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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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SPLITTER￿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￿push￿block￿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.￿Always￿use￿extra￿care￿when￿splitting￿logs￿with￿ends￿that￿ are￿not￿square.￿

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NOTE:￿To￿extend￿the￿life￿of￿the￿hydraulic￿cylinder,￿avoid￿“BOTTOMING￿OUT”￿￿the￿cylinder.￿

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TOWING￿SAFETY￿

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￿SAFETY￿PERCAUTIONS.￿

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

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Be￿careful￿when￿backing￿up.￿￿You￿can￿easily￿jack-knife￿your￿splitter.￿

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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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HYDRAULIC￿SAFETY￿

The￿hydraulic￿system￿on￿your￿splitter￿requires￿careful￿inspection￿along￿with￿the￿mechanical￿parts.￿￿Be￿sure￿to￿ replace￿any￿frayed,￿kinked,￿cracked￿or￿otherwise￿damaged￿hydraulic￿components.￿￿Just￿because￿it￿isn’t￿leaking￿ today￿doesn’t￿mean￿that￿it￿will￿not￿fail￿tomorrow.￿

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Fluid￿escaping￿from￿a￿very￿small￿hole￿can￿almost￿be￿invisible.￿￿Do￿not￿check￿for￿leaks￿with￿your￿hand.￿￿Escaping￿ fluid￿under￿pressure￿can￿have￿sufficient￿force￿to￿penetrate￿skin￿causing￿serious￿personal￿injury￿or￿even￿death.￿￿ Leaks￿can￿be￿detected￿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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Should￿it￿become￿necessary￿to￿loosen￿or￿remove￿any￿hydraulic￿fittings,￿lines￿or￿reservoir￿cap,￿be￿sure￿to￿relieve￿all￿ pressure￿by￿shutting￿of￿the￿engine￿and￿moving￿the￿control￿handle￿back￿and￿forth￿several￿times.￿

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NEVER￿remove￿the￿cap￿from￿the￿hydraulic￿tank￿or￿reservoir￿while￿the￿unit￿is￿running.￿￿Hot￿oil￿under￿pressure￿ could￿result￿in￿serious￿injury.￿See￿also￿SAFETY￿PERCAUTIONS.￿

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The￿pressure￿relief￿valve￿on￿your￿splitter￿is￿preset￿at￿the￿factory.￿DO￿NOT￿adjust￿the￿valve.￿￿Only￿a￿qualified￿ technician￿should￿perform￿this￿adjustment.￿

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