Operation
18
Adjusting The Discharge Chute
POTENTIAL HAZARD
•
The rotating auger can cut off fingers,
hands or other body parts and throw
objects.
WHAT CAN HAPPEN
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Contact with the rotating auger and thrown
debris can cause sever injury or even death.
HOW TO AVOID THE HAZARD
•
Stay away from the discharge and auger
openings while operating the snowthrower.
•
Keep your hands, feet, and any other parts
of your body or clothing away from
concealed, moving or rotating parts.
•
Use a stick, not you hand, to remove
obstructions from the discharge chute or
auger housing.
•
Before adjusting, cleaning, repairing and
inspecting the snowthrower and before
unclogging the discharge chute, shut off the
engine and wait for all moving parts to
stop. Move the power take off (PTO) to
“OFF” and rotate the ignition key to
“OFF.” Remove the key.
The discharge chute can be rotated 180
°
side to side.
The direction is controlled by turning the crank
handle (Fig. 36).
The chute deflector, on top of the discharge chute, can
be moved up and down to control the height and
distance snow is thrown (Fig. 36).
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m–3445
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3
2
Figure 36
1.
Discharge chute
2.
Crank handle
3.
Chute deflector
Tips for Throwing Snow
Remove snow as soon as possible after it falls. This
produces best snow removal results.
Adjust the skids to match the type of surface being
cleaned; refer to Adjusting the Skids, page 24.
The snowthrower is designed to clean snow down to
the contact surface, but there are times when the front
of the snowthrower may tend to ride up. If this
happens, reduce forward speed.
Discharge snow downwind whenever possible, and
overlap each pass to ensure complete snow removal.
If the wheels slip, shift into the High–Low range
lever to Low “L” to reduce forward speed.
Run the snowthrower for a few minutes after clearing
snow so moving parts do not freeze. Engage the
power take off (PTO) to clear any remaining snow
from the inside housing.
Do not overload the snowthrower by clearing snow at
too fast a rate. If the engine slows down, reduce
forward speed.
Always use full throttle (maximum engine speed)
when throwing snow.
