Hayter Mowers 407D manual Children, Service, Slope Operation

SAFETY RULES

18.	Before each use, inspect the throttle	Do trim across the face of slopes; never up
	control lever and cable. Make sure that	and down. Do not trim excessively steep
	the cable is free and that the lever is not	slopes (maximum 15 degrees) or areas
	damaged. Also check the cable linkage	where the ground is very rough. Exercise ex-
	running to the carburetor for kinks, loose	treme caution when changing direction on
	fittings, and obstructions. Verify that the	slopes.
	control bail is working properly.	Do remove objects such as rocks, tree limbs,
19.	Stop the rotating trimmer head when
		etc.
	crossing gravel drives, walks, or roads.	Do watch for holes, ruts, or bumps. Tall grass
	Wait for the cutting lines to stop rotating.
		can hide obstacles.
20.	Watch for traffic when operating near, or
		Do not trim near drop−offs, ditches, or em-
	when crossing roads.
		bankments. The operator could lose footing
21.	Stop the engine whenever you leave the	or balance.
	equipment, before cleaning repairing or	Do not trim on wet grass. Reduced footing
	inspecting the unit, be sure the trimmer	could cause slipping.
	head and all moving parts have stopped.
	Let the engine cool, disconnect the	III.	Children
	spark plug wire and move it away from	Tragic accidents can occur if the operator is
	the spark plug.
		not alert to the presence of children. Children
22.	If the equipment should start to vibrate
		are often attracted to the machine and the
	abnormally, stop the engine, disconnect	trimming activity. Never assume that children
	the spark plug wire and prevent it from	will remain where you last saw them.
	touching the spark plug. Check immedi-	1.	Keep children out of the trimming area
	ately for the cause. Vibration is generally
			and under the watchful care of a respon-
	a warning of trouble.
			sible adult.
23.	After striking a foreign object, stop the	2. Be alert and turn machine off if children
	engine. Remove the wire from the spark		enter the area.
	plug. Inspect the machine for damage. If	3. Before and while moving backwards,
	damaged, repair before starting and op-		look behind and down for small children.
	erating the machine.	4.	Never allow children to operate the ma-
24.	Never leave the machine unattended		chine.
	when the engine is running. Remove	5. Use extra care when approaching blind
	the wire from the spark plug.		corners, shrubs, trees, or other objects
25.	Regularly inspect the machine. Make		that may obscure vision.
	sure parts are not bent, damaged or	IV.	Service
	loose.	1.	Use extra care in handling petrol and
26. Never pick up or carry the machine while
			other fuels. They are flammable and va-
	the engine is running.		pors are explosive.
27.	Prolonged exposure to noise and vibra-		a. Use only an approved container.
	tion from petrol engine powered equip-		b. Never remove gas cap or add fuel
	ment should be avoided. Take		with the engine running. Allow en-
	intermittant breaks and/or wear ear		gine to cool before refueling. Do not
	protection from engine noise as well as		smoke.
	heavy work gloves to reduce vibration in		c. Never refuel the machine indoors.
	the hands.		d. Never store the machine or fuel
			container inside where there is an
			open flame, such as a water heater.
II.	Slope Operation		e. If the fuel tank has to be drained,
Slopes are a major factor related to slip and			this should be done outdoors. The
			drained fuel should be stored in a
fall accidents which can result in severe inju-			container specifically designed for
ry. All slopes require extra caution. If you feel			fuel storage or it should be dis-
uneasy on a slope, do not trim it.		5	posed of carefully.
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