McCulloch 115306026, 433L Operating Instructions for USE with Trimmer Head, Trimmer Line Advance

SWear eye protection and heavy clothing. S Extend your left arm and hold loop handle

with your left hand.

S Hold throttle grip with your right hand with finger on throttle trigger.

S Keep unit below waist level.

S Keep shoulder strap pad centered on your left shoulder.

S Maintain full weight of tool on your left shoulder.

S 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:

SRelease the throttle trigger.

SPush and hold the ON/STOP switch in the STOP position until the engine stops.

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 diame- ter line. Other sizes of line will not advance properly and will result in improper cutting head function or can cause serious injury. Do not use other materials such as wire, string, rope, etc. Wire can break off during cutting and become a dangerous 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.

SThe 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.

Tip of line does	Line crowded into
the cutting.	work area.

RightWrong

SThe 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.

SFor trimming or scalping, use less than full throttle to increase line life and decrease head wear, especially:

S During light duty cutting.

S Near objects around which the line can wrap such as small posts, trees or fence

wire.

SFor 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.

Scalping

MOWING -- Your trimmer is ideal for mowing in places conventional lawn mowers cannot reach. In the mowing position, keep the line parallel to the ground. Avoid pressing the head into the ground as this can scalp the ground and damage the tool.

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