Same deal except that I had left the choke on. I was aware of the
self-lowering feature, but a bug in the design (IMO) lowers all 3
arms at once, instead of in order, (or ideally, selectably from the
bucket) so the bucket hit the roof before it could move horizontally
enough to clear the roof. I had to climb into a window, something
that would have been far easier before I tried loweing the bucket.
jim
On Feb 25, 2008, at 8:31 PM, Pat Horne wrote:
> Several years ago I was building my shop building and rented an
> all-terrain platform lift to help out. Working 30' in the air the
> engine
> quit, actually running out of fuel. There was nobody around to add the
> fuel that was sitting a few feet away from the lift, so I climbed
> out of
> the lift and spent about 10 minutes working my down through the
> framing
> to the ground. After filling the fuel tank I was able to drop the lift
> and all was well. Later I was telling a friend about the ordeal and he
> mused that most hydraulic lifts use the engine to raise the
> platform and
> gravity to bring it down. I promptly fire the lift up, raised it and
> shut the engine off. With the key on I pressed the lever to drop the
> lift and almost miraculously, and silently the lift dropped to the
> ground. I'll remember that for the next time I rent a lift and get
> stuck
> up in the air!
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