Operating instructions

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SAFETY RULES
or unattended smoking materials. Contact with these
or any other ignition sources will cause an explosion
or fire, serious personal injury, and damage to
property and equipment.
• Never overfill the fuel tank. Fuel may run out of the
tank and contact hot surfaces on the chipper/
shredder motor and ignite, causing a fire and/or risk
of an explosion. Fill fuel tank to 1/2” below bottom of
filler neck only.
• Use only an approved container for fuel and always
handle the container with extreme care. Never smoke
while fueling the chipper/shredder or transporting the
fuel container.
• Never store the fuel container or chipper/shredder
indoors where there is a possibility of contact with
any ignition source such as a spark, open flame,
pilot light, heating element, or smoking materials.
• Never attempt to operate a unit indoors or in an
enclosed area. Engine exhaust contains Carbon
Monoxide, an odorless, colorless, and tasteless gas.
If inhaled, Carbon Monoxide can cause dizziness,
nausea, unconsciousness, and if contact is allowed
to continue, brain damage or death.
OPERATING LOCATION
• Always operate the chipper/shredder outdoors only,
on a firm, level, earthen or grassy area where the
unit will be stable and will stay in position. Never
attempt to operate the unit on a slope, or on wet or
slippery surfaces where you could slip and fall
toward the chipper cone or hopper openings.
• Never operate the chipper/shredder on asphalt,
concrete, or other hard or paved surfaces, as
material being ejected out of the discharge chute
could ricochet, causing injury to you or bystanders in
the immediate area.
• Never operate the chipper/shredder where children,
pets, or others who may be unaware of the potential
hazards associated with chipping and shredding
operations could enter the area unexpectedly and be
exposed to these hazards.
• Never operate the chipper/shredder on rocky or
gravel covered surfaces, as this surface debris could
enter the unit and cause extensive damage, or be
ejected out of the machine with sufficient force to
cause a serious injury to you or bystanders.
• Never operate the chipper/shredder in an area where
sparks from the muffler could ignite surrounding
brush or flammable materials. See following Fire
Hazard Warning!
SPARK/FIRE HAZARD
GAS ENGINES MAY REQUIRE
A SPARK ARRESTER FOR SAFE OPERATION
If the engine on this unit is not equipped with a
spark arrester and is to be used on any forest,
brush, or grass-covered unimproved land, a spark
arrester must be added to the muffler before using
the engine on such land. The arrester must be
maintained in effective working order by the
operator. In the State of California, the above is
required by law (Section 4442 of the California
Public Resources Code.) Other states may have
similar laws. Federal laws apply on federal lands.
See your authorized engine service center for
muffler spark arrester options.
DANGER
SAFE WEARING APPAREL
• Always wear safety goggles to protect your eyes
from flying debris when operating the chipper/
shredder. One pair of safety goggles has been
provided with the unit for your immediate use. All
others in and around the immediate area must also
wear approved safety glasses to protect their eyes
from flying debris.
• Wear hearing protection when the chipper/shredder is
to be used for prolonged periods of time, or whenever
noise reaches an uncomfortable level.
• When wearing work gloves, always wear only
properly fitted leather work gloves to protect your
hands from cuts and scratches caused by tree limbs
and branches. Never wear gloves with pull-ties or
straps, as these could get entangled with branches
and draw your hands into the chipper cone or
shredding hopper cutting areas.
• Never wear loose fitting clothing, hanging jewelry,
ties, scarves, or other items that could get caught on
tree limbs, branches, or moving parts, and draw your
body parts into the cutting areas of the chipper cone
and shredder hopper.
• Always tie up long hair and prevent it from hanging
down, where it could become tangled in branches or
get caught in rotating parts and pull you into the
cutting areas.
• Even if you are wearing heavy-duty leather work
gloves, never, ever place your hands in the chipper
cone or shredder hopper while the unit is running. If
you must reach in to clear a jam or free up branches,
shut the unit off, disconnect the spark plug wire at
the spark plug, and carefully remove or clear the
jammed material.