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Only use your hand to operate the control lever. NEVER use your foot, knee, a
rope, or any other extension device.
Log Splitting Safety
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Always keep your fingers away from cracks that open in the log during the split-
ting operation.
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ALWAYS make sure that both ends of the log you are splitting are cut as square
as possible. This will prevent the log from sliding out of position while under
pressure. Logs should be 18 inches or shorter in length.
✘
Never pile logs to be split in a manner that will cause you to reach across the
log splitter.
Maintenance and Repair
✔
Follow all safety rules because most accidents involving the operation, main-
tenance, or repair of products occur because the owner/operator failed to
observe basic safety rules or operating instructions.
✔
ALWAYS inspect your log splitter before each use. Make sure all nuts, bolts,
screws, hydraulic fittings, hose clamps, etc. are securely tightened.
✔
ALWAYS check the oil level in the hydraulic oil tank and engine reservoir.
✘
NEVER operate your log splitter when it is in need of repair or is in poor
mechanical condition.
✘
NEVER tamper with the engine to run it at excessive speeds. The maximum
engine speed is preset and is within safety limits.
✘
NEVER make alterations to your log splitter in any manner. Such alterations
may cause the log splitter to become unsafe and WILL VOID THE WARRANTY.
✘
NEVER attach a rope or extension to the control lever or add width or height to
the splitting wedge. Such ALTERATIONS may cause the log splitter to become
UNSAFE and WILL VOID THE WARRANTY.
✘
ALWAYS clean the unit after each use. If possible, store the unit inside or cover
it completely if stored outside.
Operating Safety
✔
ALLOW ONLY ONE (1) PERSON TO LOAD AND OPERATE THE LOG SPLIT-
TER.
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Allow only adults to operate the log splitter - no one under the age of 18.
✔
Always keep bystanders, including children and pets, at least twenty-five (25)
feet away from the work area. Only the operator should stand near the equip-
ment and only within the safe operating area prescribed in this manual (see the
photos on safe and unsafe operating zones in the “Operation” section.)
✔
When the ram of the log splitter is in the return mode, keep your hands off the
machine — the log splitter is designed to automatically stop when the cylinder
is fully retracted.
✔
ALWAYS disconnect the spark plug wire when the log splitter is not in operation.
✘
Do not allow any person to operate the log splitter until they have read and
understood the safe operating instructions contained in this manual.
✘
Do not, under any circumstances, alter your log splitter. This equipment was
designed and engineered to be used in accordance with the operating instruc-
tions. Altering the equipment, or using the equipment in such a way as to cir-
cumvent its design capabilities and capacities, could result in serious or fatal
injury and WILL VOID THE WARRANTY.
✘
Never operate, or allow anyone else to operate, this equipment while under the
influence of medication, drugs, or alcohol.
✘
Never wear loose clothing or jewelry that may get caught or become entan-
gled in the log splitter.
✘
NEVER place hands or feet between log and splitting wedge or between log
and ram during the forward or reverse stroke.
✘
DO NOT STRADDLE OR REACH ACROSS THE SPLITTING AREA WHEN
OPERATING THE LOG SPLITTER.
✘
Do not step over your log splitter when the engine is running because you may
trip or accidentally engage the ram.
✘
NEVER attempt to load your log splitter while the ram is in motion.
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