OPERATION
WARNING:
To avoid burns from hot surfaces, never operate unit with the bottom of the engine above waist level.
Use the tip of line to do the cutting; do not force string head into uncut grass.
Wire and picket fences cause extra line wear, even breakage. Stone and brick walls, curbs, and wood may wear line rapidly.
Hold the trimmer with your right hand on the rear handle and your left hand on the front handle. Keep a firm grip with both hands while in operation. Trimmer should be held at a comfortable position with the rear handle about hip height.
Always operate trimmer at full throttle. Cut tall grass from the top down. This will prevent grass from wrapping around the shaft housing and string head which could cause damage from overheating. If grass becomes wrapped around the string head, STOP THE ENGINE, disconnect the spark plug wire, and remove the grass. Prolonged cutting at partial throttle will result in lubricant dripping from the muffler.
WARNING:
Always hold the string trimmer away from the body keep- ing clearance between the body and the product. Any contact with the housing or string trimmer cutting head can result in burns and/or other serious personal injury.
TO ADVANCE THE CUTTING line (bump feed string head)
Line advance is controlled by tapping the string head on grass while running engine at full throttle.
Run engine at full throttle.
Tap the knob on ground to advance line. The line advances each time the knob is tapped. Do not hold the knob on the ground.
NOTE: The line trimming
NOTE: If the line is worn too short you may not be able to advance the line by tapping it on the ground. If so, stop the engine, and manually advance the line.
To advance the cutting line manually:
Stop the engine and disconnect the spark plug wire.
Push the knob in while pulling on line(s) to manually ad- vance the line.
CUTTING TIPS
See Figures 16 -17.
Avoid hot surfaces by always keeping the tool away from your body. (Proper operating position shown in figure 15.)
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 illustration.
Avoid trees and shrubs. Tree bark, wood moldings, siding, and fence posts can easily be damaged by the line.
GRASS DEFLECTOR line TRIMMING CUT-OFF BLADE
See Figure 18.
The trimmer is equipped with a line trimming
OPERATING THE BRUSHCUTTER
See Figures 19 - 20.
Hold the brushcutter with your right hand on the rear handle and the your hand on the “J” handle. Keep a firm grip with both hands while in operation. Brushcutter should be held at a comfortable position with the rear handle about hip height. Maintain your grip and balance on both feet. Position yourself so that you will not be drawn off balance by the kickback reaction of the cutting blade.
Adjust the shoulder harness to position the brushcutter at a comfortable operating position and to assure that the shoulder harness will reduce the risk of operator contact with the blade.
BLADE THRUST
Exercise extreme caution when using the blade with this unit. Blade thrust is the reaction that may occur when the spinning blade contacts anything it cannot cut. This contact may cause the blade to stop for an instant, and suddenly “thrust” the unit away from the object that was hit. This re- action can be violent enough to cause the operator to lose control of the unit. Blade thrust can occur without warning if the blade snags, stalls, or binds. This is more likely to oc- cur in areas where it is difficult to see the material being cut. For cutting ease and safety, approach the weeds being cut with the brushcutter from the right to the left. In the event an unexpected object or woody stock is encountered, this practice could minimize the blade thrust reaction.
WARNING:
To avoid burns from hot surfaces, never operate unit with the bottom of the engine above waist level.
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