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NEVERope rateyoursp litterneara flameorspar k.Hydraulic oilandgasol ineareflamma bleandcan
explode.
• NEVERfil lgastankwhil etheenginei shotorrunn ing.Allowthe enginetocoo lbeforere fueling.
• Thisunitis equippedw ithaninternal combustione ngineandsho uldnotbeu sedonorne arany
unimprovedfo rest-covered ,brush-cove redorgrass -coveredlan dunlessthee ngine’sexhaus tsystemis
equippedwit hasparkarr estermeeting applicable localorstat elaws(ifany). Ifasparka rresterisuse dit
shouldbema intainedineff ectiveworkin gorderbyth eoperator.
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Inthestateo fCalifornia, theaboveis requiredbyl aw(Section 442oftheC aliforniaPub licResource sCode).
Otherstatesm ayhavesimila rlaws.Feder allawsapply onfederall ands.Aspar karrestermu ffler(option alby
manufacturer) isavailable atyourneare stenginedea ler.Checkle galrequirem entsinyourar ea.
• ONLYuse yourhandsto operatethe controlleve r.NEVER usefoot,kne e,ropeor anyextension device.
• SplitONLY onelogat atime.NEV ERattemptt osplittwolo gsontopof eachother.
• NEVERp lacehandso rfeetbetween logandspl ittingwedgeo rbetweenlo gandramdur ingforwardo r
reversestrok e.ALWAYS keepfingers clearofspli tsthatopeni nlogduring splittingoper ation.
• DONOT straddleor reachacros sthesplitting areawhileop eratingthes plitter.
• DONOT stepoversp litterwhenthe engineisrun ning.Youma ytriporacc identallyacti vatethesplitt ing
wedge.Wal karoundtog ettotheoth erside.
• NEVERa ttempttoload splitterwhil esplittingwed geisinmotio n.Whenlo adinglogspl itter,place hands
onthesideso fthelog,no ttheends.
• NEVERa ttempttospli twoodsacro ssthegrain. Woodmayb urstorflyout ofyoursplit terandresult in
seriousinjury .
• NEVERle aveyourspli tterunattende dwiththeeng inerunning. Shutoffthee ngineifyouare leaving
yoursplitter, evenforash ortperiod oftime.Some onecoulda ccidentallyac tivatethera mandbeinju red.
• Bothends ofthelogsho uldbecuta ssquarelyas possibleto preventthel ogfromslidin goutofthes plitter
duringopera tion.Logle ngthshouldb ekeptto24 ”orless.
• NEVERo perateyour splitterwhilei tisattached tothetowve hicle.
• BEFORE towing,bece rtainthatthe splitterissec urelyattache dtothetowin gvehicleand thatthesupp ort
leg,beamand cylinderare securedint hererespec tivetowingpo sitions.
• NEVERa llowpersonst orideonsp litter.DO NOTcarrya nycargoor woodonyour splitter.It mayfall
offandcause anaccident.
• DONOT loosenorre moveanyhydr aulicfitting,l ineorreser voircapwhile yoursplitter orengineis
running.
• Fluidescap ingfromave rysmallhole canalmostbe invisible.DO NOTchec kforleakswi thyourhand. 
Seemaintenan cesectionfo rinstructions .IFinjure dbyescapin gfluid,see adoctora tonce.Se rious
infectionor reactionc andevelop ifproperme dicaltreat mentisnota dministered immediately.
• DONOT operateyou rsplitterinp oormechanic alconditio norwhenitis needofrep air.
• ALWAYS disconnectthe sparkplug wireandplac ethewirewhe reitcannotc ontactthesp arkplug,to
preventaccid entalstarting theenginewh ensettingup, transporting ,adjustingo rrepairing.
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