Normal Care

Inspect/Sharpen Chipping Knives

This unit’s high-quality chipping knives are manufactured from a high-quality precision tempered steel, and are designed to provide positive feeding of tree limbs and branches, as well as exceptionally long service life.

If any label can’t be read or is missing, contact your local dealer for an immediate replacement. If you must use the unit without the label, review the label information in the “Safety Labels” section of this manual.

Normal chipping operations will gradually wear the cutting edges of these blades, but the rugged design and tough material used allows them to be quickly and easily resharpened for long-lasting, like-new performance.

When tree limbs and branches begin to require additional pressure to feed into the chipping knives, it may be time to sharpen the cutting edges to return them to their original performance.

Sharpening the cutting knives requires the following major steps:

Inspect Starter Rope/Handle

The recoil starter rope and handle should be inspected for signs of abrasion or wear that could result in breakage.

Don’t use worn out parts, since they could break while tension is applied to the rope, throwing you off balance.

Contact your local authorized dealer for replacement if these parts need to be replaced.

Inspect Chipper Cone & Shredder Hopper

1. Removal of the shredder hopper

 

The chipper cone and shredder hopper are made of a

2. Removal of the chipper cone

 

highly durable polyethylene material that can withstand

 

repeated abrasion and impact from normal

3. Removal of an access plug

 

 

chipper/shredder waste material processing.

wheel axle. Wipe up any run-off and spinReproductionwheels briefly

4. Removal of the cutting knives

 

Check these parts to make sure that they haven’t been

5. Careful, low-speed, wet grinding of a new edge

 

damaged or worn excessively by constant use, and

6. Reassembly of the cutting knives to the oval chipping

replace them f they are cracked, worn out, or no longer

block

 

fit securely on he ch pper/shredder unit.

7. Reassembly of the chipper cone and shredder hop-

Cracks, worn areas, and loose attachment points can

per to the unit

 

cause material o jam or clog when feeding it into the

Consult the Troubleshooting and Repair Secti n f this

machine, and may result in kick-back or other hazard to

manual for complete disassembly, inspecti n, and

 

the operator.

replacement instructions.

 

Contact yo r local dealer for replacement parts if your

Your local authorized dealer can provide forhis service to

unit shows any evidence of these problems, and discon-

you if you do not wish to disassemble he unit and

 

tinue use of the unit until the appropriate repairs can be

 

made.

inspect/repair it yourself.

 

 

Never try to make temporary repairs yourself, as the

 

 

Lubricate Wheel Axles

 

epairs could give way during chipper/shredder opera-

 

tion, and expose you and bystanders in the area to risk

The low profile and excellent balance of the unit mak

s

of injury.

transporting it easy, but constantNotexposure to dirt, d

bris,

Never attempt to install non-factory parts on your chip-

and chipper/shredder materials requires routine lubrica-

per/shredder unit. These parts could appear to fit, but

tion of the wheels.

 

 

could cause operating and safety problems that might

To lubricate, squirt 3-5 drops of SAE 30 oil on each

 

 

lead to equipment damage and/or injury.

 

 

to work oil around entire axle.

 

Inspect Hopper Guards

Check Safety Labels

The safety labels located in various positions on the chipper/ shredder have been placed to help remind you of important safety rules while you are running the chip- per/shredder unit.

While these labels are extremely durable, constant abrasion from tree limbs and branches can eventually affect their readability. Check each label to make sure it is still properly affixed to the chipper/shredder, and is still completely legible.

The hopper guards are made of a tough, flexible material that permits easy loading of the hopper, while preventing shredded pieces from being ejected out toward the oper- ator.

The hopper guards must always be intact and properly installed to provide protection from ejected pieces.

If a hopper guard becomes damaged in use, do not operate the chipper/shredder until the hopper guard can be replaced.

Contact your local authorized dealer for replacement parts.

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