Simplicity 14E manual Safety Rules & Information, Operating Location

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Safety Rules & Information

OPERATING LOCATION

8.Never fill the fuel tank indoors! Gasoline vapors are explosive, and can easily travel unnoticed to sources of ignition, such as pilot lights or open flames on water heaters, furnaces, stoves, or dryers, sparks from electric motors and other electrical appliances, or unattended smoking materials. Contact with these or any other ignition sources will cause an explosion or fire, serious personal injury, and damage to prop- erty and equipment.

9.Never overfill the fuel tank. Fuel may run out of the tank and contact hot surfaces on the chipper/shred- der motor and ignite, causing a fire and/or risk of an explosion. Fill fuel tank to 1/2” below bottom of filler neck only.

10.Use only an approved container for fuel and always handle the container with extreme care. Never smoke while fueling the chipper/shredder or trans- porting the fuel container.

11.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.

12.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.

13.Operators must use extra care in handling gasoline and other fuels. These fuels are flammable and and their vapors can explode.

1.Only operate the chipper/shredder outdoors 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 sur- faces where you could slip and fall toward the chip- per cone or hopper openings.

2.Never operate the chipper/shredder on asphalt, con- crete, or other hard or paved surfaces, as material being ejected out of the discharge chute could rico- chet, causing injury to you or bystanders in the immediate area.

3.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.

4.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.

5.Never operate the chipper/shredder in an area where sparks from the muffler could ignite surround- ing brush or flammable materials. See the following Spark/Fire Hazard Warning.

DANGER

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 ser- vice center for muffler spark arrester options.

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