Patriot Products 10F-CSV - Manual (Page 12)

CA UTION: DO NOT LET GO OF BULKY
WASTE AND LET IT BOUNCE AROUND
IN THE HOPPERS. IT MAY DAMAGE
THE MACHINE OR BE EJECTED
TOWARD THE OPERATOR OR
BYSTANDERS AND CAUSE INJURY.
“QUICK-FEED” PRUN-
INGS DOWN THE
LEFT SIDE OF THE
SHREDDER WITH A
LOOSE, OPEN GRIP.
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V acuuming
VACUUM (15-ft. kit optional) HP CAPACITY TYPE OF DISCHARGE
Dry to wet leaves, 5, 6, 8 & 10 Loose waste Fine mulch (leaves),
pine straw, sawdust, some fingerling shreds.
grass clippings.
V ACUUMING TIPS
• Keep the hose straight or slightly curved along the ground.
• Allow nozzle to hover over the waste, rather than sticking it into the pile.
• If the vacuum loses power, there may be a clog in the nozzle or in the
throat of the shredder hopper. Lift the hose over your head and shake it.
You may need to shut down, unplug the adaptor and unclog the
shredder’s throat.
• Don’t let the hose come in contact with the muffler. The muffler can get
hot enough to melt it.
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W IT WORKS
Direct-Bagging
The chipper -shredder-vac must be operated with the bag in place. The bag
holds over two bushels, but emptying it often is a good habit. If it overfills,
debris may back up into the discharge chute and stall the engine—just like a
lawn mower does when it’s bag gets too full.
Gr eat will be the temptation ...but do not begin to r emove the bag until the
engine is shut off and the rotor has stopped.
Chipping
W aste fed down the chipper cone produces uniform, coin-sized chips. Two
sharp knives, mounted on the rotor, pass by the cone’s solid base at more than
3750 RPM, slicing the end of the branch into little chips.
The angle of the knives draws branches in as they are cut. Eventually, the
knives become dull. They must be removed and re-sharpened. Replace the
knives when their cutting surface nears one-eighth inch from the knives’
mounting holes.
Shredding
The shr edder uses six Y-shaped hammers and the built-in vacuum to pull
waste into the grinder housing. The shredding hammers attached to the rotor
grab onto thicker debris. Material is ground and shredded until it is small
enough to be pulled into the fan chamber and discharged into the bag.
The rotor spins clockwise (as you stand behind the machine). The
hammers swing freely on shafts a full 360°. If material is too heavy to shred on
the first strike, they swing out of the way. The Y-forks do the shredding and
pulling. (Technically speaking, green debris is said to be “shredded”; drier,
leafier debris is “ground”.) Hammers eventually wear down and can be
replaced or simply reversed.
V acuuming
The four blade vacuum draws air into the housings thr ough the shredder hop-
per and chipper cone. To take full advantage of this air flow system, the
optional vacuum kit snaps into the hopper for a 15’ reach around the machine.