GTM Professional GTS 900 Manuel page 17

The GTS900 is made only for chipping newly cut wood
having a maximum diameter of 80 mm. It is prohibited
to feed any other material into the machine (e.g. metal,
stones, plastics or any other material).
If you wish to chip roots, clean the roots from sand, earth,
stones or other debris.
Every time you want to use the machine, check the
machine properly and replace any faulty or worn parts
immediately.
Check before every use at least the following:
- loose bolts and nuts
- damaged rubber flaps in the input tube – change them
if they are damaged or worn.
- Oil level in the engine
- Cracks in the plating and/or failed weldings
- Cracked or damaged wiring
Be sure the GTS900 has been maintained properly.
Damage or harm caused using faulty, worn or not original
parts are not within the manufacturer's responsibility..
Keep your face and body as far as possible from the input
tube. While feeding the machine do not stand higher than
the bottom of the wheels.
Never service the machine before having put the switch
in the off position and remove the sparkplug cap.
Never tilt the machine while the engine is still running.
Replace warning signs if damaged or not sufficiently
legible.
1.4. Explanation of the warning signs (Fig. 1b)
Sticker 1: Watch out: danger! – Read the users'
manual carefully – Danger of flying chips
– Keep a sufficient distance (12 meters)
away – Risk of severe cuts and wounds
– Risk of getting stuck
Sticker 2: Danger of flying chips – Keep a
sufficient distance away from the
machine (12 meters)
Sticker 3: Risk of severe cuts and wounds – Risk
of getting stuck
Sticker 4: Read the users' manual carefully – Wear
safety goggles, ear protection and safety
gloves
Sticker 5: CE-sticker
Sticker 6: Hot surface – Risk of burns
GTM Professional - GTS900
Every use different from that
described above discharges
the manufacturer from
responsibility.
Fill the fuel tank in the open
air only. Use a jerrycan with a
flexible hose.
Use only unleaded petrol
Euro 95
2. USING THE GTS900
2.1. Safety and Technical remarks
- The machine must be prepared and operated according
to the following instructions :
- When fitting the blades, the bolts must be tightened by a
torq wrench (70 Nm for the cutting blades (nr. 35 on the
spare parts drawing) and 40 Nm for the counter blade (nr.
any 50 on the spare parts drawing) and locked with Loctite
243! Check the tension on the bolts once again after one
hour's work.
- Before starting the engine, check that the input tube is
empty. If not, clean the input tube with a stick or a long
handled implement.
- Keep hands, limbs or clothes away from the input tube,
the output tube or moving parts.
- See that you keep a good balance and stand firm at all
times. Do not lean over the machine.
- Keep away from the output zone while working with the
machine.
- If the blades hit a foreign object (anything except wood)
or if the machine starts making unusual noises and/or
shaking unusually, you must switch off the machine at
once to stop the blades rotating. Switch off the engine
and take the machine to the recommended dealer.
- If the machine gets jammed, you must switch off the
machine and wait until the blades stop rotating.
- It is obligatory to wear safety gloves, ear protection and
safety goggles (fig. 4)
- This machine is solely intended for use in the open air.
Also avoid working in open spaces where exhaust fumes
might collect.
- The machine should be used by one, preferably the
same, person only.
- Never put your hands into the input tube (fig. 5), until
the switch has been turned off, the blades have come
to a stand still and the key has been removed from the
switch.
- Pieces of wood lying crosswise in the input tube should
only be removed when the blades have stopped. In case
the rotor is blocked by a piece of wood: remove the ignition
key, dismount the cover on the bearing housing of the rotor
shaft and turn the rotor a few degrees by means of the
specially made spanner for this purpose. Then remove the
cross-lying piece of wood with another stick or implement.
DO NOT PUT YOUR HANDS IN THE ROTOR. (fig. 6, 7
and 8).
- Never leave the machine running unattended.
- Stop the engine and remove the key from the ignition
switch before replacing the blades or the counter blade.
- Check after one hour's work that all bolts, nuts and screws
are tight. If not, tighten them or consult your dealer
- Always use original spare parts, otherwise your warranty
will be voided.
- The machine should be repaired only by a dealer,
authorized by the manufacturer.
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