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14 Section 4: Operation

USING THE SHREDDER

IMPORTANT: Always wear safety goggles

(with side shields), appropriate gloves,

and hearing protection. Read and follow

the safety rules in this Manual.

A DANGER

Contact with rotating cutting blades will

cause serious personal injury. The

blades rotate when engine is on and

slow gradually after engine is shut off.

Keep hands, feet and clothing out of

chipper inlet, shredder feed inlet and

discharge opening when unit is running.

• When the engine starts, the cutting

blades inside the chipper/shredder cham

ber will begin to revolve at a high rate of

speed. The shredder is then ready to use.

• Do not feed materiai into the shredder

hopper from the engine side of the unit.

Always avoid the hot muffler on the

engine.

• When feeding material into the shred

der, stand a foot or two away from the

hopper opening and keep your arms and

hands parallel to and several inches above

the top edge of the hopper. See Figure 4-

4. Do not point hands or arms downward

toward the hopper opening or put hands

or arms inside the hopper.

• Feed materials Into the shredder slowly,

and in limited quantities, until you become

familiar with its operation. Bulk and

lengths can be increased gradually if the

material is being processed easily. Do not

overload the shredder as doing so will

cause the engine speed to decrease

significantly.

• A steady flow of materials into the

shredder hopper provides the most effec

tive results. The rate of feed for small

branches, vines (2-3 foot lengths only),

and brush can be controlled by lightly

pushing and guiding the free end of the

material until it extends above the top of

the hopper. At this point, LET GO OF THE

MATERIAL. The cutting blades can tug

suddenly at material being fed into the

hopper. Do not hold onto the material I

Always hold material loosely and be

ready to let go of it quickly.

A DANGER

The rotating shredder blades can tug

suddenly at material being fed into the

shredder hopper. Contact with cutting

blades will cause severe personal injury.

Do not hold on too tightly to branches

and vines. Do not feed material straight

down into the hopper with your arm

pointing downward toward the opening,

instead, keep your arms parallel to the

ground and several inches above the top

edge of the hopper.

•

NOTE; It is best to cut long branches into

3-5 foot lengths and vines to 2-3 foot

lengths before feeding them into the

shredder hopper. When shredding wet

material, mix dry material in with it. Alter

nating wet and dry materiai helps prevent

material from sticking inside the shredder

chamber. Very wet materials should be

processed using the optional Bar Grate at

tachment. Refer to Shredding Wet,

Soggy, or Green Materials in this Section

for other methods of processing wet or

green materials.

Also:

• Do not put any part of your body or

clothing Inside the shredder hopper or

near the discharge area.

• Stand clear of the discharge area.

• Keep face and body away from the dis

charge area.

• Use the leaf tamper (Figure 4-4)

supplied with the unit to push bulky

material into the shredder hopper. DD

NDT USE YDUR HANDS!

• When feeding loose material, such as

leaves, straw or grass clippings, just drop

the material into the shredder opening and

push it into the shredder hopper using the

leaf tamper (supplied). Do not allow com

bustible materials to contact the hot

engine.

• If the engine slows down under load,

stop feeding material and allow the engine

to regain full speed before continuing.

Overloading the shredder could result in

damage to the belt or engine.

• All shredded material will be forced

through the discharge screen at the

bottom of the unit. Always keep clear of

the discharge to avoid injury from materi

als exiting the unit at high speed. The

standard discharge screen supplied with

the unit has 3/4-inch holes. This screen is

best for processing most dry materials

such as brush and dry leaves. To install a

different size screen, refer to

Removing/lnstalling Discharge Screen or

Bar Grate in this Section.

Figure 4-4: Using the leaf tamper to process

material into Iho shroddor hoppor.

A DANGER

To avoid a fire hazard, keep leaves,

grass and other combustible materials

away from the engine and mufflerl

A DANGER

The discharge opening and discharge

area are dangerous. Rotating cutting

blades inside the discharge opening cut

1/4-inch from the discharge screen.

To avoid serious personal injury, keep

hands, feet, and clothing out of the dis

charge opening and away from the dis

charge area. Follow all safety rules.

SHREDDING WET, SOGGY,

OR GREEN MATERIALS

Wet or “green” materials (such as wet,

matted leaves, vegetables, “green” vegeta

tion like squash vines, etc.) can clog the

3/4” holes in the standard discharge

screen, depending on the moisture con

tent of the material.

To help avoid clogging, try shredding this

material with the optional 1-3/4' discharge

screen. If clogging persists, install the

optional Bar Grate attachment. See

Removing/lnstalling Discharge Screen or

Bar Grate in this Section for detailed

instructions.

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