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•
NEVER
stand on the log splitter.
• Serious injury could occur if the machine tips over.
•
DO NOT
store anything above or near the log splitter where a person
might stand on the log splitter to reach it.
AVOID INJURY FROM AN UNEXPECTED ACCIDENT
•
DO NOT
straddle or reach across the splitting area when operating the
log splitter.
•
NEVER
pile logs to be split in a manner that will cause you to reach
across the log splitter.
• Only use your hands to operate the control levers. Never use your foot,
knee, a rope, or any other extension device.
•
ALWAYS
pay full attention to the movement of the wedge ram.
•
NEVER
attempt to load your log splitter while the ram is in motion.
• Keep hands out of the way of all moving parts.
•
NEVER
try to split two logs on top of each other. One of them may fly up
and hit you.
PROTECT YOUR HANDS
• 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.
• Keep your hands away from splits and cracks which open in the log.
They may close suddenly and crush or amputate your hands/fingers.
•
DO NOT
remove jammed logs with you hands.
DON'T FORCE THE TOOL
• It will do a better and safer job at its design rate.
•
DO NOT
use log splitter for a purpose for which it was not intended.
•
DO NOT
, under any circumstances, alter your log splitter. This equipment
was designed and engineered to be used in accordance with the
operating instructions. Altering the equipment or using the equipment in
such a way as to circumvent its design capabilities and capacities,
could result in serious or fatal injury and will void the warranty.
•
NEVER
try to split logs larger than those indicated in the specifications
table on page 2. This is dangerous and may damage the machine.
NEVER LEAVE LOG SPLITTER RUNNING UNATTENDED
•
DO NOT
leave log splitter until it has come to a complete stop