Swisher LS722X manual Maintenanceandstorage

MAINTENANCE￿AND￿STORAGE￿

WARNING:￿￿DISCONNECT￿THE￿SPARK￿PLUG￿BEFORE￿PERFORMING￿ANY￿MAINTENANCE.￿

Consult￿the￿operating￿and￿maintenance￿instructions￿of￿the￿engine￿manufacturer￿for￿engine￿care.￿

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Always￿check￿the￿oil￿level￿of￿the￿hydraulic￿reservoir￿before￿operation.￿￿Operating￿without￿an￿adequate￿oil￿ supply￿will￿cause￿severe￿damage￿to￿the￿pump.￿

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Periodically￿check￿that￿all￿nuts,￿bolts,￿screws,￿clamps￿and￿fittings￿are￿tight￿and￿secure.￿

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To￿keep￿your￿splitter￿in￿top￿working￿condition￿perform￿all￿recommended￿maintenance￿procedures￿before￿you￿use￿ your￿splitter.￿

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If￿the￿wedge￿becomes￿dull￿or￿nicked￿a￿grinder￿or￿sharpening￿tool￿can￿be￿used￿to￿sharpen￿it.￿

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Completely￿drain￿the￿fuel￿tank￿prior￿to￿storage.￿Always￿store￿gasoline￿in￿an￿approved,￿tightly￿sealed￿container.￿￿Store￿ container￿in￿a￿dry,￿cool￿place￿with￿adequate￿ventilation.￿￿Keep￿fuel￿away￿from￿areas￿where￿fumes￿could￿contact￿open￿ flame,￿pilot￿light￿or￿sparks.￿

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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￿splitter￿at￿approved￿recycling￿centers.￿

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Should￿it￿become￿necessary￿to￿disassemble￿the￿unit￿for￿repair￿or￿replacement￿of￿parts,￿refer￿to￿the￿drawings￿and￿parts￿ list￿on￿the￿following￿pages.￿￿Exercise￿extreme￿caution,￿as￿some￿parts￿are￿very￿heavy￿and￿will￿require￿sufficient￿ persons￿or￿mechanical￿handling￿equipment.￿

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Your￿Swisher￿Log￿Splitter￿has￿been￿produced￿with￿components￿designed￿specifically￿to￿this￿machine.￿￿Although￿ standard￿springs,￿hardware￿and￿ect￿may￿look￿similar￿to￿parts￿used￿on￿other￿machinery,￿they￿may￿in￿some￿cases￿ be￿made￿of￿a￿different￿construction￿and/or￿materials.￿￿All￿replacement￿parts￿must￿meet￿manufacturer’s￿ specifications.￿

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The￿operation￿of￿any￿splitter￿can￿produce￿foreign￿objects￿to￿be￿thrown￿into￿the￿ eyes,￿resulting￿in￿severe￿eye￿damage.￿￿Always￿wear￿certified￿safety￿glasses￿or￿ wide-vision￿safety￿goggles￿over￿spectacles￿before￿staring￿any￿splitting￿machine￿ and￿while￿operating￿such￿a￿machine.

The￿operation￿of￿any￿splitter￿produces￿sound￿waves￿that￿are￿damaging￿to￿the￿ human￿ear.￿￿Ear￿protection￿is￿recommended.

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