Tracmaster PTO Chipper Shredder User manual

Operating Instructions
Before commissioning the machine, read operating instructions
and observe warning and safety instructions.
PLEASE ALSO READ ORIGINAL
BCS INSTRUCTION MANUAL
PTO Chipper Shredder Attachment
Manufactured by Caravaggi S.r.l.
to t
BCS Power Units

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No liability will be accepted for any damage caused to persons or property
through failure to observe the operating and safety instructions.
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IMPORTANT READ CAREFULLY
Contents
Page 4 Safety
Page 6 Preparation
Page 7 Preparing a New Chipper Shredder
Page 8 Setting up the Chipper Shredder
Page 9 How the Chipper Shredder Works
Page 10 Chipper Shredder Operation
Control Panel
Feeding the Chipper Shredder
Page 11 Chipper Shredder Operation
Chipping Wood
Shredding
Page 12 Chipper Shredder Operation
Changing the Screen
Page 13 Maintenance & Storage
Page 14 Chipper Shredder Maintenance
Page 15 Manufacturer Information

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IMPORTANT
PLEASE READ THE OWNER’S MANUAL
FOR THE POWER UNIT FIRST.
For any further information
or assistance please contact
Tracmaster on 01444 247689 or
visit www.tracmaster.co.uk

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Safety
IMPORTANT! READ BOTH THE CHIPPER SHREDDER AND POWER UNIT OWNER’S
MANUAL BEFORE ASSEMBLING AND OPERATING POWER UNIT AND ATTACHMENT.
The power units and
attachments are designed for
operation by properly instructed
adults only.
Make sure that any person
operating this equipment has
read all operating/owner’s
manuals.
IMPORTANT! DO NOT LET
CHILDREN OPERATE THE UNIT.
IMPORTANT! KEEP THE
OPERATING AREA CLEAR OF
PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. BE
CAREFUL THAT CHILDREN DO
NOT COME NEAR.
Do not allow hands or any other
part of the body, or clothing,
inside the feeding chamber or
discharge chute of the Chipper
Shredder, or near any moving
part.
During storage, and whenever
the power unit is unattended,
make the engine is unstartable
by disconnecting the spark plug
wire from the spark plug.
Follow the instructions to run the machine (see Power Unit Owner’s Manual).
Do not run the engine indoors or in any other closed space where deadly poisonous carbon
monoxide fumes can collect.
Operate only when there is good visibility. Do not operate at dusk or at night. Do not operate when
it is foggy or hazy.

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Safety
Do not let your hands or any other part of your body, or your clothing, enter the chipper or
shredder intakes, or the discharge chute of the Chipper Shredder unless the engine has been
made unstartable (by disconnecting spark plug wire).
Gloves may be worn during chipper operation, but should be removed before use of the shredder.
Do not go in front of the chipper intake area or put your head over the shredder intake.
Never change the engine governor setting or over-speed the engine.
DISCONNECT THE SPARK PLUG WIRE FROM THE SPARK PLUG TO ENSURE THAT THE ENGINE
CANNOT BE STARTED DURING ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:
1. Repairs or adjustments to unit or attachment.
2. When you have to leave the unit unattended or are going to store, transport or ship it.
3. When a foreign object has been taken into the attachment and must be taken out and the
attachment inspected for damage.
4. Before cleaning out the Chipper Shredder or making grinding screen installation changes.
5. If the machine starts to vibrate or suddenly run erratically. If the unit and attachment are not
running smoothly, they should be inspected by an authorised Tracmaster servicing dealer
before further use.
All safety guards, plates, lockouts, deectors and shields must be in proper position.
WARNING! Do not operate if any safety devices or fastening parts are missing from the
Chipper Shredder.

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Preparation
Wear appropriately protective clothing and safety protection articles for the attachment and
climate in which you are to use the machine.
1. Wear snug-tting clothing which protects body surfaces, and allows freedom of movement
without being baggy. Ties, scarves, jewellery etc which could be caught in the machine
should not be worn. Remove gloves before feeding material into the Shredder hopper.
2. Wear hearing protection.
3. Wear eye protection goggles.
4. When working in strong sunlight, protect your body with clothing and apply a sun block to
exposed areas of skin. Wear sunglasses under the safety goggles.
Take the following precautions for the safe storage and handling of fuel:
1. Keep fuel supplies in approved type, properly labelled fuel containers.
2. Do not store fuels or fuelled units in enclosed (unventilated) areas, or in garages or shops
connected to human living quarters. Do not store fuelled units where there are ames or
sources or sparks such as electrical appliances or switches.
3. Obey all local regulations for the storage and handling of fuel.
4. Do not smoke when fuelling , or fuel where there are fumes that could be ignited by re or
sparks.
5. Do all fuelling outdoors over non-ammable surfaces. If fuel is spilled on the unit, wipe it dry
and properly dispose of the wiping rag. ALWAYS MOVE THE UNIT AT LEAST 10 FEET (3m)
from the fuelling spot and fuel supplies before starting the engine.
6. Always remove the engine fuel cap very slowly to equalise the tank pressure and avoid
spurting of fuel. Keep your face and eyes away from the tank whilst loosening the cap.
7. Do not fuel a running or hot engine. Do not loosen the fuel cap until the engine has stopped.
Then wait for several minutes for the engine to cool before pouring fuel.
Before starting the engine, put all control levers in neutral (N) position. All “N” positions on the
gear selector are neutral. Also be sure to disengage the PTO (power take-off) to the Chipper
Shredder.
NEVER make any adjustments to the Chipper Shredder attachment while the engine is running.

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Preparing a New Chipper Shredder
After the Chipper Shredder is unpacked, the following
assembly may be required:
1. The rear support assembly includes the PTO
ange, drive shaft and a large double pulley.
(a) Remove protective tape from pulley rims.
(b) Slip v-belts around shaft and pulley, and
align support assembly with rear panel of
the Chipper Shredder. Hold loosely in position
with four 10 x 25 x 17mm hex head bolts and
wavy washers (gure 1).
(c) Mount v-belts on large and small pulleys.
(d) Push to support bracket in a downward
direction to increase belt tension. Make
tension as tight as possible (nearly zero
deection), and tighten the bolts.
2. Install the belt cover with two sets of wavy
washers and 8 x 16 x 13mm hex head bolts (see
gure 2).
3. Insert the castor wheel shafts into the wheel
mounts, and tighten the clamps. Adjustment to
level the Chipper-Shredder by raising or lowering
the wheels should be made at each work site
(gure 3).
4. Install Chipper chute with 8mm nuts and wavy
washers on the three mounting studs (gure 3).
5. Install Shredder hopper with 16 wavy washers
and eight sets of 8mm bolts and lock nuts. The
wavy washers go on both top and bottom.
6. Check out your assembly. Make sure all nuts, bolts and other fasteners are tight.
Figure 1
Figure 2
Figure 3

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Setting up the Chipper Shredder
1. Couple the Chipper Shredder to the power unit.
Before transporting it to the work site, be sure the
two rear supports are in a raised position to clear the
ground and the front castor wheels are in contact
with the ground.
2. The machine reduces wood to small chips and
pulverizes softer materials, so be careful where and
how you set it up. Do not place it on hard gravel,
stone, brick, concrete ro asphalt surfaces which
provide no cushion. SET THE UNIT UP ONLY ON
FIRM, LEVEL GROUND.
3. Level the machine by adjusting and reclamping the castor wheels in their mounts. Then
stabilise the machine by adjusting the two rear supports.
4. For most materials, the standard screen is suitable. However, the screen may be replaced
with the series of rods and tubes when the material (leaves, grass etc) to be shredded is
wet.
5. If the wet material cannot be discharged, it may be necessary to throw some dry wood chips
or small twigs into the hopper to clear out the Shredder.
WARNING! Inspect what you plan to feed into the hopper. Remove glass, metal, brick,
stones, long or thick branches, and anything else which could damage the machine or
be discharged at high velocity.
WARNING! Inspect hopper before running the machine. Be sure the hopper is empty
before starting the engine.
WARNING! Always shut down the machine and wait for all movement to stop before
clearing the shredder screen, chipper chute, or the material discharge area. NEVER insert
tools, such as a hoe handle etc, into a machine that is running in an attempt to clear a
jam. The Chipper Shredder operates so quietly that it is necessary to check the painted
slash mark on the end of the shaft to see whether all motion has stopped (gure 4).
NOTE: Always disengage the PTO lever before stopping the engine. If the PTO remains engaged
during engine shutdown the rotating Chipper Shredder shaft may cause the engine to restart.
Figure 4

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How the Chipper Shredder Works
The Chipper Shredder is so named because it is
both a hammermill and a rotary knife.
Grass, leaves, twigs and garden waste fed into
the hopper at the top are nely shredded by 28
hammer blades on the hammermill shaft.
The rotary knife blade of the chipper works much
the same as a food slicer does.
When wood, up to 7cm (3”) in diameter, is fed
into the chipper chute, the rotary knife keeps
cutting off the end.
A set of rods is provided. These can be installed in
place of the standard discharge screen, resulting
in ner mulch or smaller chips. See page 13 for
more information on how to change the screen.

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Chipper Shredder Operation
Control Setting
NOTE: Your power unit owner’s manual may warn you not to “tape down or otherwise defeat
the purpose of the stop switch lever”.
This warning refers to the red OPC lever and applies to applications where the unit is in gear.
It does not apply to use of the Chipper Shredder where the unit will be out of gear (in neutral).
However, Tracmaster strongly recommends that the PTO Chipper Shredder is operated by two
competent adults.
IMPORTANT: Read the Operating Instructions for your power unit before commencing work.
NOTE: ALWAYS OPERATE THE CHIPPER SHREDDER AT FULL THROTTLE.
Feeding the Chipper Shredder
WARNING! Material can be discharged from both the feed and discharge openings.
Always wear safety goggles and head protection. Do not look into the Shredder hopper
or place your head over it whilst feeding material. Do not go directly in front of the
Chipper chute or the discharge opening.
WARNING! Shut off the engine and disconnect the spark plug wire before cleaning a
jammed hopper. Do not put sticks or other cleaning implements anywhere inside the
hopper or other parts of the machine unless the engine is shut down and there is no
movement.

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Chipper Shredder Operation
Chipping Wood
(gure 7)
1. Do not go on the discharge side when the Chipper
Shredder is running. Stand a little to the right side of
the Chipper chute while feeding it.
2. Try to direct the end of the branch right at the knife
blade at bottom, centre of the chute. Find just the
right feed pressure - not too much!
3. Do not put very soft or very short pieces into the
chute. If a short-chipped piece remains in the chute,
do not take it out with your hands. Push through
the Chipper with the next piece. Never put hands or
ngers into the chute.
Shredding
(gure 8)
1. Be very careful what you put into the hopper. The
Shredder cannot handle cloth, string, plastics, glass,
rubber, rocks or paving, bricks, large wood chunks,
metal, long branches and vines.
2. Soggy soil, green garden waste and wet grass
clippings may be processed through the Shredder
without clogging, if dry wood chips or leaves are
mixed in with the wet material, the standard
discharge screen is replaced with rods and tubes
(see Changing the Screen section on page 13).
3. You may operate the Shredder and Chipper at the same time as long as you do not overload
the machine.
WARNING! Do not wear gloves, rings, bracelets, wrist watches or any other items
which could be caught in the material and be drawn with it into the Shredder.
Figure 7
Figure 8

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Chipper Shredder Operation
Changing the Screen
1. The standard screen, seen in the discharge
opening, is a curved piece with “Swiss cheese”
holes (gure 9). This piece must be removed
when the parts are being installed to process wet
material or make ner chips.
2. Notice the series of six holes on the chute side
of the Chipper. The bottom hole is not used. Two
of the other holes will have long rods running
through to the back of the machine. They retain
the standard screen.
3. The belt cover must be removed temporarily
for access to the top position rod. Remove the
“hairpins” and pull out the two rods. Lift out the
standard screen.
4. Five sets of rods, tubes and retaining pins
(hairpins) are to be installed. Start one rod in
the top position hole on the front (Chipper chute)
side. Slip a tube onto the rod and push the rod
through the hole n the rear side (gure 10). Lock
in place with a hairpin. Install the other four rods
and tubes in the same manner, leaving the bottom
hole empty.
5. Reinstall the belt cover.
Figure 9
Figure 10

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Keep engine unit and Chipper Shredder attachment in good working condition.
Clean the attachment at regular intervals, and check each time for missing parts.
Check the tightness of all fasteners.
Perform all items of maintenance given in this owner’s manual.
Do not attempt any disassembly or repair to the attachment for which instructions have not
been furnished.
Certain adjustments, and servicing should be done only by a Tracmaster-trained servicing
dealer.
Follow the instructions in the Power Unit Owners Manual regarding maintenance and storage
of the Power Unit.
Maintenance & Storage

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Chipper Shredder Maintenance
1. Clean out the hopper before each use.
2. Clean the exterior at regular intervals and apply oil or wax to prevent rust.
3. Check all nuts and bolts frequently and tighten any that are loose. Replace missing parts.
4. Some internal parts, such as hammers, will require replacement from time to time. Every
part of the Chipper Shredder is available from Tracmaster parts stock. If you are unsure,
contact our spares department.
5. If anything should go wrong with your machine, consult our technical department who will
be able to advise you. DO NOT attempt any repairs yourself that are not in the owner’s
manual or authorised by a member of Tracmaster staff.
WARNING! Do not use this Chipper Shredder with the discharge left unscreened.
Discharge must be covered either with the rods and tubes or the standard screen.
SOUND LEVELS
DB(A) Overall
Linear
63hz 125hz 500hz 1khz 2khz 4khz 8khz
92.8 102.1 94 91 94 94 97 94 88

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Manufacturer Information
This machine is manufactured in Italy by Caravaggi S.r.l.
Tracmaster Ltd is the UK distributor for this model, the Caravaggi BIO 100.
Please ensure you read the original manufacturer’s manual before operating this machine.
Caravaggi S.r.l.
Via Monte Adamello
20 - 25037 Pontoglio (BS)
Italy
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Website: www.caravaggi.com

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