The 600 Series of articulating booms offered by JLG, feature an optional narrow chassis which will allow access to tight areas. The 600 Series features the best work envelope in the industry; a horizontal outreach of 12.12 m or 39 feet, 9 inches and 8.1 m or 26 feet, 7 inches up and over height. These types of machines provide dual rated capacities of 1000 pounds and 500 pounds as well. Combined with a 60 foot platform height, these units will provide you with the reach capacity and the strength you require regardless of what task needs to be done.
To give you excellent performance and drive on rough terrain, these articulating booms are available with standard oscillating axle and optional 4-wheel drive. Giving unmatched agility and confined spaces, are the optional 4-wheel steer and 3-position switch. The platform controls are improved and have been redesigned in order to be smoother for job site productivity and provide more controlled operation.
Raising Safety Standards for Aircraft Maintenance
The Model 740AJ is the best equipment for working on any aircraft size. This unit offers 22.6 m or 74 feet of height and more than 15 m or fifty one feet of outreach. It has numerous safety features that you require when performing maintenance. The Fall Arrest platform can be included so as to enable you to exit the platform and move an entire 270 degrees around the platform in a radius of 6 feet, and continue to have fall protection whilst doing so.
The Soft Touch System is another optional features which would help to reduce any damage to the machinery or risk of any accidental contact in aircraft maintenance. This package option offers 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 warned.
Advantages
The articulating jib enables for more access and precise positioning to all external surfaces on any type of aircraft. This jib could be used in both controlled and uncontrolled places due to steady winds, 90 mph gusts and jet blast standards of 80 mph. An optional on-board air compressor enables for pneumatic-powered hand tools to be used. The Fall Arrest adds safety when performing maintenance outside of the platform.
In order to make the operator as safe as possible, while also improving the machinery overall efficiency, JLG has designed many great optional features.