SET-UP AND INSTALLATION 18000 OPERATOR MANUAL
4-18
Published 12-05-17, Control # 032-23
Lower Crane onto Carbody Pedestals
See Figure 4-13 for the following procedure.
1. Remove four carbody pedestals (2) from storage.
2. Place pedestals under carbody support pads (3, View B)
so short sides of pedestals are parallel to front and rear
sides of carbody.
3. Retract rotating bed jacks to lower carbody onto four
pedestals.
4. Adjust pedestal screws (4, View B), as required, to level
carbody. Carbody must be as level as possible for
crawler installation.
5. Retract rear jacks (5, View D) until pads are
approximately 6 in (152 mm) off the ground.
6. Retract front jacks slightly, remove front jack pads and
store (see Figure 4-7
).
7. Fully retract both front jacks and store as follows:
a. Remove strut (10, Figure 4-9
, View E) from working
position and store (Figure 4-9
, View F).
b. Swing jack rearward to stored position against
rotating bed and pin (Figure 4-9
, View F).
NOTE Before storing the front jacks if they were shipped
with the crane in the 11.4 ft (3,5 m) shipping
position (Figure 4-10
, View B), links (12b) must be
reassembled to the arrangement shown in
(Figure 4-10
, View A).