Echo 71825 - Manual (Page 11)

9
Chipping
WARNING: Keep face and body away from the feed opening. Do not
overreach. Keep proper balance and footing at all times.
The Bear Cat chipper is designed to chip a variety of materials into a more
readily decomposing or handled condition. The following guidelines can be
used to help you get started.
1. Select limbs that are up to 8 inches in diameter. Trim side branches that
cannot be bent enough to feed into the chipper chute. Hold small diameter
branches together in a bundle and fed in simultaneously.
2. Place limb, butt end first, into the chipper chute until it contacts the
chipper blades. The actual feed rate of the limb into the chipper depends
on the type of material fed and sharpness of the cutting blades.
Alternately insert and retract the limb or insert continuously at a rate that
will not kill the engine or stall the tractor.
• Rotating the branch to improve cutting action.
The chipping blades dull with use and require periodic sharpening. Refer to
Service and Maintenance, "Sharpening Chipper Blades" for instructions.
Figure 5