Heavy Growth
Take your time in heavy growth. Be sure to keep uncut material to your left, maintaining a clear discharge area to your right (Figure 17). If the machine can’t do it all in one pass, overlap half of the cutting swath. If the grass is very thick and heavy, try raising the trimmer head off the ground a few inches by pushing down on the handlebar. Cut the material at this height, and then make a second pass with the
Ease the DR® TRIMMER/MOWER™ into denser growth. If the material is too tough or woody to cut, the cutting cords will wrap around it, wear down or even break off. Sometimes the growth is so heavy, it can’t be mowed in rows. Use a back and forth “vacuum cleaner” motion in these cases.
Figure 17
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