Troy-Bilt 47330 - Manual (Page 14)

14 Section 4: Operation
USING THE SHREDDER
IMPORTANT: Always wear safety goggles
(with side shields), appropriate gloves,
and hearing protection. Read and follow
the safety rules in this Manual.
A DANGER
Contact with rotating cutting blades will
cause serious personal injury. The
blades rotate when engine is on and
slow gradually after engine is shut off.
Keep hands, feet and clothing out of
chipper inlet, shredder feed inlet and
discharge opening when unit is running.
• When the engine starts, the cutting
blades inside the chipper/shredder cham­
ber will begin to revolve at a high rate of
speed. The shredder is then ready to use.
• Do not feed materiai into the shredder
hopper from the engine side of the unit.
Always avoid the hot muffler on the
engine.
• When feeding material into the shred­
der, stand a foot or two away from the
hopper opening and keep your arms and
hands parallel to and several inches above
the top edge of the hopper. See Figure 4-
4. Do not point hands or arms downward
toward the hopper opening or put hands
or arms inside the hopper.
• Feed materials Into the shredder slowly,
and in limited quantities, until you become
familiar with its operation. Bulk and
lengths can be increased gradually if the
material is being processed easily. Do not
overload the shredder as doing so will
cause the engine speed to decrease
significantly.
• A steady flow of materials into the
shredder hopper provides the most effec­
tive results. The rate of feed for small
branches, vines (2-3 foot lengths only),
and brush can be controlled by lightly
pushing and guiding the free end of the
material until it extends
above the top of
the hopper. At this point, LET GO OF THE
MATERIAL. The cutting blades can tug
suddenly at material being fed into the
hopper. Do not hold onto the material I
Always hold material loosely and be
ready to let go of it quickly.
A
DANGER
The rotating shredder blades can tug
suddenly at material being fed into the
shredder hopper. Contact with cutting
blades will cause severe personal injury.
Do not hold on too tightly to branches
and vines. Do not feed material straight
down into the hopper with your arm
pointing downward toward the opening,
instead, keep your arms parallel to the
ground and several inches above the top
edge of the hopper.
•
NOTE; It is best to cut long branches into
3-5 foot lengths and vines to 2-3 foot
lengths before feeding them into the
shredder hopper. When shredding wet
material, mix dry material in with it. Alter­
nating wet and dry materiai helps prevent
material from sticking inside the shredder
chamber. Very wet materials should be
processed using the optional Bar Grate at­
tachment. Refer to
Shredding Wet,
Soggy, or Green Materials in this Section
for other methods of processing wet or
green materials.
Also:
• Do not put any part of your body or
clothing Inside the shredder hopper or
near the discharge area.
• Stand clear of the discharge area.
• Keep face and body away from the dis­
charge area.
• Use the leaf tamper (Figure 4-4)
supplied with the unit to push bulky
material into the shredder hopper. DD
NDT USE YDUR HANDS!
• When feeding loose material, such as
leaves, straw or grass clippings, just drop
the material into the shredder opening and
push it into the shredder hopper using the
leaf tamper (supplied). Do not allow com­
bustible materials to contact the hot
engine.
• If the engine slows down under load,
stop feeding material and allow the engine
to regain full speed before continuing.
Overloading the shredder could result in
damage to the belt or engine.
• All shredded material will be forced
through the discharge screen at the
bottom of the unit. Always keep clear of
the discharge to avoid injury from materi­
als exiting the unit at high speed. The
standard discharge screen supplied with
the unit has 3/4-inch holes. This screen is
best for processing most dry materials
such as brush and dry leaves. To install a
different size screen, refer to
Removing/lnstalling Discharge Screen or
Bar Grate in this Section.
Figure 4-4: Using the leaf tamper to process
material into Iho shroddor hoppor.
A DANGER
To avoid a fire hazard, keep leaves,
grass and other combustible materials
away from the engine and mufflerl
A
DANGER
The discharge opening and discharge
area are dangerous. Rotating cutting
blades inside the discharge opening cut
1/4-inch from the discharge screen.
To avoid serious personal injury, keep
hands, feet, and clothing out of the dis­
charge opening and away from the dis­
charge area. Follow all safety rules.
SHREDDING WET, SOGGY,
OR GREEN MATERIALS
Wet or “green” materials (such as wet,
matted leaves, vegetables, “green” vegeta­
tion like squash vines, etc.) can clog the
3/4” holes in the standard discharge
screen, depending on the moisture con­
tent of the material.
To help avoid clogging, try shredding this
material with the optional 1-3/4' discharge
screen. If clogging persists, install the
optional Bar Grate attachment. See
Removing/lnstalling Discharge Screen or
Bar Grate in this Section for detailed
instructions.