Patriot Products 10F-CSV - Manual (Page 11)

CA UTION: OPERATE YOUR GAS
ENGINE OUTDOORS, IN A
WELL-VENTILATED AREA. KEEP
CHILDREN AND PETS AWAY
FROM ANY OPERATING POWER
EQUIPMENT.
POUR, RATHER
THAN DUMP, LOOSE
WASTE INTO THE
SHREDDER
HOPPER.
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❸ OP
ERATION
Safe Operating Conditions
Avoid wet, slippery terrains or areas congested with people and traffic.
Avoid using the machine on driveways, sidewalks, gravel, and other hard
areas. The force of the air might make debris bounce up and hit cars,
you, or bystanders. Wear goggles and other protective clothing.
Chipping
CHIPPER HP CAPACITY TYPE OF DISCHARGE
Har d or soft branches, 5, 6, 8, 10 3” dia. Coin-sized chips
prunings, corn stalks,
drier viney materials,
palm fronds.
CHIPPING TIPS
• Rotate, insert, and retract thicker branches so that the engine runs at a
steady rate. Allow the rotor to recover and discharge the chips.
• Skinny prunings may be bundled and inserted together.
• Green materials chip easier and the knives keep their edges longer.
• Resharpen or replace the chipper knives when you notice that they do not
self-feed very well. Forcing debris into dull knives causes vibration and
will eventually damage or destroy the rotor.
• Shut down and empty the bag before it fills up and stalls the rotor.
Shredding
SHREDDER HP CAPACITY TYPE OF DISCHARGE
Leaves, pine straw , 5 1/2” dia. x 24” Fine mulch (greens) to
small plants, flowers, 6 & 8 3/4” dia. x 36” longer fingerling shreds.
bulbs, light prunings. 10 1” dia. x 36” Same as above.
SHREDDING TIPS
• Aim the waste butt-first down the right side of the shredder hopper (as
you stand behind it).
• Use an open-handed technique, loosely grasping the waste to throw it in.
Do not hold onto it.
• Pour—rather than dump—leafy waste into the shredder hopper.
• Chase waste stuck in the throat with a shreddable pruning. Or, use the
end of 3” thick branch to stir clumps until the rotor pulls them in.
• Vines are best fed down the chipper, followed by a thick branch.
• Green debris exceeding the length limitations may wrap around the rotor
and seriously plug up or damage the machine! Chip them.
• Materials that are too thick may stall the machine and possibly damage the
hammers, rotor, housings or hopper. Use the chipper.