 STEERING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
4.7 EXTENDING THE AXLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
4.8 PLATFORM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Platform Level Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Platform Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
4.9 BOOM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Swinging the Boom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Raising and Lowering the Boom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Telescoping the Boom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Telescoping the Jib . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Stowing/Swinging the Jib . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
4.10 FUNCTION SPEED CONTROL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
4.11 MACHINE SAFETY SYSTEM OVERRIDE (MSSO)
(CE ONLY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
4.12 SKYGUARD OPERATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
4.13 EMERGENCY TOWING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
4.14 SHUT DOWN AND PARK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
4.15 LIFTING AND TIE DOWN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Lifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Tie Down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
4.16 STOWING THE JIB FOR TRANSPORT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
SECTION - 5 - LCD DISPLAY PANEL - GENERATION 1 & 2
5.1 IDENTIFICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
5.2 LCD DISPLAY PANEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
5.3 GENERATION 1 LCD DISPLAY PANEL SCREENS . . . . . . . . 5-3
Boot Up Splash Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Default Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Conditional Icons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
CAN Communication Error Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Serviceable Fault Indication Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Keyswitch in Ground Control Mode Screen . . . . . . . . 5-13
Keyswitch in Ground Control Mode Screen with
Operational Faults. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-15
Operational Fault - No Graphics Screen . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
Operational Fault - With Graphics Screen. . . . . . . . . . 5-19

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Operational Fault - Footswitch Open Screen . . . . . . 5-21
Out of Transport - Axles Retracted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23
Operational Fault - Transport Swing Fault Screen . 5-25
Envelope Speed Reduction Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-27
Operational Fault - Envelope Violation Fault
Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-29
Operational Fault - Over/Under Moment Fault
(DTC 0017/0018). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-31
5.4 GENERATION 2 LCD DISPLAY PANEL SCREENS. . . . . . . . 5-33
Boot up Splash Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33
Machine Operating Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-35
KeySwitch In Ground Mode:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-37
Function Speed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-38
CAN Bus Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-39
Take Foot Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-40
Put Foot In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-41
BCS Lamp On. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-42
Broken Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-44
Platform Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-45
Platform Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-46
Capacity Mode Error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-47
Swing DTCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-48
Jib Unlocked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-50
Jib Locked. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-51
Chassis Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-52
Machine Tilted Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-55
Envelope Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-56
Machine Model Unknown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-60
5.5 OPERATIONAL FAULT CODE LISTING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-61
SECTION - 6 - EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
6.1 GENERAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
6.2 INCIDENT NOTIFICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
6.3 EMERGENCY OPERATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Operator Unable to Control Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Platform or Boom Caught Overhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Boom Movement Prevented By Boom Control
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
6.4 EMERGENCY TOWING PROCEDURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
6.5 MACHINE SAFETY SYSTEM OVERRIDE (MSSO)
(CE ONLY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
SECTION - 7 - ACCESSORIES
7.1 FALL ARREST PLATFORM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3
Safety Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3
7.2 PIPE RACKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3
Capacity Specifications (Australia Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
Safety Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
Preparation and Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4

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7.3 SKYCUTTER™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
Safety Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
Accessory Ratings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6
Generator Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6
Preparation and Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6
7.4 SKYGLAZIER™. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7
Capacity Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7
Safety Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8
Preparation and Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8
7.5 SKYPOWER™. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9
Generator Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9
Accessory Ratings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9
Safety Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10
Preparation and Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10
7.6 SKYWELDER™. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10
Accessory Ratings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-11
Generator Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-11
Welding Accessories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-11
Safety Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12
Preparation and Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12
7.7 SOFT TOUCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-13
SECTION - 8 - GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS & OPERATOR
MAINTENANCE
8.1 INTRODUCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
8.2 OPERATING SPECIFICATIONS AND PERFORMANCE
DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
Operating Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
Dimensional Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2
Capacities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
Engine Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
Major Component Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
Hydraulic Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
8.3 OPERATOR MAINTENANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-13
8.4 TIRES & WHEELS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-25
Tire Inflation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-25
Tire Damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-25
Tire Replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-25
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-26
Wheel Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-26
8.4 SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-27
SECTION - 9 - INSPECTION AND REPAIR LOG