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SAFE OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
Your Flowtron Ultimate Leaf-Eater can be hazardous if improperly or care l e s s l y
used. The instructions and fig u re shown below demonstrate the right way to use
your machine. Read and understand the operating instructions before you operate
your machine. Always use safe and cautious operating methods. Please re m e m-
b e r, the operating and safety instructions have been written for your use. Failure
to read all instructions may result in injury. Be sure you have read
‘‘Rules for Safe
O p e r a t i o n ’’
on page 6 before pro c e e d i n g .
1. Moving Your Unit
Disconnect the power cord from the extension cord or
power source, grasp the unit along the top of the housing
t o w e r, lift and move to wherever you choose. To place unit
on trash container, lift by grasping hand grips located on
leg extensions. To use on legs with leaf bag, place bag
around unit and retain with bungee cord. See figure 12.
2. Loading Your Machine
With the machine running, feed double handfuls of dry
leaves, or single handfuls of wet leaves, into the hop-
per. Allow the machine to shred the load completely
and regain speed before reinserting the next load. Do
not overload the machine by letting it labor at low
speed: this will cause the circuit breaker to shut the
motor off. If this happens, turn the switch off, unplug
the machine, clear the unshredded material from the
hopper, reset the breaker and continue with your
shredding.
3.
Mulching Control Lever
The control lever, see figure 13, controls the particle
size and speed at which material goes through the unit
With the control lever in the COARSE position, material
will process through the unit faster but will give you a
larger particle size than if the lever were in the FINE
position. The FINE position setting will discharge mate-
rial slower, but will give the smallest particle size. Use
special settings for pine needles, grass clippings and
thatch. For best results, material should be shredded
when dry.
Filling hopper with unshredded
material at a rate faster than the
machine can handle may result in
permanent damage to your motor.
Do not allow shredded material in
trash container or leaf bag to reach
bottom of Motor Housing. A reduction
in airflow will result and may cause
permanent damage to your motor.
Disconnect power cord from ex t e n s i o n
c o rd before moving machine from one
location to another location.
To avoid damage to your motor, t h e
mu l ching control lever must be in the
p roper position when shredding grass
cl i p p i n g s , t h a t ch or pine needles.
FIGURE 12
FIGURE 13
Mulching Control Lever
On Trash
Container
With Leaf Bag
Attached
Bungee
Cord
Hand Hold
Both Sides
