JLG 20VP (3120727) Operator Manual - Manual (Page 27)

SECTION 3 - USER RESPONSIBILITIES & MACHINE CONTROLS
3120751 – JLG Lift – 3-5
9. WARNING HORN PAD
If machine is equipped with (optional) mounted
horn, this pad when pressed sounds the horn.
Brake Release Control
(See Figure 3-4.)
Standard equipment on all VP Series lifts is a braking sys-
tem integrated into the electric motor drive system. The
braking system is spring engaged and released electri-
cally while the machine is being driven with the joystick
controller. When the lift is at rest or the power is turned off,
the brakes are automatically engaged.
If the lift must be moved around manually as a result of
the batteries become depleted and the machine needs to
be moved from an aisleway, or machine is being winched
onto a roll-back truck bed, etc. To release the brakes, a
brake release control has been provided to engage/disen-
gage the brake system.
FOLLOW ALL APPLICABLE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS WHEN MAN-
UALLY MOVING MACHINE AROUND (SEE SECTION 1-3).
WHEN PUSHED OR PULLED MANUALLY, THE MACHINE‘S
BRAKES MUST BE DISENGAGED AND THE EMERGENCY STOP
BUTTON SET TO THE OFF POSITION, (DEPRESSED). DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO TOW OR WINCH THE MACHINE AT A SPEED
GREATER THAN (2) MPH, OR DAMAGE COULD OCCUR TO THE
MACHINE‘S ELECTRONIC CONTROLLER BOX. (DUE TO HIGH
VOLTAGE BEING GENERATED BY THE DRIVE MOTORS FEEDING
BACK INTO THE CONTROLLER BOX).
The brake release control lever is located on the right side
of the mast (bubble level side). To disengage or engage
the brakes, check the brake decal located just above the
handle assembly to see which direction the handle needs
to be pointed, (the brakes are ENGAGED (normal driving
position) when the handle is in the up (vertical) position,
and DISENGAGED (machine can be moved manually
when the handle is pulled down in a horizontal position).
When brakes are disengaged the machine can then be
moved around manually.
AFTER THE MACHINE HAS BEEN MANUALLY MOVED AND
BEFORE DRIVING MACHINE, ALWAYS RE-ENGAGE THE BRAKE
SYSTEM.
Figure 3-4. Brake Release Handle.