JLG EcoLift70 Use and care manual

®
Operation and Safety Manual
ANSI
Original Instructions - Keep this manual with the machine at all times.
Models
EcoLift50
EcoLift70
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June 29, 2018 - Rev C
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WARNING
Operating, servicing and maintaining this vehicle or equipment
can expose you to chemicals including engine exhaust, carbon
monoxide, phthalates, and lead, which are known to the State of
California to cause cancer and birth defects or other
reproductive harm. To minimize exposure, avoid breathing
exhaust, do not idle the engine except as necessary, service your
vehicle or equipment in a well-ventilated area and wear gloves
or wash your hands frequently when servicing. For more
information go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.
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FOREWORD
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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
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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 BACKGROUND.
INDICATES A POTENTIALITY HAZARDOUS SITUATION. IF NOT
AVOIDED, COULD RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. THIS DECAL
WILL HAVE AN ORANGE BACKGROUND.
INDICATES A POTENTIALIT Y 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 INDIRECTLY TO THE SAFETY OF PERSONNEL OR PRO-
TECTION 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 possi-
ble injury or death
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SAFETY ALERT SYMBOLS AND SAFETY SIGNAL WORDS
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THIS PRODUCT MUST COMPLY WITH ALL SAFETY RELATED BULLE-
TINS. CONTACT JLG INDUSTRIES, INC. OR THE LOCAL AUTHORIZED
JLG REPRESENTATIVE FOR INFORMATION 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 ACCI-
DENT INVOLVING BODILY INJURY OR DEATH OF PERSONNEL OR
WHEN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE HAS OCCURRED TO PERSONAL PROP-
ERTY OR THE JLG PRODUCT.
Contact:
Product Safety and Reliability Department
JLG Industries, Inc.
1 JLG Drive
McConnellsburg, PA 17233
or Your Local JLG Office
(See addresses on manual rear cover)
In USA:
Toll Free: 877-JLG-SAFE (877-554-7233)
Outside USA:
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
For :
• Accident Reporting
• Product Safety Publi-
cations
• Current Owner
Updates
• Questions Regarding
Product Safety
• Standards and Regula-
tions Compliance Infor-
mation
• Questions Regarding Spe-
cial Product Applications
• Questions Regarding
Product Modifications
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REVISION LOG
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REVISION LOG
Original Issue A - May 26, 2016
Revision B - May 15, 2018
Revision C - June 29, 2018 - Revised Prop 65
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION - PARAGRAPH, SUBJECT PAGE SECTION - PARAGRAPH, SUBJECT PAGE
SECTION - 1 - SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
1.1 GENERAL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
1.2 TRANSPORTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Tipping Hazards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
1.3 PRE-OPERATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Operator Training and Knowledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Workplace Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Machine Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
1.4 OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Trip and Fall Hazard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Electrocution Hazard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Tipping Hazards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
Crushing and Collision Hazards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
1.5 MOVING, LIFTING AND REPOSITIONING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
Additional Safety Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
1.6 MAINTENANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
Maintenance Hazards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
SECTION - 2 - 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
2.3 PRE-START INSPECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
2.4 DAILY WALK-AROUND INSPECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
2.5 FUNCTION CHECK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
SECTION - 3 - MACHINE OPERATION
3.1 GENERAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
3.2 MACHINE DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
3.3 MACHINE COMPONENT LOCATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
3.4 MACHINE OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Positioning and Leveling Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Entering/Exiting The Platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Elevating/Lowering Platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
3.5 TRANSPORTING, LIFTING AND TIE-DOWN PROCEDURES . . 3-6
Loading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Vehicle Transport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
3.6 DECAL INSTALLATION (ECOLIFT 50) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
3.7 DECAL INSTALLATION (ECOLIFT 70) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
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SECTION - PARAGRAPH, SUBJECT PAGE SECTION - PARAGRAPH, SUBJECT PAGE
SECTION - 4 - EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
4.1 GENERAL INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
4.2 EMERGENCY OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Operator Unable to Control Machine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Platform Caught Overhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Righting of Tipped Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
4.3 INCIDENT NOTIFICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
4.4 EMERGENCY LOWERING OPERATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
SECTION - 5 - GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS
5.1 GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Machine Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
SECTION - 6 - INSPECTION AND REPAIR LOG
LIST OF FIGURES
2-1. Daily Walk-Around Inspection (EcoLift50). . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
2-2. Daily Walk-Around Inspection (EcoLift70). . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
2-3. Rear Wheel Auto Locking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
3-1. Machine Component Locations(EcoLift 50) . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
3-2. Machine Component Locations(EcoLift 70) . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
3-3. Bubble Level Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
3-4. Machine Positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
3-5. Transport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
3-6. Decal Installation (EcoLift 50). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
3-7. Decal Installation (EcoLift 70). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
4-1. Emergency Lowering Tool (EcoLift 50). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
4-2. Emergency Lowering Tool (EcoLift 70). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
4-3. Emergency Lowering (Ecolift 50 and Ecolift 70) . . . . . . . 4-4
5-1. Operating Specifications (EcoLift 50) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
5-2. Operating Specifications (EcoLift 70) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
LIST OF TABLES
1-1 Minimum Approach Distances (M.A.D.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
2-1 Inspection and Maintenance Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
3-1 Decal Installation Chart (See Figure 3-6.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
3-2 Decal Installation Chart (See Figure 3-7.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
5-1. Machine Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
5-2. Machine Dimensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
6-1 Inspection and Repair Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
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SECTION 1 - SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
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SECTION 1. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
1.1 GENERAL
This section outlines the necessary precautions for proper and
safe machine usage and maintenance. In order to promote
proper machine usage, it is mandatory that a daily routine is
established based on the content of this manual. A mainte-
nance program, using the information provided in the Service
and Maintenance section, must also be established by a quali-
fied person and must be followed to ensure that the machine is
safe to operate.
The owner/user/operator/lessor/lessee of the machine must not
accept operating responsibility until this manual has been read,
training is accomplished, and operation of the machine has
been completed under the supervision of an experienced and
qualified operator.
These sections contain the responsibilities of the owner, user,
operator, lessor, and lessee concerning safety, training, inspec-
tion, maintenance, application, and operation. If there are any
questions with regard to safety, training, inspection, mainte-
nance, application, and operation, please contact JLG Industries,
Inc. (“JLG”).
FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS LISTED IN THIS MAN-
UAL COULD RESULT IN MACHINE DAMAGE, PROPERTY DAMAGE, PERSONAL
INJURY OR DEATH.
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