JLG offers the 600 Series of articulating booms. These models feature an optional narrow chassis to access tight places. The 600 Series showcases the industry's best work envelope; a horizontal outreach of 39 feet, 9 inches or 12.12 m and 26 feet, 7 inches or 8.1 m up and over height. These equipment offer dual rated capacities of 1000 pounds and 500 pounds too. Along with a 60 foot platform height, these models will offer you with the strength and the reach capacity you need regardless of what kind of work needs to be done.
To give you exceptional performance and drive on rough terrain, these articulating booms are available with optional 4-wheel drive and standard oscillating axles. Offering unmatched agility and confined spaces, are the 3-position switch and optional 4-wheel steer. The platform controls are improved 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 machine for working on any aircraft size. This model provides 74 feet or 22.6 m of height and more than 15 m or 51 feet of outreach. It includes numerous safety features that you require when performing maintenance. The Fall Arrest platform could be included 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.
The Soft Touch System is another optional features which would help to reduce any damage to the machine or risk of any accidental contact during aircraft maintenance. This optional package offers a suspended padded rail that surrounds the platform basket. There are proximity sensors which de-activate platform movement functions and the operator is warned if the basket comes too close to the aircraft surface.
Advantages
The articulating jib allows for more access and precise positioning to all external surfaces on any type of aircraft. This specific jib could be used in both controlled and uncontrolled places because of 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 driver as safe as possible, while also improving the machines overall efficiency, JLG has made many great optional features.