JLG 40xxPS Operator Manual - Manual (Page 115)

Section 5 - Attachments and Hitches
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To open/close bucket:
Press and hold button (3) to close bucket or press and hold button (4) to open
bucket.
OR
While pressing and holding button (5), move joystick forward to close bucket or move
joystick back to open bucket.
Installation Procedure:
• Refer to “Attachment Installation” on page 5-11.
Operation:
• Raise or lower boom to appropriate height and close bucket for loading material
from stockpile.
• Align telehandler with face of stockpile and drive slowly and smoothly into pile to
load bucket.
• Tilt bucket up far enough to retain load and back away from pile.
• Travel in accordance with requirements set forth in Section 1 - General Safety
Practices.
• Open bucket or tilt bucket down to dump load.
Equipment Damage Precautions
• Except for lifting or dumping a load, the boom must be fully retracted for all
bucket operations.
• Do not corner-load bucket. Distribute material evenly within the bucket. Bucket
capacity charts are for evenly distributed loads only.
• Do not use bucket as a lever to pry material. Excessive prying forces could
damage bucket or machine structure.
• Do not attempt to load material which is hard or frozen. This could cause severe
damage to quick attach or machine structure.
• Do not use bucket for "back dragging." This could cause severe damage to quick
attach.