Method for adjusting a handling machine, and corresponding handling machine

A method for adjusting the setup of a handling machine, said handling machine having a standard mode and a set-up adjustment mode, and a plurality of actuators and at least one actuator control member, said adjusting by a handling machine operator comprising the following steps:

• a) said handling machine operator initiating said set-up adjustment mode and moving said actuator control member into a setup-adjustment mode in order to set a maximum operating speed of an actuator so as to adjust the work output of the handling machine to follow the control law by not exceeding the set maximum operating speed or speeds, said control member being the same control member that actuates said actuator or motor when in said standard mode;
• b) storing a maximum speed setting made in step a) in a memory, said memory integrated into a computer of a control station of the handling machine;
• c) said operator returning said handling machine to said standard mode;
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• d) in said standard mode, said control station adjusting a work output of the handling machine when said operator is actuating said actuator or motor in said standard mode using said control member, to operate within the parameters of a control law, said adjustment including said handling machine not exceeding the stored maximum operating speed or speeds set by said operator in said set-up adjustment mode using the same control member.