Choke; Notes On Working With The Machine; What Material Can Be Processed; What Material Cannot Be Processed - Stihl GH 460 Manuel D'utilisation

Releasing the On- / Off switch:
● Turn the black knob (3) (red symbol O)
at the On- / Off switch (1) (in either
direction). The green button (2) is
released and the engine stops. The
blade discs come to a standstill within a
few seconds.

8.2 Choke

GH 460:
The model GH 460 has an auto-
choke that does not need to be operated
manually.
GH 460 C:
When the choke knob (1) is operated, the
air/fuel mixture changes to enable a cold
engine to be started more easily.
It should be remembered that the
engine can cool down rapidly in
very cold weather.
If the choke is not deactivated after
the starting procedure, more smoke
will be produced as a result of the
altered air/fuel mixture.
Subsequently, the engine will stall
(engine will be flooded).
Operating the choke:
● Pull out the choke knob (1). This
operates the choke and the engine can
be started.
Deactivating the choke:
● Once the engine is running after the
starting procedure, the choke must be
deactivated immediately by pressing in
the choke knob (1) fully.
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9. Notes on working with the
machine

9.1 What material can be processed?

Both soft and hard material can be
processed with the garden shredder.
Soft material:
Organic plant trimmings such as fruit and
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vegetable waste, flower cuttings, leaves
etc.
– Shredding soft material. (
Hard material:
Tree and hedge cuttings and thick branch
material with side shoots.
– Shredding hard material. (
Tree and hedge cuttings should be
processed when fresh, as the
shredding performance is better
with fresh than with dried-out or wet
material.
9.2 What material cannot be
processed?
Stones, glass, bits of metal (wire, nails,
etc.) or plastic must not be fed into the
garden shredder.
As a general rule:
Any materials that do not belong on the
compost heap should not be processed
using the garden shredder.
9.3 Maximum branch diameter
The data relates to freshly cut branch
material:
Maximum branch diameter:
GH 460: 60 mm; GH 460 C: 75 mm
The size of the feed opening of the
branch guide serves only to better
accommodate branch material with
side shoots and does not indicate
the maximum permitted diameter of
the shredding material.
9.4 Working area for operator
● For safety reasons, the operator
must stay within the working area
11.6)
(grey area X) for the entire operating
period.
Risk of injury:
To ensure you are not hit by
shredding material that is ejected
11.6)
backwards when processing hard
material (branch guide (1) folded
out), you should stand slightly to
one side of the garden shredder
(see grey area X) and not directly
behind it.
9.5 Working position of the
machine
The garden shredder must only be
operated in an upright position. The
garden shredder must be stood on its two
wheels and on the two wheel carriers as
shown for the entire period of operation.
9.6 Correct machine load
The load on the motor or engine of the
garden shredder must never cause the
speed to drop significantly. Always feed
the garden shredder continuously and
steadily. If the speed drops when working
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