OPERATING POSITION
SLeft arm extended with hand holding the handlebar grip.
SRight hand holding throttle grip with finger on throttle trigger.
SEngine below waist level.
SShoulder strappad centeredon leftshoul- der.
SDanger sign centered on your back.
S Full weight of tool on left shoulder.
S Withoutoperator bendingover,thebladeor trimmer head is near and parallel to the
ground and easily contacts material to be cut.
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE WITH TRIMMER HEAD
Beforetrimming,bringenginetoaspeedsuffi- cient to cut material to be trimmed.
Donotrunengineatahigherspeedthanneces- sary.Thecuttinglinewillcutefficientlywhenthe
engineis runat less than fullthrottle. Atlower
speeds,thereislessenginenoiseandvibration. Thecuttinglinewill lastlonger andwill beless
likely to “weld” onto the spool.
Iftrimmerheaddoesnotturnwhentheengineis in operation, make sure the tube is properly
seated in engine shroud.
Always release the throttle trigger and allow the engine to return to idle speed when not
cutting.
To stop engine:
SMove the switch to STOP.
SIf engine does not stop, move choke to the FULL CHOKE position.
ADVANCING THE TRIMMER LINE
Trimmerlinewilladvanceapproximately2in.(5
cm)eachtimethebottomofthetrimmerheadis tappedonthegroundwiththeenginerunningat full throttle.
Themostefficientline lengthis themaximum length allowed by line limiter.
Always keeptheshieldin placewhen thetool is being operated.
To Advance Line:
SOperate the engine at full throttle.
SHoldthetrimmer headparalleltoandabove the grassy area.
STap bottom of trimmer head lightly on the
groundonetime.Approximately 2in.(5cm) of line will be advanced with each tap. A
blade on the shield will cut the line to the correct length.
Alwaystapthetrimmerheadonagrassyarea. Tappingonsurfaces suchas concreteoras-
phaltcancauseexcessiveweartothetrimmer head.
Iflineis worndownto2in.(5cm) or less,more
thanonetapwillberequiredtoobtainthemost efficient line length.
WARNING: Useonly .080” (2 mm) diame- ter line. Other sizes of line will not advance
properly andcancauseseriousinjury.Donot useother materialssuchaswire,string,rope,
etc.Wirecanbreak off duringcutting andbe- comeadangerousmissilethatcancausese-
rious injury.
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE WITH WEED BLADE
SBladeThrust is a reactionthat only occurs
whenusingabladedunit.This reactioncan cause serious injury such as amputation.
Carefullystudythissection.Itisimportanthat youunderstandwhatcauses bladethrust, howyoucanreducethechanceofitsoccur-
ring,andhowyoucanremainincontrolofunit if blade thrust occurs.
SWHAT CAUSESBLADETHRUST - Blade
Thrust canoccur whenthe spinningblade contacts anobjectthatit does not cut.This
contactcausesthebladetostopforaninstant and then suddenly move or “thrust” away fromtheobjectthatwashit.The“thrusting”re-
actioncanbeviolentenoughtocausetheop- eratortobepropelledinanydirectionandlose controloftheunit.Theuncontrolledunitcan
causeseriousinjuryifthebladecontactsthe operator or others.
S WHEN BLADE THRUST OCCURS - Blade thrust can occur without warning if the blade snags, stalls, or binds. This is
morelikely tooccur inareas whereitis diffi- cult to see the material beingcut. By using
the unit properly, the occurrence of blade
thrust will be reduced andthe operator will be less likely to lose control.
SCutonlygrass,weeds,andwoody brushup
to1/2inch indiameter withthe weedblade. Do notlet theblade contactmaterial itcan- not cut such as stumps, rocks, fences,
metal,etc.,orclustersofhard,woodybrush having a diameter greater than 1/2 inch.
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