OPERATION
WARNING:
Always hold the string trimmer away from your body, keep- ing clearance between your body and the product. Any contact with the housing or string trimmer cutting head can result in burns and/or other serious personal injury.
CUTTING TIPS
See Figures 9 - 10.
Avoid hot surfaces by always keeping the tool away from your body. (Proper operating position shown in figure 9.)
Keep the trimmer tilted toward the area being cut; this is the best cutting area.
The curved shaft trimmer cuts when passing the unit from right to left. The straight shaft trimmer cuts when passing the unit from left to right. This will avoid throwing debris at the operator. Avoid cutting in the dangerous area shown in figure 10.
Use the tip of string to do the cutting; do not force string head into uncut grass.
Wire and picket fences cause extra string wear, even breakage. Stone and brick walls, curbs, and wood may wear string rapidly.
Avoid trees and shrubs. Tree bark, wood moldings, siding, and fence posts can easily be damaged by the string.
ADVANCING STRING USING THE EZ wind™ Tap Advance System
String advance is controlled by tapping string head on grass while running engine at full throttle.
| Run engine at full throttle. |
| Tap string head on ground to advance string. String |
proper operating
position
Fig. 9
mightylite 26cs
DANGEROUS
CUTTING AREA
direction of
advances | each time the head is tapped. |
Several taps may be required until string strikes the cut | |
off blade. |
|
Resume trimming. | |
NOTE: If the string is worn too short you may not be able to
BEST CUTTING AREA
mightylite 26ss
rotation
DANGEROUS
advance the string by tapping it on the ground. If so, STOP THE ENGINE, and manually advance the string.
ADVANCING THE STRING MANUALLY
With the engine off, push the spool retainer down while pull- ing on string(s) to manually advance the string.
CUT-OFF BLADE
This trimmer is equipped with a
CUTTING AREA
direction of | BEST CUTTING AREA |
| |
rotation | Fig. 10 |
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