Swisher LS728C, LS10528C Operation, Fillingthehydraulicreservoir, Startup, Coldweatherstartup

OPERATION￿

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FILLING￿THE￿HYDRAULIC￿RESERVOIR￿

Fill￿the￿hydraulic￿reservoir￿with￿at￿least￿five￿gallons￿of￿General￿Purpose￿Hydraulic￿fluid￿or￿ Automatic￿Transmission￿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).￿￿You￿may￿have￿to￿add￿more￿ fluid￿and￿repeat￿this￿procedure.￿Once￿the￿cylinder￿has￿a￿smooth￿and￿constant￿speed￿indicating￿ that￿all￿the￿air￿has￿been￿expelled,￿more￿oil￿should￿then￿be￿added￿to￿bring￿the￿fluid￿level￿up￿to￿ approximately￿3”￿below￿the￿fill￿hole.￿Standard￿models￿require￿approx.￿4.5￿gallons￿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￿and￿slide￿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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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.￿￿A￿Taillight￿Kit￿Accessory￿(Part￿No.￿7420)is￿available￿and￿recommended￿for￿night

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