Echo SHC-260 O PERATOR 'S M, M

SHAFT HEDGE CLIPPER

OPERATOR'S MANUAL 17

MAINTENANCE

Your ECHO product is designed to provide many hours of trouble free service. Regular scheduled maintenance will help

achieve that goal. If you are unsure or are not equipped with the necessary tools, you may want to take your unit to an

ECHO Service Dealer for maintenance. To help you decide whether you want to DO-IT-YOURSELF or have the ECHO

Dealer do it, each maintenance task has been graded. If the task is not listed, see your ECHO Dealer for repairs.

SKILL LEVELS

Level 1 = Easy to do. Most required tools come with unit.

Level 2 = Moderate difficulty. Some specialized tools may be required.

Level 3 = Experience required. Specialized tools are required. ECHO recommends

that the unit be returned to your ECHO dealer for service.

ECHO offers REPOWERTM Maintenance Kits and Parts to make your maintenance job easier. Just below each task

heading are listed the various part numbers required for that task. See your ECHO dealer for these parts.

HEDGE TRIMMING

NOTE

This unit is designed to cut shrubs and hedges with branches no

larger than 6 mm (1/4 in.) in diameter.

1. Hold trimmer firmly and squeeze throttle trigger to accelerate

engine.

2. Tilt trimmer so cutting teeth are angled slightly toward the hedge or

shrub and proceed to cut.

Never remove hands from unit when blades are moving.

The engine continues running even when the blades have stopped

due to an obstruction. If this occurs, stop the engine, disconnect

ignition cable and remove the obstruction.