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GENERAL FUNCTIONS
Your Chipper/Shredder is a multi-use tool for chipping
tree limbs, shredding brush and leaves, and vacuuming
up leaves and small organic materials. Learning how and
when to use each function will increase the value of the
Chipper/Shredder in your gardening tasks.
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Figure 9. Chipping of Tree Limbs
Using Your
Chipper/Shredder
WARNING
NEVER allow anyone to operate the unit or remain
in the immediate area UNLESS they are wearing
approved safety goggles.
Chipper
The chipper is designed to handle tree limbs and branch-
es up to 3" (7.5 cm) in diameter. It can also process
organic matter such as corn stalks and berry canes.
Tree limbs and branches should be inserted “butt end”
first into the chipper cone. The cone feeds the branches
into the two rotor mounted chipper knives. Because of
the angle of the blades the chipper will, to an extent, feed
itself. The chips of material then pass through a slot in
the rotor behind the chipper knives, where discharge air
flow moves them through the fan chamber and out of the
discharge chute.
Shredder
The shredder is designed to shred light brush, leaves,
and other soft but bulky organic waste.
As this material is loaded into the shredder hopper, it is
pulled into the path of swinging triangular hammers by
“J” shaped shredding hammers. The hammers cut and
grind the waste into progressively smaller pieces, and air
flow then forces the reduced waste through scallops and
out of the discharge chute.
Rotor Vacuum Blades
In addition to the shredding hammers and chipping
knives, the rotor has four integrated fan blades. When
the rotor spins, a vacuum action is created, which pulls
waste down into the shredder hopper and into the grind-
ing chamber. These spinning fan blades also create a
blowing force that ejects shredded or chipped material
out of the discharge chute, making room for more materi-
al to be pulled in and processed.
Discharge Bag
The discharge bag allows discharged materials to be col-
lected. Before emptying the bag, be sure to shut off the
engine, allow the rotor to stop completely, and remove
and secure the spark plug wire. (See
Attaching the
Discharge Bag
on page 10.)
Optional Vacuum Kit
The vacuum force created by the design of the fan
blades and rotor makes it possible to equip your chip-
per/shredder with an optional vacuum attachment that
Figure 10. Shredding of Brush and Leaves
greatly simplifies the processing of leaves and other
loose waste. The vacuum kit attaches directly to the back
of the grinder. A cover is placed over the shredder hop-
per diverting the chipper/shredders vacuum force to the
vacuum attachment.
The vacuum kit allows leaves to be raked directly into the
leaf tray, where vacuum action draws the material into the
shredding chamber.
For hard-to-reach places, a nozzle and handle assembly can
be used to vacuum material up much like a vacuum cleaner.
The strength of the vacuum can be adjusted for different sit-
uations by turning the sleeve on the nozzle assembly.