Operating controls, Know your yard vacuum, Meets ansi safety standards – Craftsman 247.77011 User Manual

Page 7: Operation

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Blower Chute

Know Your Yard Vacuum

Read this operator’s manual and safety rules before operating your Yard Vacuum. Compare the illustrations
below with your equipment to familiarize yourself with the location of various controls and adjustments. Save
this manual for future reference.

The operation of any Yard Vacuum can result in foreign objects being thrown into the eyes,
which can result in severe eye damage. Always wear safety glasses, provided with the
Yard Vacuum, for operating this equipment or while performing any adjustments or repairs on
it.

OPERATING CONTROLS

(See Figure 6)

Chipper Chute

Allows twigs and small branches up to 1 1/2" in
diameter to be fed into the impeller for chipping.

Nozzle

Yard waste such as leaves and pine needles can be
vacuumed up through the nozzle for shredding.

Bag

Collects shredded material fed in through the chipper
chute or vacuumed in through the nozzle.

Blower Chute

When attached to unit, the blower chute is used to
blow or scatter yard waste such as leaves, pine
needle, or small twigs across yard.

Bag Handle

Used to grasp bag in order to assist in attaching,
removing, and emptying bag.

Nozzle Height Adjustment Lever

Used to adjust the nozzle ground clearance ranging
from 5/8" to 4 1/8".

Throttle Control / Choke Lever

This single lever controls the engine speed, stop
function, and the choke of the carburetor. Through
four separate positions on the lever from left to right,
the operation is as follows:

Primer

The primer is used to assist in cold starting an engine.

Starter Handle

Used to start the engine.

WEAR YOUR

FORESIGHT IS BETTER

THAN NO SIGHT

SAFETY GLASSES

Figure 6

Nozzle

Starter

Bag Handle

Bag

Chipper
Chute

Nozzle Height

Spark Plug Wire

Throttle Control/

Meets ANSI safety standards

Craftsman Yard Vacuums conform to the safety standard of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).

Primer

Choke Lever

Adjustment Lever

Stop

Engine

Off

Slow/

Start/

Choke

OPERATION

Handle

Idle

Run

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