I noticed on mine tonight they included two extra cutting knifes that are serving double duty. Pretty clever! They are located at the end of the chute installed backwards next to the flywheel and the straight edge of the knifes are used as a support ledge for the knifes on the flywheel to cut against. When the ones on the flywheel can no longer be sharpened just swap them out.
The large brass looking nut on the top of the hydraulic tank next to the fill cap is your dipstick with a O-ring. the small acorn nut on top of that is the metal dipstick rod DO NOT UNSCREW THE SMALL ONE ON TOP OF THE LARGER ONE OR THE ROD WILL FALL IN THE TANK. Just fill to the upper area of the notches on the dipstick and you should be good to go. You are correct the instructions are basically useless and with no mention of hydraulics. Also the Kohler manual you have covers all their different engines in that series so it shows a gear reduction model which is used in other equipment like concrete mixers but your machine is a straight shaft direct drive with no clutch. If you have any other questions about your machine let me know. Have a great day.
Did yours not come with a manual for the machine itself, only the Kohler motor. I know it's a year old video now but I'm showing it says to full the hydraulic reservoir 2/3 full with AW32 which is your pretty bog standard hydraulic oil. Either way, how's yours holding up after this amount of time?
I’ve had mine for about 10-11 months and I’ve spent more time fixing it than I have chipping with it. Customer service is nearly useless. It constantly breaks down and needs belts, bolts, screws, etc. it rolled over behind my truck the second day I had it. Spent about 20 hours in fab to rebuild the entire chassis. I’d I had it to do again I’d have bought a bandit or a Vermeer. This thing just isn’t made well.
Thats What They Call 'Learning The Hard Way' The only trouble I've Had is with Jamming and thats when I burned up the belt~ I think I can improve that by being more careful about the shapes & sizes of what I'm running thru it as well as experimenting with the roller speed~ It seems very clear that Customer Service will not be able to help you very much~
I noticed on mine tonight they included two extra cutting knifes that are serving double duty. Pretty clever! They are located at the end of the chute installed backwards next to the flywheel and the straight edge of the knifes are used as a support ledge for the knifes on the flywheel to cut against. When the ones on the flywheel can no longer be sharpened just swap them out.
The large brass looking nut on the top of the hydraulic tank next to the fill cap is your dipstick with a O-ring. the small acorn nut on top of that is the metal dipstick rod DO NOT UNSCREW THE SMALL ONE ON TOP OF THE LARGER ONE OR THE ROD WILL FALL IN THE TANK. Just fill to the upper area of the notches on the dipstick and you should be good to go. You are correct the instructions are basically useless and with no mention of hydraulics. Also the Kohler manual you have covers all their different engines in that series so it shows a gear reduction model which is used in other equipment like concrete mixers but your machine is a straight shaft direct drive with no clutch. If you have any other questions about your machine let me know. Have a great day.
thanks! that helps a lot! I will check it out soon~I wonder why they dont feel the need to share that info in their owners manual literature~
Thank you for the info. Obviously they haven’t updated the manual yet! 2 years after you posted this. I had the exact same confusion.
Did yours not come with a manual for the machine itself, only the Kohler motor. I know it's a year old video now but I'm showing it says to full the hydraulic reservoir 2/3 full with AW32 which is your pretty bog standard hydraulic oil.
Either way, how's yours holding up after this amount of time?
I’ve had mine for about 10-11 months and I’ve spent more time fixing it than I have chipping with it. Customer service is nearly useless. It constantly breaks down and needs belts, bolts, screws, etc. it rolled over behind my truck the second day I had it. Spent about 20 hours in fab to rebuild the entire chassis. I’d I had it to do again I’d have bought a bandit or a Vermeer. This thing just isn’t made well.
Thats What They Call 'Learning The Hard Way' The only trouble I've Had is with Jamming and thats when I burned up the belt~ I think I can improve that by being more careful about the shapes & sizes of what I'm running thru it as well as experimenting with the roller speed~ It seems very clear that Customer Service will not be able to help you very much~