Snorkel MHP17 - Manual (Page 49)

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From Platform Control Box
When you op er ate from the plat form con trol box, be
sure that the lan yard of your fall re straint is at -
tached to an an chor point on the plat form mount.
Also, be sure the grav ity gate is closed. Each of the
ways the plat form can move is shown in the fol low -
ing pho to graph and switch il lus tra tion:
The pho to graph shows the plat form switches that
cause the plat form or booms to move.
These plat form mov ing switches, ( through ƒ),
will pro duce the move ment as in di cated by the il -
lus tra tion's to the right.
Figure 8.9 - Movement Control, Platform
Control Box
You must be step ping on the plat form foot switch
„ (see Fig ure 8.10) when you use any of the plat -
form mov ing switches ( through ƒ) The plat form
foot switch is a safety fea ture to pre vent the plat -
form from mov ing if a plat form mov ing switch, or
con trol ler, is ac ci den tally pushed.
Figure 8.10 - Platform Foot Switch
Figure 8.11 - Platform Control Box Operation,
Platform Moving Switch Illustration
■ Securing for Day
At the end of each work day the MHP16/47 should
be re turned to the STOWED POSITION and locked
as de scribed un der “Stowing” in the "Stowing and
Trans porting" chap ter 10.
MHP16/47 – 11544A page 8 - 5
8. Operation
1. Boom
Raise / Lower
2. Boom
Extend / Retract
3. Level Platform
4. Slew
5. Platform Rotation
SLEW
LEFT RIGHT
ROTATE
PLATFORM
LEFT RIGHT
UP
DOWN RAISE /
LOWER
UP
DOWN EXTEND /
RETRACT
UP
DOWN LEVEL
PLATFORM