Section IV. OPERATION UNDER USUAL CONDITIONS

Section

IV.

OPERATION

UNDER

USUAL

CONDITIONS

2-9. Starting

2-8. General

a. Perform the necessary preventive maintenance

a. The instructions in this section are published

checks

and

services.

f o r the information and guidance of the personnel

CAUTION

r e s p o n s i b l e for the operation of the forklift truck.

Make sure that the directional control

b. The operator must know how to perform every

lever (fig. 2-1) is in the neutral position

operation of which the forklift truck is capable.

and that the parking brake lever (fig. 2-

This section gives instructions on starting, stop-

1) is in PARK position.

ping, and co-ordinating the basic motions to

b. Refer to figure 2-2, and start the forklift truck

perform the task for which the equipment is

engine.

designed. Since nearly every job presents a different

problem

the

operator

may

have

vary

given

p r o c e d u r e s to fit the individual job.

2-8