Rental Center Guide
Operating Steps and Safety Practices
Vermeer BC190
XL
Brush Chipper
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SAFETY PRACTICES
Below are selected safety messages. Additional safety information is contained in safety signs on the machine and in the
operator’s manual attached to the machine. A Vermeer Brush Chipper Operations and Safety Video is available for viewing at
this rental center.
WARNING:
Keep all spectators and unprotected workers away from the machine and
work area while in operation.
DANGER:
Limbs can snag clothing. Rollers or blades can grab and pull you in faster than
you can let go of limb. Cutting injury or death will result.
DANGER:
Knives can grab and pull in rope and anything attached to it at high speed.
Death or serious injury is possible if you are struck, entangled, or pulled into the
machine.
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Feed material from the side of the feed table.
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Feed base of limb first.
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If you wear gloves, gloves must have narrow, tight-fitting cuffs.
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Use wood object to push short material into feed rollers.
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Never climb onto feed table.
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Keep away from rotating feed rollers and blades.
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Keep jobsite area around the chipper and brush piles clear of throwlines, rigging lines and
climbing ropes.
DANGER:
Rotating knives in cutter housing can cut off hand.
Thrown objects can strike you.
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Stop engine and wait for disc to stop.
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Then open cutter housing access cover.
WARNING:
Use Shutdown Procedure explained in the operator’s manual before servicing,
cleaning, repairing or transporting the machine.
WARNING:
Failure to follow any of the preceding safety instructions or those shown on the machine or in the
operator’s manual could result in serious injury or death. This machine is to be used for only those
purposes for which it was intended as explained in the operator’s manual.
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