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Safety • Assembly • Operation • Maintenance • Troubleshooting • Parts Lists • Warranty
OPERATOR’S MANUAL
Self Propelled Yard Vacuum/Chipper/Shredder/
Vacuum/Hose — Model 070 / 071
IMPORTANT
READ SAFETY RULES AND INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE OPERATION
Warning: This unit is equipped with an internal combustion engine and should not be used on or near any unimproved forest-covered, brush-
covered or grass-covered land unless the engine’s exhaust system is equipped with a spark arrester meeting app
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This Operator’s Manual is an important part of your new yard vacuum. It will help you assemble, prepare and maintain the unit for best performance. Please read and understand what it says. Table of Contents Customer Support .............................................. Maintaining Your Yard Vacuum ........................ 14 Safety Labels ...................................................... 3 Troubleshooting ................................................ 18 Safe Operation Practices ....
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1 Safety Labels WARNING This symbol points out important safety instructions which, if
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WARNING: Engine Exhaust, some of its constituents, and certain vehicle compo- nents contain or emit chemicals known to State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm. DANGER: This machine was built to be operated according to the rules for safe operation in this manual. As with any type of power equipment, carelessness or error on the part of the operator can result in serious injury. This machine is capable of amputating hands and feet and throwing objects
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Operation Maintenance & Storage 1. Do not put hands and feet near rotating parts or in the 1. Never tamper with safety devices. Check their proper feeding chambers and discharge opening. Contact with the operation regularly. rotating impeller can amputate fingers, hands, and feet. 2. Check bolts and screws for proper tightness at frequent 2. Before starting the machine, make sure the chipper chute, intervals to keep the machine in safe working condition. feed intake, and cutting chamber are
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IMPORTANT: This unit is shipped without gasoline or oil Upper Handle in the engine. Be certain to service engine with gasoline and oil as instructed in the separate engine manual Drive Control Speed Control before operating your machine. Wing Nut Upper Hose 3 Handle Bracket Cable Guide NOTE: Reference to right and left hand side of the Yard Rope Guide Vacuum is observed from the operating position. Handle Knobs Setting Up Lower Hose Opening Carton Your Yard Handle Bracket Carriage 1. Cu
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Attaching The Handle 1. Remove the hairpin clips from the handle brackets and remove the carriage screws and wing nuts from the lower handle. 3 a. Place the bottom holes in lower handle over the pins on the handle brackets and secure with hairpin clips. See Figure 2. Setting Up b. Insert carriage screws through upper hole in lower handle from the inside and secure with wing nuts. Your Yard See Figure 2. Vacuum 2. a. Unfold the upper handle until it aligns with lower handle. Make sure t
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6. a. Snap the hose handle first into the upper hose handle bracket and then into the lower hose handle bracket. See Figure 6. b. Lay hose tubing on hanger bracket next to chipper chute. 3 Attaching The Bag 7. Grasp bag handle with one hand and slide locking rod Setting Up on mounting bracket with other hand toward engine. A Use the end of mounting bracket as leverage when Your Yard sliding the locking rod. a. Slip bag over the rim of the discharge opening and Vacuum release locking r
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Attaching The Blower Chute (If Equipped) NOTE: The bag must be removed before installing the blower chute. 3 8. a. Grasp blower chute with one hand and slide locking rod on mounting bracket with other hand toward Setting Up engine. Use the end of mounting bracket as lever- age when sliding the locking rod. See Figure 8. Your Yard b. Slip blower chute over rim of discharge opening and release locking rod to secure chute in place. Vacuum c. Raise the nozzle height to the highest setting w
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Know Your Yard Vacuum Speed Control Drive Control Starter Handle 4 Bag Throttle Control Choke Control Operating Your Yard Bag Handle Vacuum Oil Fill Gasoline Fill Hose Handle Hose Assembly Chipper Chute Nozzle/Hose Vac Lever WARNING †Blower Chute Nozzle The operation of Nozzle Height Adjustment Lever any chipper shred- †If Equipped der can result in foreign objects being thrown into Figure 9 the eyes, which can Now that you have set up your yard vacuum for Speed Control operation, get acqu
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Hose Assembly Starting Engine Used as an alternative to the nozzle to vacuum yard 1. Attach spark plug wire to spark plug. Make certain waste such as leaves or pine needles in hard to reach the metal cap on the end of the spark plug is places. See Figure 9. fastened securely over the metal tip on the spark plug. Nozzle/ Hose Vac Lever 4 2. Make sure safety switch wire is connected to engine The nozzle/hose vac handle is located on top of the and properly grounded. nozzle. Use it to switch v
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To Empty Bag 1. a. Unhook bag straps from the lower handle. b. Unsnap bag clip from the top of lower handle. See B Figure 10. c. Grasp bag handle with one hand and pull lock rod on mounting bracket with other hand toward engine 4 to release. d. Lift bag off back of unit. 2. Twist the two buttons on the back of the bag to unlock Operating D and empty contents. See Figure 11. Hold bag handle and bag clip while emptying the contents. Your Yard 3. Compress bag opening and fold inner flap
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Yard waste such as leaves and pine needles can be vacuumed up through the nozzle for shredding. After material has been shredded by the flail blades on the impeller assembly, it will be discharged into catcher bag or through blower chute. Do not attempt to shred or chip any material other than vegetation found in a normal yard 4 (i.e. branches, leaves, twigs, etc.) Avoid fibrous plants such as tomato vines until they are thoroughly dried out. Materials such as stalks or heavy branches
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WARNING: Always stop engine and disconnect spark plug wire before cleaning, lubricating or doing any kind of maintenance on your machine. Lubrication 1. Wheels: Lubricate each wheel shoulder screw (rear wheel) and pivot arm axle (front wheel) once a season Maintaining with light oil. Refer to Figure 17. 2. Nozzle height adjustment levers: Lubricate the pivot Your Yard points of the nozzle height adjustment levers once a season with light oil. Refer to Figure 9 on page 10. Vacuum 3.
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Drive Control Cable Adjustment Adjust the drive control cable if the yard vacuum does not self propel with the drive control engaged, or if the unit hesitates while the engine maintains the same speed after approximately 20 hours of use. To move the z-fitting of the drive control cable from its factory set position in the front hole of the drive control to the rear hole, proceed as follows: Maintaining 1. a. Push the right side of the control out of the right hole in the upper handle.
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Sharpening Or Replacing Chipper Blade NOTE: When tipping the unit, empty the oil and fuel tank and keep engine spark plug side up. 1. Disconnect and ground the spark plug wire to retaining post. 2. Remove hose assembly and bag assembly. Maintaining 3. Remove the three hex cap screws holding the hose hanger bracket and chipper chute to the upper hous- Your Yard ing. See Figure 19. 4. Remove the front hubcaps, flange lock nuts, front Vacuum wheels, and wave washers that attach to the piv
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9. Using a 3/16” allen wrench, remove the flat head cap screws that hold the chipper blade to the impeller. These screws are accessible through the opening created when the chipper chute was removed earlier. See Figure 23. 10. The nuts on the flat head cap screws can be reached from underneath using a 1/2-inch socket, universal, and extension. See Figure 24. Maintaining 11. Replace or sharpen chipper blade. The blade can be sharpened with a file or on a grinding wheel. Your Yard 12.
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Problem Cause Remedy 1. Throttle lever not in correct starting 1. Move throttle lever to FAST or Engine fails to start position. START position. 2. Spark plug wire disconnected. 2. Connect wire to spark plug. 6 3. Choke not in CHOKE position (if 3. Move choke lever to CHOKE equipped). position. 4. Fuel tank empty or stale fuel. 4. Fill tank with clean, fresh gasoline. Trouble 5. Engine not primed (if equipped). 5. Prime engine as instructed in Shooting Engine Manual. 6. Clean, adjust gap,
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NOTES: Use this page to make notes and write down important information. For parts and/or accessories please call 1-866-840-6483, or 1-330-558-7220. www.troybilt.com 19
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