Safety
BeforeOperating
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Readandunderstandthecontentsofthis
manualbeforeoperatingthesnowthrower .
Becomefamiliarwithallcontrolsandknow
howtostoptheenginequickly .
Operator 's
Position
Thelow-speedaugerhasamovingpinch
pointclosetotheopening.
Caution:Improperusemayresultin
lossoffingers,hands,orfeet.
Thereisahigh-speed
impellerclosetothe
opening.
ThissnowthrowermeetsorexceedstheISO
standard8437ineffectatthetimeofproduction.
Readandunderstandthecontentsofthismanual
beforetheengineiseverstarted.
Thisisthesafetyalertsymbol.Itisusedtoalert
youtopotentialpersonalinjuryhazards.Obeyall
safetymessagesthatfollowthissymboltoavoid
possibleinjuryordeath.
Improperlyusingormaintainingthissnowthrower
couldresultininjuryordeath.Toreducethis
potential,complywiththefollowingsafety
instructions.
Training
•Readtheoperatingandserviceinstructionmanual
carefully.Bethoroughlyfamiliarwiththecontrols
andtheproperuseoftheequipment.Knowhowto
stoptheunitanddisengagethecontrolsquickly.
•Neverallowchildrentooperatetheequipment.
Neverallowadultstooperatetheequipmentwithout
properinstruction.
•Keeptheareaofoperationclearofallpersons,
particularlysmallchildren,andpets.
•Exercisecautiontoavoidslippingorfalling,
especiallywhenoperatinginreverse.
Preparation
•Thoroughlyinspecttheareawheretheequipmentis
tobeusedandremovealldoormats,sleds,boards,
wires,andotherforeignobjects.
•Disengageallclutchesandshiftintoneutralbefore
startingtheengine.
•Donotoperatetheequipmentwithoutwearing
adequatewintergarments.Wearfootwearwhichwill
improvefootingonslipperysurfaces.
•Handlefuelwithcare;itishighlyammable.
–Useanapprovedfuelcontainer.
–Neveraddfueltoarunningorhotengine.
–Fillfueltankoutdoorswithextremecare.Never
llfueltankindoors.
–Replacegasolinecapssecurelyandwipeup
spilledfuel.
•Adjustthecollectorhousingheighttocleargravel
orcrushedrocksurface.
•Neverattempttomakeanyadjustmentswhile
theengineisrunning(exceptwherespecically
recommendedbymanufacturer).
•Letengineandmachineadjusttooutdoor
temperaturesbeforestartingtoclearsnow .
•Theoperationofanypoweredmachinecanresultin
foreignobjectsbeingthrownintotheeyes.Always
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