Swisher LS728, LS722 manual Operation, Assemblyinstructions, Fillingthehydraulicreservoir, Startup

OPERATION￿

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Intended￿use:￿￿This￿log￿splitter￿is￿intended￿and￿designed￿to￿only￿split￿wood.￿￿NEVER￿use￿ for￿any￿other￿purposes.￿￿Doing￿so￿can￿cause￿injury￿or￿VOID￿THE￿WARRANTY.￿

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ASSEMBLY￿INSTRUCTIONS￿

This￿log￿splitter￿has￿been￿partially￿assembled￿at￿the￿factory.￿￿Refer￿to￿the￿drawings￿and￿part￿ lists￿should￿it￿become￿necessary￿to￿disassemble￿the￿unit￿for￿repair￿or￿replacement￿of￿parts.￿￿ Inspect￿all￿components￿for￿damage.￿ WARNING:￿￿Exercise￿extreme￿caution,￿as￿parts￿are￿very￿heavy.￿Sufficient￿persons￿or￿ mechanical￿handling￿equipment￿should￿be￿used.￿ IMPORTANT:￿￿This￿unit￿is￿shipped￿with￿oil￿but￿without￿gasoline￿in￿the￿engine.￿￿After￿ assembly,￿see￿separate￿Engine￿Manual￿for￿proper￿fuel￿and￿oil￿recommendations.￿

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FILLING￿THE￿HYDRAULIC￿RESERVOIR￿

Fill￿the￿hydraulic￿reservoir￿with￿at￿least￿12￿Quarts￿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￿air in￿the￿system).￿￿Once￿the￿cylinder￿has￿a￿smooth￿and￿constant￿speed￿indicating￿that￿all￿air￿ has￿been￿expelled,￿add￿another￿4￿quarts￿of￿oil,￿this￿should￿then￿bring￿the￿fluid￿level￿up￿to￿ approximately￿3”￿below￿the￿fill￿hole.￿These￿models￿require￿approx.￿16-17￿Quarts￿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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START￿UP￿

WARNING:￿￿DO￿NOT￿START￿OR￿RUN￿THE￿LOG￿SPLITTER￿WITHOUT￿OIL￿IN￿

THE￿ENGINE￿AND￿HYDRAULIC￿RESERVOIR.￿

See￿separate￿Engine￿Manual￿for￿fuel￿and￿oil￿recommendations.￿￿Your￿log￿splitter￿has￿come￿ equipped￿with￿a￿fuel￿shut-off￿valve￿for￿towing￿purposes.￿ Before￿starting￿engine￿make￿sure￿crankcase￿is￿filled￿correctly￿with￿oil￿and￿the￿proper￿fuel￿ has￿been￿used.￿￿The￿engine￿will￿only￿start￿when￿the￿throttle￿lever￿and￿fuel￿shut-off￿valve￿are turned￿to￿their￿ON￿positions.￿￿

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COLD￿WEATHER￿START￿UP￿

The￿Cold￿Weather￿Clutch￿enables￿the￿engine￿to￿be￿started￿without￿having￿to￿pull￿through￿ cold,￿thickened￿hydraulic￿fluid.￿￿Simply￿pull￿the￿handle￿out￿into￿locked￿position.￿￿Start￿ engine,￿let￿it￿warm￿up,￿and￿release￿Cold￿Weather￿Clutch.￿After￿starting,￿assure￿that￿the￿ lever￿has￿reengaged.￿

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