Vestil LIFTER-2 User Manual

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Vestil Manufacturing Corp.

Limited Warranty…………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 7

2999 North Wayne Street, P.O. Box 507, Angola, IN 46703

Telephone: (260) 665-7586 -or- Toll Free (800) 348-0868

Fax: (260) 665-1339

Website: www.vestilmfg.com e-mail: info@vestil.com

Lifter-2 Worksite Lift

Instruction Manual

Receiving Instructions After delivery, remove the packaging from the product. Inspect the product closely to determine whether it sustained damage during transport. If damage is discovered, record a complete description of it on the bill of lading. If the product is undamaged, discard the packaging.

Replacement Parts and Technical Service For answers to questions not addressed in these instructions and to order replacement parts, labels, and accessories, call our Technical Service and Parts Department at (260) 665-7586. The department can also be contacted online at http://www.vestilmfg.com/parts_info.htm

NOTE: The end-user is solely responsible for confirming that product design, use, and maintenance comply with laws, regulations, codes, and mandatory standards applied where the product is used.

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Signal Words……………………………………………….………………………………………………………… 2

Hazards………………….………………………………………………..………………………….….................. 2

Assembly Instructions……………..…………..………..………..……………………………………….............. 3

Lifter Configurations…………………………………………………………………………………………………. 3

Using the Lifter..…………………………………………………...……………………………………................. 4

Record of Satisfactory Condition…………………………………………………………………………………... 4

Inspections & Maintenance…………………………………………………………………...........................4 - 5

Exploded View and Bill of Materials……………………….………………………………………………………. 5 Specifications………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 6

Labeling Diagram………..…………………………………………………………............................................. 6

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SIGNAL WORDS

This manual uses SIGNAL WORDS to direct the reader’s attention to statements about uses of the product that could result in personal injury or property damage. Each signal word correlates with a specific level of seriousness.

Identifies a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, WILL result in

Identifies a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, COULD result in

Indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, COULD result in

Identifies practices likely to result in product/property damage, such as operation

HAZARDS

Vestil strives to identify all hazards associated with the use of this product. However, material handling is dangerous and no manual can address every conceivable risk. The most effective means for preventing injury is for the end-user to exercise good judgment whenever using this device.

If this product is used improperly or carelessly, the operator and/or bystanders might sustain

serious personal injuries or even be killed. To reduce the likelihood of injury:

• Read this manual in its entirety. Failure to read and understand the entire manual before

assembling, installing, using or servicing the product is a misuse of the product.

• Read the manual to refresh your understanding of proper use and maintenance procedures.

• DO NOT attempt to resolve any problem(s) with the product unless you are both authorized to do so and

certain that it will be safe to use afterwards.

• DO NOT modify the product in any way UNLESS you first obtain written approval from Vestil. Unauthorized

modifications automatically void the Limited Warranty and might make the product unsafe to use.

• DO NOT exceed the maximum rated load (see Label 287 on product).

• Inspect the product in accordance with the instructions in Inspections and Maintenance on p. 4.

• BEFORE operating, inspect mast, carriage, forks/deck, cable/chain, wheels, and brakes for damage. DO

NOT use if damaged.

• ALWAYS walk travel path before using truck to identify hazards:

• DO NOT contact electrical lines or overhead objects with device or load;

• DO NOT travel up/down inclines if an alternate route is available;

• DO NOT travel over debris.

• ONLY travel with forks/deck in lowest position appropriate for conditions.

• ALWAYS center and evenly distribute loads on forks/deck.

• ALWAYS secure load to forks/deck.

• ONLY drive or operate truck functions from operator position.

• DO NOT exceed maximum rated load (capacity).

• DO NOT allow people to ride on device.

• DO NOT lift loads over people; DO NOT permit people to walk beneath the forks/deck when raised (loaded

or unloaded).

• DO NOT leave unattended UNTIL fully lowered AND unloaded.

• DO NOT modify device in any way.

DEATH or SERIOUS INJURY. Use of this signal word is limited to the most extreme situations.

DEATH or SERIOUS INJURY.

MINOR or MODERATE injury.

that might damage the product.

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Configuration #1: Pulley pinned to end of jib with deck

Configuration #2: Pulley pinned to jib above deck cable hook

To change the location of the pulley,

Pulley

Cotter pin

Pulley clevis pin

Upright

Brake lever

Rear caster equipped with brake

Deck backstop

ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS

The Lifter-2 ships in fully assembled form. However, the lifter can easily be disassembled. Refer to the exploded

view and bill of materials on p. 3, and then:

1. Disconnect the hook (on the winch cable) from the deck (5);

2. Remove the upright (2) from the base (1). Loosen the 4-handle bolt (18) and then lift the upright out of the opening in the base.

3. Unfasten the jib (26) from the upright (2). The jib fastens to the upright by means of two clevis pins (10). Pull the cotter pins (12) out of the clevis pins; then remove the clevis pins and separate the jib and the upright. [NOTE: Reinstall the clevis pins in the bracket at the top of the upright and reinstall the clevis pins to prevent the pins from being lost.]

4. Unpin the legs. Remove the (four) outer clevis pins that fasten the legs (3 & 4) to the base. Each pin is secured in place with a hitch pin underneath the base. Each leg should still be fastened to the base.

5. Store the disassembled lifter in a location where it will remain dry.

LIFTER CONFIGURATIONS

The lifter can be configured in 2 ways:

1. As a jib crane with a stationary deck. In this configuration, the deck is not connected to the winch cable. It rests at the bottom of the upright.

2. As a manually-propelled high lift truck. The hook at the end of the winch cable is connected to an eyelet on top of the deck. The winch controls movement up and down the upright.

resting on base

pull the cotter pin out of the pulley clevis pin and remove the pulley clevis pin; then pin the pulley in the necessary position on the jib.

attached to deck lifting eye.

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