The Knuckle Boom Lifts designed by Genie are rather powerful four wheel steering and four wheel drive capable equipment. These models allow for work to be carried out effectively, even on rough terrains. The menu based ALC 1000 electronic controls help to enable the user to make easy calibrations to the equipment and its components. System diagnostics are available in multiple languages. There are dual fuel options available on the Z-80/60 unit. The optional Deutz diesel powered engine is turbocharged, but quiet. It allows for enhanced performance at higher altitudes. What's more, it carries more than enough torque for better grade-ability and terrain.
Better traction for tough terrain is due to full-time positive traction and four-wheel drive. The Z-135/70 is available with four-wheel steering. Optional features on this particular unit comprise crab, coordinated, front wheel, and rear wheel steering to give the machinery added agility. on the Z-80/60 helps improve wheel contact on uneven ground. All of these features really make Genie Knuckle Boom lifts easier and smoother to utilize on irregular terrain.
Though these units are larger than other Genie engine-powered articulating Z-booms, they have features like continuous 360 degree turntable rotation and telescoping jibs to provide the user with remarkable range of motion and reach. The Z-boom design gives the units outstanding up and over positioning capability which varies from 8.83 meters on the Z-80/60 unit to 23.01 meters on the Z-135/70 model. The XChassis expanding axle is an ingeniously engineered mechanism utilized for both retracting and extending axles in and out of stowed position. The width of the Z-135/70 unit machine is only 2.46 meters when the axle is stowed. The Z-80/60 has fixed width axles for easier transport.