JLG 266 LoPro Operator Manual - Manual (Page 89)

Section 5 - Attachments and Hitches
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Installation Procedure:
• Refer to “Attachment Installation” on page 5-7.
Equipment Damage Precautions
• Drive into stockpile smoothly with boom fully retracted to load bucket. Loading
bucket with boom extended could damage boom. 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.
• Do not use bucket for "back dragging". This could cause severe damage to quick
switch.
Operation:
• Raise or lower boom to appropriate height 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.
• Tilt bucket down to dump load.