ASSEMBLY & SET-UP
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Thank You
Thank you for purchasing this product. It was carefully engineered to provide excellent performance
when properly operated and maintained.
Please read this entire manual prior to operating the equipment. It instructs you how to safely and
easily set up, operate and maintain your machine. Please be sure that you, and any other persons who
will operate the machine, carefully follow the recommended safety practices at all times. Failure to do
so could result in personal injury or property damage.
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various models. Characteristics and features discussed and/or illustrated in this manual may not be
applicable to all models. We reserve the right to change product specifications, designs and equipment
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Throughout this manual, all references to
right
and
left
side of the machine are observed from the
operating position.
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Operator’s Manual, packed separately with your machine, for more information.
Contents of Carton
•
Chipper/Shredder Vacuum
•
Upper and Lower Handle
•
Bag
•
Operator’s Manual
•
Hose Assembly
•
Bottle of Oil
•
Engine Operator’s Manual
•
Safety Glasses
•
Hose Extension (1 - If Equipped)
Assembly
NOTE:
This unit is shipped without gasoline or oil in the engine. Fill up gasoline and oil as instructed in
the accompanying engine manual BEFORE operating your chipper shredder vacuum.
Handle
1.
Remove the hairpin clips from the handle brackets and the carriage screws
and wing nuts from the lower handle.
a. Place the bottom
holes in lower
handle over the
pins on the
handle brackets
with notch in
handle pointing
downwards and
secure with
hairpin clips. See
Figure 1.
b. Insert carriage
screws through
upper hole in
lower handle
from the inside and secure with wing nuts. See Figure 1.
2.
Unfold the upper handle
until it aligns with lower
handle. Make sure the rope
guide is on the right side of
upper handle. See a in
Figure 2.
3.
Secure the two handles by
tightening the star knobs
(carriage bolts must be
seated properly into the
handle). See b in Figure 2.
4.
Loosen the wing nut that
secures the rope guide to
the right side of the upper
handle.
a. Slowly pull starter
rope out of engine.
b. Slip the starter rope
into the rope guide.
See Figure 3.
c.
Tighten the wing
nut.
Hose Assembly
(If Equipped)
1.
Slide hose adapter of hose
assembly into the base
adapter located on the
left front of the chipper
shredder vacuum. See a in
Figure 4.
2.
Pull spring loaded pin out
on the base and align pin
with the first hole (closest
to the end of the tube) in
the hose adapter. See b in
Figure 4.
3.
Release the pin to lock the
hose in place.
4.
Lay hose tubing in curved
end of hose handle next to
chipper chute and into hose
cradle (if applicable). See a
and b in Figure 5.
5.
Snap the hose handle first
into the upper hose handle
bracket and then into the
lower hose handle bracket.
See c in Figure 5.
a
b
b
Figure 1
a
b
Figure 2
a
b
c
Figure 3
Align Pin
with this
Hole
b
a
Figure 4
b
†
a
c
† If Equipped
Figure 5