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OPERATING POSITION
Boots
Heavy,
long pants
Eye protection
ALWAYS WEAR:
Cut from your left to your right.
Hearing
protection
Safety helmet
When operating unit, clip shoulder harness
onto clamp, stand as shown and check for the
following:
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Wear eye protection and heavy clothing.
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Extend your left arm and hold handlebar
grip with your left hand.
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Hold throttle grip with your right hand with
finger on throttle trigger.
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Keep unit below waist level.
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Maintain full weight of tool on both shoulders.
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Without bending over, keep the blade or
trimmer head near and parallel to the ground
and not crowded into material being cut.
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS FOR
USE WITH TRIMMER HEAD
WARNING:
Always wear eye protec-
tion. Never lean over the trimmer head. Rocks
or debris can ricochet or be thrown into eyes
and face and cause blindness or other serious
injury.
Before trimming, bring engine to a speed suffi-
cient to cut material to be trimmed.
Do not run the engine at a higher speed than
necessary. The cutting line will cut efficiently
when the engine is run at less than full throttle.
At lower speeds, there is less engine noise and
vibration. The cutting line will last longer and will
be less likely to “weld” onto the spool.
Always release the throttle trigger and allow
the engine to return to idle speed when not
cutting.
To stop engine:
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Release the throttle trigger.
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Move ON/STOP (I/0) switch to the STOP (0)
position.
TRIMMER LINE ADVANCE
Advance line by tapping the bottom of the cut-
ting head lightly on the ground while engine is
running at full speed. The metal line limiter
blade attached to the guard will cut the line to
the proper length.
WARNING:
Use only 2,4 mm diameter
line. Other sizes of line will not advance properly
and can cause serious injury. Do not use other
materials such as wire, string, rope, etc. Wire
can break off during cutting and become a dan-
gerous missile that can cause serious injury.
CUTTING METHODS
WARNING:
Use minimum speed and
do not crowd the line when cutting around
hard objects (rock, gravel, fence posts, etc.),
which can damage the trimmer head, become
entangled in the line, or be thrown causing a
serious hazard.
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The tip of the line does the cutting. You will
achieve the best performance and minimum
line wear by not crowding the line into the
cutting area. The right and wrong ways are
shown below.
Right
Wrong
Tip of line does
the cutting.
Line crowded into
work area.
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The line will easily remove grass and weeds
from around walls, fences, trees and flower
beds, but it also can cut the tender bark of
trees or shrubs and scar fences.
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For trimming or scalping, use less than full
throttle to increase line life and decrease head
wear, especially:
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During light duty cutting.
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Near objects around which the line can
wrap such as small posts, trees or fence
wire.
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For mowing or sweeping, use full throttle for a
good clean job.
TRIMMING -- Hold the bottom of the trimmer
head about 8 cm above the ground and at an
angle. Allow only the tip of the line to make
contact. Do not force trimmer line into work
area.
Trimming
8 cm above
ground
SCALPING -- The scalping technique re-
moves unwanted vegetation down to the
ground. Hold the bottom of the trimmer head
about 8 cm above the ground and at an angle.
Allow the tip of the line to strike the ground
around trees, posts, monuments, etc. This
technique increases line wear.
