Manual

Section1: Safety
Maintenance and Storage
1. Keepthe tiller, attachments and acces-
sories in safe working condition.
2. Checkall nuts, bolts, and screws at
frequent intervals for proper tightness to
be sure the equipment is in safeworking
condition.
3. Neverstore the tiller withfuel in the
fuel tank inside a building where ignition
sources are present such as hot water
and space heaters,furnaces, clothes
dryers, stoves, electric motors, etc.).
Allow engine to cool before storing in any
enclosure.
4. To reduce the chancesof afire hazard,
keepthe enginefree of grass, leaves, or
excessivegrease.
5. Store gasoline in a cool, well-ventilated
area,safely away from any spark- or
flame-producing equipment. Store
gasoline in anapproved container, safely
awayfrom the reach of children.
6. Referto the Maintenancesections of
this Manualandthe separateEngine
Owner's Manualfor instructions if the
tiller is to be stored for an extended
period.
7. Neverperform maintenancewhilethe
engine is running or the spark plug wire is
connected, exceptwhen specifically
instructed to do so.
8. If the fuel tank has to be drained, do
this outdoors.
Decals A) WARNING:HotSurfaces. C) WARNING:Operatingand
Foryour safety andthe safety of others, Topoftheair cleanerhousing. SafetyInstructions
various safetyand operational decalsare
located on your unit (Figure 1)=
Keepthe decalsclean and legible at all
times. Contact your local service dealer
or the Factoryfor replacementsif any
decals aredamaged or missing.
D) Power Unit
Referto the Parts List for decal locations,
descriptions and part numbers.
F) EngineStabilization.
Topof fuel tank.
B) WARNING:EngineIgnition.
Electricstart modelsonly.
Figure1:LocationofSafetyand OperatingDecals.
(Briggs & Strattonengineshown)
OperatingSymbols
Various symbols (shown here, with word
descriptions)areusedonthetilleranderoine.
Yourunitmaynot haveallofthesymbols.
H I÷1
FAST SLOW CHOKE CHOKE
STOP ON OFF
ROTATING
TINES
TO AVOID SERIOUS INJURY:
• READTHEOWNER'SMANUAL.
• KNOWLOCATIONSAND FUNCTIONSOFALL CONTROLS.
• KEEPALL SAFETYDEVICESANDSHIELDSIN PLACEANDWORKING.
• NEVERALLOWCHILDRENOR UNINSTRUCTEDADULTSTOOPERATETILLER.
• SHUTOFFENGINEAND DISCONNECTSPARKPLUGWIRE BEFOREMANUALLYUNCLOG-
GINGTINES ORMAKINGREPAIRS.
• KEEPBYSTANDERSAWAYFROM MACHINE.
• KEEPAWAYFROM ROTATINGPARTS.
• USE EXTREMECAUTIONWHEN REVERSINGORPULLINGTHEMACHINETOWARDSYOU.