Echo CH123DH Owners Manual v.2 - Manual (Page 15)

12 INCH CHIPPER 11
ENGLISH
OPERATION
4.4 OPERATING THE CHIPPER
4.5 FEED ROLLER CONTROL BAR
CAUTION
WARNING
Read and follow all safety instructions in this manual.
Failure to operate the machine in accordance with
the safety instructions MAY RESULT IN PERSONAL
INJURY!
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.
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.
FEED ROLLER
CONTROL BAR
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. (2600 RPM) before
starting to chip material.
Limbs fed in to the chipper chute must be 12 inches 2.
(30 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 of the chipper chute, 4. 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.
Adjust the speed of the feed roller, 6. if necessary, with
the feed roller speed control (see Sec. 4.7).
To prevent excessive banging and slamming 7. on
the top of the chipping chamber that may occur when
feeding larger logs (8" and above), lift the feed roller
with the feed roller lift control (see Sec 4.6).
If the engine slows to where it may stall, 8. stop feeding
material and allow the engine to recover. Feed material
more evenly.
If the chipper jams, 9. 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. 10. 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 11. 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. 12. Check
the sharpness of the blades every 5-15 hours. Refer
to the Service and Maintenance section for sharpening
instructions.