Swisher LS67526S Fillingthehydraulicreservoir, Towingatnight, Operatingpositions, Operation

FILLING￿THE￿HYDRAULIC￿RESERVOIR￿

Fill￿the￿hydraulic￿reservoir￿with￿at￿least￿five￿gallons￿of￿Dextron￿III￿Automatic￿Transmission￿fluid￿or￿10W￿ AW￿hydraulic￿fluid.￿￿After￿the￿hydraulic￿reservoir￿and￿the￿engine￿crankcase￿are￿filled￿correctly￿with￿their￿ respective￿oils,￿start￿the￿engine.￿￿Remember￿to￿set￿the￿throttle￿and￿turn￿on￿the￿fuel￿shut-off￿valve.￿￿The￿ hydraulic￿pump￿should￿prime￿itself.￿￿With￿the￿engine￿running,￿move￿the￿hydraulic￿valve￿lever￿toward￿the￿ wedge.￿This￿will￿cause￿the￿cylinder￿to￿extend￿and￿expel￿air.￿￿When￿the￿cylinder￿is￿fully￿extended,￿retract￿ it.￿￿Repeat￿this￿procedure￿several￿times.￿￿An￿erratic￿movement￿of￿the￿cylinder￿indicates￿that￿there￿is￿still￿ air￿in￿the￿system.￿￿More￿oil￿should￿then￿be￿added￿to￿bring￿the￿fluid￿level￿up￿to￿approximately￿1”￿below￿the￿ fill￿hole.￿￿After￿adding￿more￿oil￿to￿fill￿the￿tank,￿cycle￿the￿cylinder￿again￿until￿it￿has￿a￿constant￿speed￿ indicating￿that￿all￿air￿has￿been￿expelled.￿￿Check￿the￿oil￿level￿in￿the￿reservoir￿again.￿￿Standard￿models￿ require￿approx.￿6.5￿gallons￿of￿hydraulic￿fluid.￿￿￿

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NOTE:￿￿If￿the￿tank￿is￿overfilled,￿it￿will￿tend￿to￿expel￿oil￿from￿the￿breather￿cap￿when￿the￿cylinder￿is￿ retracted.￿￿￿

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TOWING￿

This￿unit￿should￿not￿be￿towed￿on￿any￿street,￿highway,￿or￿public￿road￿without￿checking￿the￿existing￿ federal,￿local,￿and￿state￿laws.￿￿Any￿licensing￿or￿modifications￿such￿as￿taillights,￿etc.,￿need￿to￿comply￿with￿ existing￿federal,￿local,￿or￿state￿vehicle￿requirements￿is￿the￿sole￿responsibility￿of￿the￿purchaser.￿￿Obey￿all￿ regulations￿when￿towing￿on￿public￿roads￿and￿highways.￿￿See￿also￿TOWING￿SAFETY.￿

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Be￿sure￿you￿are￿using￿the￿correct￿ball￿hitch￿size￿for￿the￿hitch￿coupler￿on￿the￿log￿splitter￿(2”￿ball).￿￿Be￿sure￿ safety￿chains￿are￿properly￿connected.￿￿Leave￿enough￿slack￿in￿chains￿for￿turning.￿￿See￿TOWING￿ SAFETY￿to￿read￿warnings￿about￿coupling.￿

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Make￿sure￿beam￿attachment￿is￿locked￿in￿the￿horizontal￿position.￿￿NEVER￿tow￿splitter￿in￿the￿vertical￿ position.￿

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Turn￿the￿fuel￿shut-off￿valve￿OFF￿to￿prevent￿flooding￿of￿the￿engine￿while￿traveling.￿

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TOWING￿AT￿NIGHT￿

The￿requirements￿for￿taillights￿are￿based￿on￿States￿regulations.￿￿Some￿states￿allow￿towing￿at￿night￿as￿long￿ as￿the￿towed￿equipment￿does￿not￿visibly￿impair￿the￿tow￿vehicle￿taillights.￿￿This￿is￿based￿on￿a￿state,￿to￿state￿ requirements.￿￿The￿customer￿is￿responsible￿for￿meeting￿the￿states￿requirements.￿￿A￿Taillight￿Kit￿ Accessory￿(Part￿No.7420)￿is￿available￿and￿recommended￿for￿night￿driving.￿

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If￿a￿“Statement￿of￿Origin”￿is￿required￿in￿your￿state,￿see￿your￿local￿dealer￿to￿receive￿one.￿

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OPERATION￿

1.￿ Set￿up￿the￿log￿splitter￿in￿a￿clear,￿level￿area￿and￿block￿the￿wheels.￿￿The￿suction￿port￿on￿the￿tank￿ should￿always￿be￿on￿the￿lower￿side￿of￿the￿log￿splitter.￿

2.￿ Place￿a￿log￿on￿the￿beam,￿against￿the￿foot￿plate.￿￿Make￿sure￿the￿log￿is￿securely￿on￿the￿foot￿plate￿ and￿up￿against￿the￿beam.￿

3.￿ Depress￿the￿valve￿lever￿so￿that￿the￿cylinder￿will￿drive￿the￿wedge￿into￿the￿log.￿￿Extend￿the￿cylinder￿ until￿the￿log￿splits￿or￿to￿the￿end￿of￿its￿stroke.￿￿If￿the￿log￿has￿not￿completely￿split￿after￿the￿cylinder￿ has￿reached￿the￿end￿of￿its￿extension,￿retract￿the￿cylinder.￿￿NOTE:￿￿￿

Leaving￿the￿valve￿in￿the￿“actuate”￿position￿at￿the￿end￿of￿the￿stroke￿may￿damage￿the￿pump.￿

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OPERATING￿POSITIONS￿

WARNING:￿THE￿LOG￿SPLITTER￿BEAM￿IS￿HEAVY￿AND￿CAN￿PINCH￿HANDS/FINGERS￿IF￿ CARE￿IS￿NOT￿TAKEN.￿

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