Swisher LS722, LS728, LS10528 manual •Nevermakeadjustmentsorrepairswiththeenginerunning

Fluid￿escaping￿from￿a￿very￿small￿hole￿can￿be￿almost￿invisible.￿￿Do￿not￿check￿for￿leaks￿with￿your￿ hand.￿￿Escaping￿fluid￿under￿pressure￿can￿have￿sufficient￿force￿to￿penetrate￿skin,￿causing￿serious￿ personal￿injury.￿￿Leaks￿can￿be￿located￿by￿passing￿a￿piece￿of￿cardboard￿or￿wood￿over￿the￿suspected￿ leak￿and￿looking￿for￿discoloration.￿￿IF￿injured￿by￿escaping￿fluid,￿see￿a￿doctor￿at￿once.￿￿Serious￿ infection￿or￿reaction￿can￿develop￿if￿proper￿medical￿treatment￿is￿not￿administered￿ immediately.￿

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•Split￿only￿one￿log￿at￿a￿time.￿￿Never￿attempt￿to￿split￿two￿logs￿on￿top￿of￿each￿other.￿

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•Do￿not￿straddle￿or￿reach￿across￿the￿splitting￿area￿while￿operating￿the￿splitter.￿

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•Do￿not￿step￿over￿splitter￿when￿the￿engine￿is￿running.￿￿You￿may￿trip￿or￿accidentally￿

activate￿the￿splitting￿wedge.￿￿Walk￿around￿to￿get￿to￿the￿other￿side.￿

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•Never￿place￿hands￿or￿feet￿between￿log￿and￿splitting￿wedge￿or￿between￿log￿and￿ram￿during forward￿or￿reverse￿stroke.￿

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•Never￿attempt￿to￿load￿splitter￿while￿splitting￿wedge￿is￿in￿motion.￿￿When￿loading￿log￿ splitter,￿place￿hands￿on￿the￿sides￿of￿the￿log,￿not￿the￿ends.￿

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•Only￿use￿your￿hands￿to￿operate￿the￿control￿lever.￿￿Never￿use￿foot,￿knee,￿rope￿or￿any￿ extension￿device.￿

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•Always￿keep￿fingers￿clear￿of￿splits￿that￿open￿in￿log￿during￿splitter￿operation.￿

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•When￿splitter￿is￿in￿the￿return￿mode,￿keep￿hands￿off￿the￿machine.￿

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•Only￿operate￿splitter￿on￿level￿ground,￿not￿on￿the￿side￿of￿a￿hill.￿￿It￿could￿tip￿or￿rolling￿logs,￿ poor￿footing,￿etc.￿could￿cause￿an￿accident.￿

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•Never￿operate￿or￿allow￿someone￿to￿operate￿this￿equipment￿while￿under￿the￿influence￿of￿ alcohol￿or￿drugs.￿

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•Always￿block￿the￿wheels￿to￿prevent￿movement￿while￿using￿splitter.￿

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•Never￿operate￿your￿splitter￿on￿wet,￿muddy,￿or￿icy￿surfaces.￿￿Safe￿footing￿is￿essential￿in￿ preventing￿accidents.￿

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•Never￿operate￿your￿splitter￿while￿it￿is￿attached￿to￿the￿tow￿vehicle.￿

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•Never￿make￿adjustments￿or￿repairs￿with￿the￿engine￿running.￿

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•Never￿attempt￿to￿split￿woods￿across￿the￿grain.￿Some￿types￿of￿wood￿may￿burst￿or￿fly￿out￿ of￿your￿splitter￿and￿result￿in￿injury.￿

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•Both￿ends￿of￿the￿log￿should￿be￿cut￿as￿squarely￿as￿possible￿to￿prevent￿the￿log￿from￿sliding￿ out￿of￿the￿splitter￿during￿operation.￿￿Log￿length￿should￿be￿kept￿to￿24”￿or￿less.￿

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