Swisher LS67526S manual Donottowinverticalposition, Maintenance&Storage

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STANDARD￿HORIZONTAL￿TO￿VERTICAL￿

The￿Standard￿Splitter￿has￿2￿operating￿positions:￿￿Horizontal,￿Vertical.￿

Remove￿pin￿from￿below￿beam.￿￿Do￿not￿remove￿bolt￿and￿nut.￿￿Rotate￿beam￿into￿vertical￿position￿and￿pin￿ so￿beam￿cannot￿fall￿into￿horizontal￿position.￿

DO￿NOT￿TOW￿IN￿VERTICAL￿POSITION!￿

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IMPORTANT:￿￿When￿operating￿splitter￿in￿wooded￿areas,￿obtain￿a￿spark￿arrestor￿for￿the￿exhaust￿system.￿￿ See￿your￿local￿engine￿dealer.￿

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When￿preparing￿logs,￿cut￿ends￿as￿square￿as￿possible.￿￿The￿maximum￿length￿of￿any￿logs￿should￿be￿only￿ 24”.￿

￿	MAINTENANCE￿&￿STORAGE￿
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	WARNING:￿￿Disconnect￿spark￿plug￿before￿performing￿any￿maintenance￿or￿making￿adjustments.￿
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	RESERVOIR￿FLUID￿ ￿
	Check￿the￿hydraulic￿fluid￿level￿in￿the￿reservoir￿tank￿before￿each￿use.￿￿Operating￿without￿an￿
	adequate￿oil￿supply￿will￿cause￿severe￿damage￿to￿the￿pump.￿￿Change￿the￿hydraulic￿fluid￿in￿the￿
	reservoir￿per￿manufacturers￿recommendations.￿￿￿
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	Be￿aware￿of￿the￿environment￿when￿disposing￿of￿used￿petroleum ￿products.￿￿Please￿dispose￿of￿
	used￿hydraulic￿fluid,￿engine￿oil￿and￿any￿by￿products￿from￿the￿maintenance￿of￿your￿log￿
	splitter￿at￿approved￿recycling￿centers.￿
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	Should￿it￿become￿necessary￿to￿loosen￿or￿remove￿any￿hydraulic￿fitting￿or￿line,￿be￿sure￿to￿remove￿
	all￿pressure￿by￿shutting￿off￿the￿engine￿and￿moving￿the￿control￿handle￿back￿and￿forth￿several￿
	times.￿
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	NEVER￿remove￿the￿cap￿from￿the￿hydraulic￿tank￿or￿reservoir￿while￿your￿unit￿is￿running.￿￿
	Hot￿oil￿under￿pressure￿will￿cause￿injury.￿
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	Always￿store￿gasoline￿in￿an￿approved,￿tightly￿sealed￿container.￿Store￿container￿in￿a￿dry,￿cool￿
	place.￿￿Keep￿fuel￿away￿from￿gas￿appliances￿where￿fumes￿could￿contact￿open￿flame,￿pilot￿lights￿or￿
	sparks.￿￿
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	Do￿not￿operate￿your￿splitter￿in￿poor￿mechanical￿condition￿or￿when￿needing￿repair.￿￿Repair￿and￿
	replace￿worn￿or￿broken￿parts￿immediately.￿
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	Periodically￿tighten￿nuts,￿bolts,￿and￿hydraulic￿fittings.￿
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	The￿hydraulic￿system￿of￿your￿log￿splitter￿requires￿careful￿inspection,￿along￿with￿the￿mechanical￿
	parts.￿￿Be￿sure￿to￿replace￿frayed,￿kinked,￿or￿otherwise￿damaged￿hydraulic￿components.￿
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	The￿pressure￿relief￿valve￿on￿the￿splitter￿is￿preset￿at￿the￿factory.￿￿Do￿not￿adjust￿valve.￿￿Only￿a￿
	qualified￿service￿technician￿should￿perform￿this￿adjustment.￿
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	If￿the￿wedge￿becomes￿dull￿or￿nicked,￿it￿can￿be￿removed￿and￿sharpened.￿￿The￿wedge￿is￿heavy￿and￿
	may￿still￿have￿sharp￿edges,￿wear￿gloves￿while￿handling￿the￿wedge.￿
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	REPAIR￿PARTS￿
	Your￿Swisher￿Log￿Splitter￿has￿been￿produced￿with￿components￿designed￿specifically￿to￿this￿
	machine.￿￿Although￿standard￿springs,￿hardware,￿etc.￿may￿look￿similar￿to￿parts￿used￿on￿other￿
	machinery,￿they￿may￿in￿some￿cases￿be￿made￿of￿a￿different￿construction￿and/or￿materials.￿
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