The 600 Series of articulating booms provided by JLG, feature an optional narrow chassis which will allow access to tight places. The 600 Series features the best work envelope within the business; a horizontal outreach of 39 feet, 9 inches or 12.12 m and 8.1 m or 26 feet, 7 inches up and over height. These equipment provide dual rated capacities of 500 pounds and 1000 pounds too. Along with a 60 foot platform height, these models would offer you with the reach capacity and the strength you require regardless of what type of job needs to be done.
The standard oscillating axle and optional 4-wheel drive give you exceptional drive and performance on rough terrain. The optional 4-wheel steer and 3-position switch offers unmatched agility in confined areas. The platform controls are better and have been redesigned so as to be smoother for job site efficiency and give more controlled operation.
Raising Safety Standards for Aircraft Maintenance
The Model 740AJ is the ideal equipment for working on any size of aircraft. This unit offers 74 feet or 22.6 m of height and over 15 m or fifty one feet of outreach. It includes many safety features that you need when performing maintenance. The Fall Arrest platform can be added so as to enable you to exit the platform and move an entire 270 degrees around the platform within a radius of 6 feet, and continue to have fall protection while doing so.
One more optional feature is the Soft Touch System. This lessens damage and the risk of any accidental contact in aircraft maintenance. This package option provides a suspended padded rail that surrounds the platform basket. There are proximity sensors that de-activate platform movement functions and if the basket comes too near the aircraft surface, the driver is alerted.
Advantages
The articulating jib enables for more access and precise positioning to all external surfaces on any kind of aircraft. This jib could be utilized in both uncontrolled and controlled areas due to steady winds, jet blast standards of 80 mph and 90 mph gusts. An on-board air compressor option allows for pneumatic-powered hand tools to be utilized. When performing maintenance outside of the platform, the Fall Arrest adds safety.
JLG has made a lot of of these optional features in order to make the driver as safe as possible and to improve overall effectiveness of the machine.