Operation - King Canada Power force KCG-300CS Instruction Manual

OPERATION

wARNING: The operation of any chipper shredder can result in foreign objects
being thrown into the eyes, which can damage your eyes severely. Always wear
the safety glasses or eye shields before chipping or shredding and while
performing any adjustments or repairs.
Shredding
Yard waste such as leaves and pine needles can be placed in the hopper (A) Fig.9
for shredding. After material has been processed by the shredder blade and flails, it
will be forced out of the chute deflector, into a debris collection bag.
Observe the following guidelines when shredding yard debris:
• Never attempt to shred material other than normal yard debris (leaves, twigs, pine
cones, etc.).
• Avoid shredding fibrous plants such as tomato vines until they are thoroughly dried out. Fresh vines do not shred well and tend to wrap themselves
around the impeller and flails.
• Place reasonable amounts of debris into the hopper at a time. Do not overload the hopper.
• Allow the material in the hopper to be drawn into the blades and shredded before adding additional debris to the hopper. Failure to due so may
result in a clogged hopper, clogged chute deflector or a stalled engine.
• Avoid placing twigs longer than 24" into the hopper. Twigs longer than 24" may result
in a clogged hopper.
IMPORTANT: Never place branches with a diameter greater than 1/2-inch in the
hopper. Doing so can result in serious damage to the unit's shredder blade, flails or
impeller.
Chipping
wARNING: Never operate the chipper shredder without chipper chute lowered and
locked into the operating position.
Branches up to 3" in diameter can be fed into the chipper chute (A) Fig.10. Observe
the following guidelines when chipping branches:
• Keep both hands firmly on the branch as you feed it into the chipper chute.
• Never feed more than one branch into the chipper chute at a time.
• Never feed anything other than branches (or wood) into the chipper chute.
• Apply intermittent pressure (force, in short pulses) while feeding larger branches
into the chipper chute, to avoid bogging or stalling the engine.
NOTE: For best performance, always operate the unit with sharp chipper blades. If a
noticeable loss in performance is encountered while chipping branches, the chipper
blades should be replaced. Refer to the Maintenance section of this manual for more
information.
Emptying the Collection Bag
1. Stop engine.
2. Squeeze the locking buckle (A) Fig.11 to release the bag's draw-strap before loosening it from the chute deflector.
3. Empty the collection bag and reattach it to the chute deflector.
OPERATION
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