Owner's Manual

Operation (cont’d)

3. Stopping the Engine

Stop the engine using the following steps:

1. While holding blade off ground, release the

operator presence bar. Wait until the blade

completely stops. Lower the blade so it is resting

against the ground.

2. Make sure brake is set before leaving the controls,

particularly if you are on an incline.

3. Turn engine switch to OFF position.

4. Allow the engine to cool for at least 5 minutes

before releasing brake and moving to storage or

transporting. A hot engine can be a fire hazard.

4. Grinding the Stump

WARNING: Flying Debris Hazard

Stones, chips, and debris can cause serious injury or property damage.

Debris can fly 75 ft (32 m) in any direction out of the chute. They can

bounce off any fixed objects as well and hit operator, bystanders or

breakable objects.

1. Set/engage the brake.

2. Pivot the grinder toward the side of the stump, then lower it approximately 1/2" (1.5 cm) to 1”

(2.5 cm) into the front-top corner of the stump. Slowly pivot the cutting blade back and forth,

lowering the cutting blade approximately 1/2” (1.5 cm) to 1” (2.5 cm) before each sweep, until

you have removed the front portion of the stump to ground level.

WARNING: Rotating cutter wheel.

Keep hands and feet away. Contact with wheel rotating teeth will cause

serious personal injury.

3. Raise cutting blade until center of cutting blade is just above top of stump.

4. With cutting blade off to one side, advance the machine horizontally by releasing and resetting

the brake. Advance the machine forward to engage the cutting blade into the stump so that

when swept across the stump it will remove 1/2" (1.5 cm) to 1” (2.5 cm) of stump with each

sweep.

5. Sweep the cutting blade across the stump, cutting away 1/2" (1.5 cm) to 1” (2.5 cm) of stump.

6. Advance cutting blade 1/2" (1.5 cm) to 1” (2.5 cm), and sweep again across stump in opposite

direction.

7. Continue sweeping cutting blade left and right across stump, advancing it before each sweep,

cutting 1/2" (1.5 cm) to 1” (2.5 cm) depth of stump with each sweep.

8. Cut complete stump flush with ground, then go back and cut to further depth, if desired.

Operator

presence bar