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1. Start the engine as instructed in the Engine Operator’s manual included with the log splitter.
2. Grasp the log on the sides, place it on top of the beam against the front end plate to split the wood in the direction of
the grain.
See FIGURE 15.
3. To stabilize the log place your left hand on the side of the log. See
FIGURE 15
.
WARNING!
Never place a hand on the ends of the log, between the log and the end plate or the log
and the splitting wedge.
WARNING!
Only one operator permitted. The adult who loads and stabilizes the log, must be the
person who operates the control handle.
4. Use your right hand to push the control handle lever to the forward position to split the wood.
5. Remove your left hand from the side of the log once the wedge makes contacts with the log and continue to hold the
control handle in the forward position until the wedge completes its travel forward.
6. Release the control handle to stop the wedge movement at any point in the splitting process if you feel an unsafe splitting
condition is occurring.
NEVER
reach across the splitter and attempt to catch a log that is falling---let it fall. The control
handle will return to the neutral position automatically when you release it.
7. Once the log
is
split or the wedge
is
fully extended, load another log between the wedge and the back end plate and pull
the control handle backward to split the next log.
8. Remove partially split wood from wedge.
1) If the log is twisted or jammed on the wedge, release the control handle and shut off the engine immediately.
Gently knock off the log with a hammer or mallet (not with your hands).
WARNING!
Never remove partially split wood from the wedge with your hands. Fingers may become
trapped between the split wood.
2) Once removed from the wedge, split the wood from the opposite end or in another location.
SPLITTING THE WOOD
OPERATION INSTRUCTIONS
(FIGURE15)
Right Hand
Left Hand
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