JLG 266 LoPro Operator Manual - Manual (Page 91)

Section 5 - Attachments and Hitches
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To open/close grapple:
Use the button (3) to select the auxiliary hydraulic circuit.
Press joystick button (4) to close grapple or press joystick button (5) to open
grapple.
OR
While pressing and holding the joystick button (6), move the joystick forward to close
grapple or move the joystick back to open grapple.
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 and
open grapple.
• Align telehandler with face of stockpile and drive slowly and smoothly into pile to
load bucket.
• Tilt bucket up far enough to retain load, close grapple, and back away from pile.
• Travel in accordance with requirements set forth in Section 1 - General Safety
Practices.
• Open grapple and tilt bucket down to dump load.