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Tornado 15
SAFETY OPERATION
BRUSH PREPARATION
Inspecting and organizing the brush prior to chipping will allow the job to be performed
more efciently and provide added safety in performing the job by minimizing the danger
of foreign material, vines etc from entering the chipper. Pre-trimming and proper de-limbing
will allow the brush to be drawn easily through the chipper.
Inspect all brush for all non-wood materials such as metal, glass or stone. Feeding
such materials into the chipper will not only damage the cutting blades, but they can
even shatter the blades. These blade fragments CAN cause serious personal injury,
death, and/or property damage.
Remove vines from the material being chipped. Do not leave vines in the area around
the chipper and DO NOT ATTEMPT to place vines into the chipper. Material entangled
in vines CAN result in personnel becoming entangled, resulting in SERIOUS injury or
DEATH.
Vines may hide foreign materials that CAN cause equipment damage. Vines
wrapping around the disc CAN result in bearing failure.
Arrange trees, tree limbs or brush with the cut ends facing the chipper infeed chute.
Do Not cut trees, tree limbs or brush into short pieces, i.e. short logs or sticks.
Do cut trees, tree limbs or brush into lengths that can be safely handled. This will
reduce the number of pieces that have to be fed into the chipper and the time required
to perform the job. Cut wood at an angle to help ease the feed rollers open and to fa-
cilitate feeding. Chipper performance is best when the feed wheels are securely grip
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ping the material as it is feeding into the cutting disc.
DO NOT
attempt to lift material that is too heavy to be lifted safely. Serious back in-
jury CAN result from attempting to lift material that is too heavy or from improper lift-
ing techniques. ALWAYS keep your back straight when lifting and lift with your legs.
Know the limitations of your chipper. Never attempt to feed material too large for
your chipper. Always pre-cut large crotches to ensure adequate clearance through
the transition area.
When preparing large material for feeding, properly trimming the crotches will greatly
reduce the amount of downtime from clearing jammed materials.
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