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ROTO-HOG™ Premier Power Tiller
Slope Operation
Safety for Children
Tragic accidents can occur if the operator is not alert to the presence of children. Children can be attracted to the DR ROTO-HOG
Premier Power Tiller and the tilling activity. Never assume that children will remain where you last saw them.
Keep children out of the work area and under the watchful care of a responsible adult.
Be alert and always turn off your Tow Vehicle and the Tiller Engine if children enter the work area.
Before, and while moving your Tow Vehicle backwards, look behind, and down for small children.
Never allow children to operate the DR ROTO-HOG Premier Power Tiller.
Use extra care when approaching blind corners, shrubs, trees, or other objects that may obscure your vision.
Have a complete working knowledge of your Tow Vehicle and know how to handle it with the DR ROTO-HOG Premier Power
Tiller attached.
Never place your hands, feet, or any part of your body near or under any moving part while the DR ROTO-HOG Premier
Power Tiller Engine is running.
Keep bystanders away from your work area at all times. To be safe, do not operate the DR ROTO-HOG Premier Power Tiller
near children or pets, and never allow children to operate the machine. Stop the Tow Vehicle and the DR ROTO-HOG
Premier Power Tiller Engine when another person or pet approaches.
Do not touch the Muffler and Engine when the machine is in use as they become very hot and can cause severe burns.
Clear the work area of objects that might jam or wrap around the tines such as glass, large sticks, stones, metal objects, wire,
rope, and string-like materials. Use on these objects could damage the DR ROTO-HOG Premier Power Tiller and/or cause
injury.
Do not use this machine around large roots and surface rocks that you cannot remove.
Do not use this machine around underground pipes and wiring.
Never engage the Tines when they are in the ground. If the DR ROTO-HOG Premier Power Tiller Engine should stall, raise
the Tines out of the soil and disengage them.
Never, under any conditions, remove, bend, cut, fit, weld, or otherwise alter standard parts on the DR ROTO-HOG Premier
Power Tiller. This includes all shields and guards. Modifications to your machine could cause personal injuries and property
damage and will void your warranty.
Use of machinery on slopes is a major factor related to accidents, which can result in severe personal injury. Use of machinery on
slopes requires caution. If you feel uneasy using the DR ROTO-HOG Premier Power Tiller on a slope, do not operate it. Always
take the following precautions when using this machine on slopes:
Always:
Exercise extreme caution when changing direction on slopes.
Watch for holes, ruts, and bumps on the ground.
Never:
Never operate near drop-offs, ditches, or embankments; you could lose control of your Tow Vehicle and/or the DR ROTO-HOG
Premier Power Tiller.
Never operate on slopes greater than 5 degrees, or on any excessively steep slope.
Never operate on wet, or slippery slopes. Reduced traction could result in tipping over your Tow Vehicle and/or the DR ROTO-
HOG Premier Power Tiller.
Never park the Tow Vehicle on a steep grade or slope.
