Safety Rules
or unattended smoking materials. Contact with these or any other ignition sources will cause an explosion or fire, serious personal injury, and damage to property 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 transporting 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.
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SPARK/FIRE HAZARDGAS ENGINES MAY REQUIREA SPARK ARRESTER FOR SAFE OPERATIONIf the engine on this unit is not equipped with a spark arrester and is to be used on any forest, brush, or
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3. Never operate the chipper/shredderReproductionwhere children, | |||||||
enclosed area. Engine exhaust contains Carbon | SAFE WEARING APPAREL | ||||||
Monoxide, an odorless, colorless, and tasteless gas. | 1. Always wear safety goggles to protect your eyes from | ||||||
If inhaled, Carbon Monoxide can cause dizziness, | flying debr s when | perating the chipper/shredder. | |||||
nausea, unconsciousness, and brain damage or | One pa r f safety g | ggles has been provided with | |||||
death if contact is allowed to continue. |
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1. Always operate the chipper/shredder utd | rs nly, | 2. Wear hearing protection when the chipper/ shredder | |||||
on a firm, level, earthen or grassy area where the unit | is to be used for prolonged periods of time, or when- | ||||||
will be stable and will stay in p | si i |
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to operate the unit on a sl pe, | r | n wet or slippe y | |||||
surfaces where you could slip and fall towa d the | ly fitted leather work gloves to protect your hands | ||||||
chipper cone or hopper openings. |
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crete, or other hard or paved surfac s, as material | |||||||
your hands into the chipper cone or shredder hopper | |||||||
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being ejected out of the discharge chute could rico- | cutting areas. |
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pets, or others who may be unaware of the potential | tree limbs, branches, or moving parts, and draw your | ||||||
body parts into the cutting areas of the chipper cone | |||||||
hazards associated with chipping and shredding | |||||||
and shredder hopper. | |||||||
operations could enter the area unexpectedly and be | |||||||
5. Always tie up long hair and prevent it from hanging | |||||||
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4. Never operate the chipper/shredder on rocky or grav- | down, where it could become tangled in branches or | ||||||
get caught in rotating parts and pull you into the cut- | |||||||
el covered surfaces, as this surface debris could | |||||||
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enter the unit and cause extensive damage, or be |
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ejected out of the machine with sufficient force to | |||||||
cause a serious injury to you or bystanders. | gloves, never, ever place your hands in the chipper | ||||||
5. Never operate the chipper/shredder in an area where | cone or shredder hopper while the unit is running. If |
sparks from the muffler could ignite surrounding
you must reach in to clear a jam or free up branches, shut the unit off, disconnect the spark plug wire at the
brush or flammable materials. See following Fire
Hazard Warning!
spark plug, and carefully remove or clear the jammed material.
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