Swisher LS722, LS728 manual Operation, TOWINGSAFETYtoreadwarningsaboutcoupling, Towingatnight

OPERATION￿

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TOWING￿

This￿unit￿should￿not￿be￿towed￿on￿any￿street,￿highway,￿or￿public￿road￿without￿checking￿the￿existing￿ federal,￿local,￿and￿state￿laws.￿￿Any￿licensing￿or￿modifications￿such￿as￿taillights,￿etc.,￿need￿to￿comply with￿existing￿federal,￿local,￿or￿state￿vehicle￿requirements￿is￿the￿sole￿responsibility￿of￿the￿purchaser.￿ Obey￿all￿regulations￿when￿towing￿on￿public￿roads￿and￿highways.￿￿See￿also￿TOWING￿SAFETY.￿

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Be￿sure￿you￿are￿using￿the￿correct￿ball￿hitch￿size￿for￿the￿hitch￿coupler￿on￿the￿log￿splitter￿(2”￿ball).￿￿

Be￿sure￿safety￿chains￿are￿properly￿connected.￿￿Leave￿enough￿slack￿in￿chains￿for￿turning.￿￿See￿

TOWING￿SAFETY￿to￿read￿warnings￿about￿coupling.￿

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Make￿sure￿beam￿attachment￿is￿locked￿in￿the￿horizontal￿position.￿￿NEVER￿tow￿splitter￿in￿the￿vertical position.￿

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Turn￿the￿fuel￿shut-off￿valve￿OFF￿to￿prevent￿flooding￿of￿the￿engine￿while￿traveling.￿

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TOWING￿AT￿NIGHT￿

The￿requirements￿for￿taillights￿are￿based￿on￿States￿regulations.￿￿Some￿states￿allow￿towing￿at￿night￿ as￿long￿as￿the￿towed￿equipment￿does￿not￿visibly￿impair￿the￿tow￿vehicle￿taillights.￿￿This￿is￿based￿on￿ a￿state,￿to￿state￿requirements.￿￿The￿customer￿is￿responsible￿for￿meeting￿the￿states￿requirements.￿

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If￿a￿“Statement￿of￿Origin”￿is￿required￿in￿your￿state,￿see￿your￿local￿dealer￿to￿receive￿one.￿

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OPERATION￿

1.￿ Set￿up￿the￿log￿splitter￿in￿a￿clear,￿level￿area￿and￿block￿the￿wheels.￿￿The￿suction￿port￿on￿the￿ tank￿should￿always￿be￿on￿the￿lower￿side￿of￿the￿log￿splitter.￿

2.￿ Place￿a￿log￿on￿the￿beam,￿against￿the￿foot￿plate.￿￿Make￿sure￿the￿log￿is￿securely￿on￿the￿foot￿ plate￿and￿up￿against￿the￿beam.￿

3.￿ Depress￿the￿valve￿lever￿so￿that￿the￿cylinder￿will￿drive￿the￿wedge￿into￿the￿log.￿￿Extend￿the￿ cylinder￿until￿the￿log￿splits￿or￿to￿the￿end￿of￿its￿stroke.￿￿If￿the￿log￿has￿not￿completely￿split￿ after￿the￿cylinder￿has￿reached￿the￿end￿of￿its￿extension,￿retract￿the￿cylinder.￿￿NOTE:￿￿￿

Leaving￿the￿valve￿in￿the￿“actuate”￿position￿at￿the￿end￿of￿the￿stroke￿may￿damage￿the￿ pump.￿

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OPERATING￿POSITIONS￿

WARNING:￿THE￿LOG￿SPLITTER￿BEAM￿IS￿HEAVY￿AND￿CAN￿PINCH￿HANDS/FINGERS￿IF￿ CARE￿IS￿NOT￿TAKEN.￿

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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”.￿

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