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•NEVER￿operate￿your￿splitter￿near￿a￿flame￿or￿spark.￿Hydraulic￿oil￿and￿gasoline￿are￿flammable￿and￿can￿ explode.￿

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•NEVER￿fill￿gas￿tank￿while￿the￿engine￿is￿hot￿or￿running.￿Allow￿the￿engine￿to￿cool￿before￿refueling.￿

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•This￿unit￿is￿equipped￿with￿an￿internal￿combustion￿engine￿and￿should￿not￿be￿used￿on￿or￿near￿any￿ unimproved￿forest-covered,￿brush-covered￿or￿grass-covered￿land￿unless￿the￿engine’s￿exhaust￿system￿is￿ equipped￿with￿a￿spark￿arrester￿meeting￿applicable￿local￿or￿state￿laws￿(if￿any).￿￿If￿a￿spark￿arrester￿is￿used￿it￿ should￿be￿maintained￿in￿effective￿working￿order￿by￿the￿operator.￿

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-NOTE-￿ In￿the￿state￿of￿California,￿the￿above￿is￿required￿by￿law￿(Section￿442￿of￿the￿California￿Public￿Resources￿Code).￿￿ Other￿states￿may￿have￿similar￿laws.￿￿Federal￿laws￿apply￿on￿federal￿lands.￿￿A￿spark￿arrester￿muffler￿(optional￿by￿ manufacturer)￿is￿available￿at￿your￿nearest￿engine￿dealer.￿￿Check￿legal￿requirements￿in￿your￿area.￿

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•ONLY￿use￿your￿hands￿to￿operate￿the￿control￿lever.￿￿NEVER￿use￿foot,￿knee,￿rope￿or￿any￿extension￿device.￿

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•Split￿ONLY￿one￿log￿at￿a￿time.￿￿NEVER￿attempt￿to￿split￿two￿logs￿on￿top￿of￿each￿other.￿

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•NEVER￿place￿hands￿or￿feet￿between￿log￿and￿splitting￿wedge￿or￿between￿log￿and￿ram￿during￿forward￿or￿ reverse￿stroke.￿ALWAYS￿keep￿fingers￿clear￿of￿splits￿that￿open￿in￿log￿during￿splitting￿operation.￿

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•DO￿NOT￿straddle￿or￿reach￿across￿the￿splitting￿area￿while￿operating￿the￿splitter.￿

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•DO￿NOT￿step￿over￿splitter￿when￿the￿engine￿is￿running.￿￿You￿may￿trip￿or￿accidentally￿activate￿the￿splitting￿ wedge.￿￿Walk￿around￿to￿get￿to￿the￿other￿side.￿

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•NEVER￿attempt￿to￿load￿splitter￿while￿splitting￿wedge￿is￿in￿motion.￿￿When￿loading￿log￿splitter,￿place￿hands￿ on￿the￿sides￿of￿the￿log,￿not￿the￿ends.￿

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•NEVER￿attempt￿to￿split￿woods￿across￿the￿grain.￿Wood￿may￿burst￿or￿fly￿out￿of￿your￿splitter￿and￿result￿in￿ serious￿injury.￿

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•NEVER￿leave￿your￿splitter￿unattended￿with￿the￿engine￿running.￿￿Shut￿off￿the￿engine￿if￿you￿are￿leaving￿ your￿splitter,￿even￿for￿a￿short￿period￿of￿time.￿￿Someone￿could￿accidentally￿activate￿the￿ram￿and￿be￿injured.￿

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•Both￿ends￿of￿the￿log￿should￿be￿cut￿as￿squarely￿as￿possible￿to￿prevent￿the￿log￿from￿sliding￿out￿of￿the￿splitter￿ during￿operation.￿￿Log￿length￿should￿be￿kept￿to￿24”￿or￿less.￿

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•NEVER￿operate￿your￿splitter￿while￿it￿is￿attached￿to￿the￿tow￿vehicle.￿

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•BEFORE￿towing,￿be￿certain￿that￿the￿splitter￿is￿securely￿attached￿to￿the￿towing￿vehicle￿and￿that￿the￿support￿ leg,￿beam￿and￿cylinder￿are￿secured￿in￿there￿respective￿towing￿positions.￿

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•NEVER￿allow￿persons￿to￿ride￿on￿splitter.￿￿DO￿NOT￿carry￿any￿cargo￿or￿wood￿on￿your￿splitter.￿￿It￿may￿fall￿ off￿and￿cause￿an￿accident.￿

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•DO￿NOT￿loosen￿or￿remove￿any￿hydraulic￿fitting,￿line￿or￿reservoir￿cap￿while￿your￿splitter￿or￿engine￿is￿ running.￿

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•Fluid￿escaping￿from￿a￿very￿small￿hole￿can￿almost￿be￿invisible.￿DO￿NOT￿check￿for￿leaks￿with￿your￿hand.￿￿ See￿maintenance￿section￿for￿instructions.￿￿IF￿injured￿by￿escaping￿￿fluid,￿see￿a￿doctor￿at￿once.￿￿Serious￿ infection￿or￿reaction￿can￿develop￿if￿proper￿medical￿treatment￿is￿not￿administered￿immediately.￿

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•DO￿NOT￿operate￿your￿splitter￿in￿poor￿mechanical￿condition￿or￿when￿it￿is￿need￿of￿repair.￿

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•ALWAYS￿disconnect￿the￿spark￿plug￿wire￿and￿place￿the￿wire￿where￿it￿cannot￿contact￿the￿spark￿plug,￿to￿ prevent￿accidental￿starting￿the￿engine￿when￿setting￿up,￿transporting,￿adjusting￿or￿repairing.￿

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