113 INCH CHIPPER/SHREDDER
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OPERATION
WARNING
Never
Never
Never
Never
the chute.
CAUTION
operating the machine.
pants and a long-sleeved shirt.
WARNING
Failure to operate the machine in accordance with
MAY RESULT IN PERSONAL
INJURY!
4.4 OPERATING THE CHIPPER/SHREDDER
Run unit at full operating speed1.
chip material.
Limbs fed in to the chipper chute must be 3 inches 2.
(7.5 cm) in diameter or less. Trim side branches that
Hold small diameter branches together in a bundle and
Material fed into the shredder chute must be ¾ 3.
inches (2 cm) in diameter or less. Common shredding
and small branches.
Exclude pieces of metal, rocks, bottles, cans, and 4.
other foreign objects
machine.
Feed brush from the side of the chipper chute, 5. rather
brush moving into the chipper.
Place limb, butt end first, into the chipper chute 6.
until it contacts the chipper blades.
If the engine slows to where it may stall,7.
material and allow the engine to recover. Feed material
If the chipper jams, 8. remove the branch and rotate it
will not kill the engine.
Do not use the clutch to clear a plugged rotor.9. This
clearing a plugged rotor in the Service and Maintenance
section.
Alternate greener material with dry material10. to
Sharpen the chipping blades periodically.11. Check
instructions.
WARNING
Move the throttle to the slow idle position. 1.
Disengage the engagement handle.2.
3.
Allow machine to come to a complete stop.4.
4.3 STOPPING THE CHIPPER/SHREDDER