Echo CH6614 Owners Manual v.4 - Manual (Page 15)

6 INCH CHIPPER 11
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OPERATION
4.4 FEEd RoLLER coNTRoL baR
Feed Roller
Control Bar
Forward Reverse Neutral
4.3 opERaTING ThE chIppER
cauTIoN
Obtain and wear safety glasses at all times when
operating the machine.
Do not wear loose fitting clothing.
The operator should always wear heavy boots, gloves,
pants and a long-sleeved shirt.
use common sense and practice safety to protect
yourself from branches, sharp objects, and other
harmful objects.
WaRNING
Never lean over the chipper chute to push objects
into the cutting device. use a push stick or brush
paddle.
Never use shovels or forks to feed brush. They can
cause extensive damage if they contact the blades.
In addition, metal pieces can be ejected from the
chipper chute and cause serious injury or death.
Never feed brush into the chute with your feet.
Never use hands or feet to clear materials that build up
in the chute.
The machine chips a variety of materials into a more
readily decomposed or handled condition. The following
guidelines will help you get started.
Run unit at full operating speed 1. before starting to
chip material.
Limbs fed in to the chipper chute must be 6 inches
2.
(15 cm) in diameter or less. Trim side branches that
cannot be bent enough to feed into the chipper chute.
hold small diameter branches together in a bundle and
feed in simultaneously.
Exclude pieces of metal, rocks, bottles, cans, and
3.
other foreign objects when feeding material into the
machine.
Feed brush from the side
4. of the chipper chute, rather
than from the front. Step aside to avoid being hit by
the brush moving into the chipper.
place limb, butt end first, into the chipper chute
5.
until it contacts the chipper blades. The actual feed
rate of the limb into the chipper will depend on the type
of material fed and sharpness of the cutting blades.
If the engine slows to where it may stall,
6. stop feeding
material and allow the engine to recover. Feed material
more evenly.
If the chipper jams,
7. remove the branch and rotate it
before reinserting it into the chute. Alternately insert
and retract the limb or insert continuously at a rate that
will not kill the engine.
do not use the clutch to clear a plugged rotor.
8. This
may cause belt damage. Refer to the instructions for
clearing a plugged rotor in the Service and Maintenance
section.
alternate greener material with dry material
9. to
lubricate the chipping blades for longer life and better
performance. Chipping dead, dry material will create
heat and dull the chipping blades quickly.
Sharpen the chipping blades periodically.
10. Check
the sharpness of the blades every 5-15 hours. Refer
to the Service and Maintenance section for sharpening
instructions.
Feed Roller control bar is used to manually control the
direction of the feed roller rotation.
Move the feed roller bar to FORWARD (F) when you want
the materials to feed into the chipper.
Move the feed roller bar to REVERSE (R) when you want
the chipper push materials back out of the feed chute
(when materials become jammed).
Move the feed roller bar to STOP to halt the rotation of
the feed roller.
EuROPEAN MODElS ONly
push the Safety bar in the event of an emergency and
forward feed will stop. Push the reset/override button to
resume forward feed.
upon start-up, the controller light will glow a steady red.
Push the reset/override button to reset.
If false trips occur, the reset button can be held in for 5
seconds to override the system.