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OPERATION

:UMMER LINE ADVANCE (Fig. 21 )

WARNING:STOP ENGINE BEFORE ADVANCING LINE.

"rum off the engine.

Unhook the unit from the shoulder harness and put the unit on the ground.

Push blue lock button in on dual line head with left hand and pull one line out with right hand. As line begins to exit, release lock buttonand pu!lboth linesuntildual line head locks.

Figure 22

TRIMMING - Allow onlythe tip of the line to make con- tact. Do not force trimmer line into work area.

Pretract excess line, push lock button in on dual line head lfi left hand and turn blue dng on dual line head counter- _ckwise.

TRIMMING

Figure 23

REMEMBER

Keep dual itne head 3 inches

above the ground while trimming.

	• SCALPING - The scalping technique removes un-
	wanted vegetation. Allow the tip of the line to strike
	ground around trees, posts, monurnents, etc. Thistech-
Figure 21	nique increases line wear.
PERATING ! USE TIPS
tg. 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , & 26 )

W .RNING:

USE MINIMUM	SPEED AND DO NOT
& CROWD THE LINE WHEN CUTTING
AROUND HARD OBJECTS (ROCK, GRAV-
EL, FENCE POSTS, ETC), WHICH CAN		Figure 24
DAMAGE THE DUAL LINE HEAD_ BE,
COME ENTANGLED IN TPIE LINE, OR BE		MOWING - Your trimmer is ideal for mowing in places
THROWN CAUSING A SERIOUS HAZARD.
		conventional lawn mowers cannot reach. Keep the line
ALWAYS WEAR EYE PROTECTION. NEV-		parallel to the ground. To avoid scalping the ground and
		damaging the unit, do not press dual line head into
ER LEAN OVER THE DUAL LINE HEAD_
		ground.
ROCKS OR DEBRIS CAN RICQGHET, OR
BE THROWN	II
INJURY.
• The line will easily•remove grass and weeds from around
walls;fences, trees, and flower beds; but it also can cut
the tender bark of trees or shrubs and sear fences, To
help avoid damage especially to delicate vegetation or		MOWING
trees with tender bark, shorten lineto 4-5 inchesand use		Figure 25
at partial throttle.
The tip of the line does the cutting. You will achieve the		• SWEEPING-The fanning action of the rotating line can
best performance and minimum line wear by not crowd-		be used for a quickand easy clean up. Keep the line par-
ing the line into cutting area.		allel to and above surfaces being swept and move unit
		from side to side.
For tdmrning or scalping, use partial throttle to increase
line life, especially:
- during light duty cutting.
- near objects around which the line can wrap such as
small posts, trees or fence wire.
Always release throttle triggerand allow engine to return
to idle speed when not cutting.
Hold bottom of the dual line head about 3 inches above
ground and at an angle.		Figure 26
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