❸OPERATION
Safe Operating Conditions
Avoid wet, slippery terrains or areas congested with people and traffic. Avoid using the machine on driveways, sidewalks, gravel, and other hard areas. The force of the air might make debris bounce up and hit cars, you, or bystanders. Wear goggles and other protective clothing.
Chipping
CHIPPER | HP | CAPACITY | TYPE OF DISCHARGE |
Hard or soft branches, | 9 & 10 | 3” dia. | |
prunings, corn stalks, |
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drier viney materials, |
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palm fronds. |
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CHIPPING TIPS
•Rotate, insert, and retract thicker branches so that the engine runs at a steady rate. Allow the rotor to recover and discharge the chips.
•Skinny prunings may be bundled and inserted together.
•Green materials chip easier and the knives keep their edges longer.
•Resharpen or replace the chipper knives when you notice that they do not
•Shut down and empty the bag before it fills up and stalls the rotor.
Shredding
SHREDDER | HP | CAPACITY | TYPE OF DISCHARGE |
Leaves, pine straw, | 9 & 10 | 1” dia. x 36” | Fine mulch (greens) to |
small plants, flowers, |
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bulbs, light prunings. |
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SHREDDING TIPS
•Aim the waste
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•Chase waste stuck in the throat with a shreddable pruning. Or, use the end of 3” thick branch to stir clumps until the rotor pulls them in.
•Vines are best fed down the chipper, followed by a thick branch.
•Green debris exceeding the length limitations may wrap around the rotor and seriously plug up or damage the machine! Chip them.
•Materials that are too thick may stall the machine and possibly damage the hammers, rotor, housings or hopper. Use the chipper.
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▲CAUTION: OPERATE YOUR GAS ENGINE ! OUTDOORS, IN A
EQUIPMENT.
POUR, RATHER
THAN DUMP, LOOSE
WASTE INTO THE
SHREDDER
HOPPER.