Simplicity 14E manual Chipper, Shredder, Rotor Vacuum Blades, Discharge Bag, Optional Vacuum Kit

Using Your Chipper/Shredder

GENERAL FUNCTIONS

Your Chipper/Shredder is a multi-use tool for chipping tree limbs, shredding brush and leaves, and vacuuming up leaves and small organic materials. Learning how and when to use each function will increase the value of the Chipper/Shredder in your gardening tasks.

WARNING

NEVER allow anyone to operate the unit or remain in the immediate area UNLESS they are wearing approved safety goggles.

Chipper

The chipper is designed to handle tree limbs and branch- es up to 3" (7.5 cm) in diameter. It can also process organic matter such as corn stalks and berry canes.

Tree limbs and branches should be inserted “butt end” first into the chipper cone. The cone feeds the branches into the two rotor mounted chipper knives. Because of the angle of the blades the chipper will, to an extent, feed itself. The chips of material then pass through a slot in the rotor behind the chipper knives, where discharge air flow moves them through the fan chamber and out of the discharge chute.

Shredder

The shredder is designed to shred light brush, leaves, and other soft but bulky organic waste.

As this material is loaded into the shredder hopper, it is pulled into the path of swinging triangular hammers by “J” shaped shredding hammers. The hammers cut and grind the waste into progressively smaller pieces, and air flow then forces the reduced waste through scallops and out of the discharge chute.

Rotor Vacuum Blades

In addition to the shredding hammers and chipping knives, the rotor has four integrated fan blades. When the rotor spins, a vacuum action is created, which pulls waste down into the shredder hopper and into the grind- ing chamber. These spinning fan blades also create a blowing force that ejects shredded or chipped material out of the discharge chute, making room for more materi- al to be pulled in and processed.

Discharge Bag

The discharge bag allows discharged materials to be col- lected. Before emptying the bag, be sure to shut off the engine, allow the rotor to stop completely, and remove and secure the spark plug wire. (See Attaching the Discharge Bag on page 10.)

Optional Vacuum Kit

The vacuum force created by the design of the fan blades and rotor makes it possible to equip your chip- per/shredder with an optional vacuum attachment that

Figure 9. Chipping of Tree Limbs

Figure 10. Shredding of Brush and Leaves

greatly simplifies the processing of leaves and other loose waste. The vacuum kit attaches directly to the back of the grinder. A cover is placed over the shredder hop- per diverting the chipper/shredders vacuum force to the vacuum attachment.

The vacuum kit allows leaves to be raked directly into the leaf tray, where vacuum action draws the material into the shredding chamber.

For hard-to-reach places, a nozzle and handle assembly can be used to vacuum material up much like a vacuum cleaner. The strength of the vacuum can be adjusted for different sit- uations by turning the sleeve on the nozzle assembly.

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