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Pow’R’kraft Chipper 12
Revision 9/22/16
Maintaining your wood chipper will insure long
life to the machine and its components.
Preventive Maintenance
1. Turn off engine. Engine must be cool.
2. Keep the engine’s throttle lever in its SLOW
position, and remove spark plug wire from
spark plug and secure.
3. Inspect the general condition of the wood
chipper. Check for loose screws, misalignment
or binding of moving parts, cracked or broken
parts, and any other condition that may affect
its safe operation.
4. Remove all debris from the wood chipper
with a soft brush, vacuum, or compressed
air. Then use a premium quality light weight
machine oil to lubricate all moving parts.
5. Replace spark plug wire.
MAINTENANCE
D o n o t m o v e c h o k e c o n t r o l t o
CLOSE to stop engine. Backfire or
engine damage may occur.
Do not disengage the belt drive
with the machine running, as this
will cause friction and vibration on
the belt drive.
Never use a “pressure washer” to
clean your wood chipper. Water
can penetrate tight areas of the
unit and cause damage to spindles,
pulleys, bearings, or the engine.
The use of pressure washers will
result in shortened life and reduce
serviceability.
Shut down the engine, wait for
a l l m o v i n g p a r t s t o c o m e t o a
complete stop, remove plug wire,
and then wait for 5 minutes before
performing maintenance on the
chipper.
Idle speed
Set throttle control lever to its “SLOW”
position to reduce stress on the engine when
compacting is not being performed. Lowering
the engine speed to idle the engine will
help extend the life of the engine, as well as
conserve fuel and reduce the noise level of the
machine.
Stopping engine
To stop the engine in an emergency, simply
turnthe engine switch to the OFF position.
Undernormal conditions, use the following
procedure.
1. Move the throt tle lever to the SLOW
position.
2. Let engine idle for one or two minutes.
3. Turn the engine switch to the OFF position.
4. Turn the fuel valve lever to the OFF
position.
Wait until the machine completely stops.
Allow the engine to completely cool. Remove
the engine’s spark plug. Then clean out the
interior of the machine and its discharge
chute.
Regular Maintenance Check List
Note: Consider that the service intervals
s h o w n a r e t h e m a x i m u m
u n d e r
normal operating conditions. Increase
frequencies under extremely dirty or
dusty conditions.
The wood chipper is equipped with 2 large
pneumatic wheels for moving. To move the
wood chipper to the work site, grip the handles
to tilt the wood chipper slightly after making
sure the oil tank cover is tightened.
DELIVERING WOOD
CHIPPER TO WORK SITE
