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.

DANGER

SPARK/FIRE HAZARDGAS ENGINES MAY REQUIREA SPARK ARRESTER FOR SAFE OPERATION

If the engine on this unit is not equipped with a spark arrester and is to be used on any forest, brush, or grass-covered unimproved land, a spark arrester must be added to the muffler before using the engine on such land. The arrester must be maintained in effective working order by the operator. In the State of California, the above is required by law (Section 4442 of the California Public Resources Code.) Other states may have similar laws. Federal laws apply on federal lands. See your authorized engine service center for muffler spark arrester options.

12. Never attempt to operate a unit indoors or in an

 

 

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.

 

the unit for your immediate use. All others in and

OPERATING LOCATION

 

for

around the immediate area must also wear approved

 

 

 

safety glasses to protect their eyes from flying debris.

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

 

n. Never attempt

ever noise reaches an uncomfortable level.

 

3. When wearing work gloves, always wear only proper-

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.

 

 

 

from cuts and scratches caused by tree limbs and

2. Never operate the chipper/shredd

 

r on as

halt, con-

branches. Never wear gloves with pull-ties or straps,

 

as these could get entangled with branches and draw

crete, or other hard or paved surfac s, as material

your hands into the chipper cone or shredder hopper

Not

 

 

being ejected out of the discharge chute could rico-

cutting areas.

 

chet, causing injury to you or bystanders in the imme-

 

4. Never wear loose fitting clothing, hanging jewelry,

diate area.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ties, scarves, or other items that could get caught on

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

exposed to these hazards.

 

 

 

 

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

ting areas.

 

enter the unit and cause extensive damage, or be

 

6. Even if you are wearing heavy-duty leather work

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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