JLG 40xxPS Operator Manual - Manual (Page 119)

Section 5 - Attachments and Hitches
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To open/close bucket gate:
Press and hold button (3) to close bucket gate or press and hold button (4) to open
bucket gate.
OR
While pressing and holding button (5), move joystick forward to close bucket gate or
move joystick back to open bucket gate.
Installation Procedure:
• Ensure carriage is properly installed. Refer to “Attachment Installation” on
page 5-11.
• Secure the concrete bucket to the forks by sliding the concrete bucket onto the
parent forks and install the retaining pin behind the vertical shank of the fork.
Operation:
• Close bucket gate, level bucket and fully retract and lower boom to load material.
• Distribute material evenly within the bucket. Bucket capacity charts are for evenly
distributed loads only.
• Load center will vary depending on the amount of material in the bucket. Always
ensure compliance with the capacity chart.
• Travel in accordance with requirements set forth in Section 1 - General Safety
Practices.
• Position bucket and open bucket gate to release load.
Equipment Damage Precautions
• Transport the concrete bucket as low as practical at a slow speed and without
rapid side to side movement.