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• Do not cut from a ladder, this is extremely
dangerous.
• Stop the engine before setting the brush
cutter down.
• Be particularly cautious and alert while
wearing hearing protection because such
equipment may restrict your ability to hear
sounds indicating danger (calls, signals,
warnings, etc).
• Be extremely cautious when working on
slopes or uneven ground.
WARNING: Always wear approved eye
protection. Never lean over the cutting
attachment guard. Stones, rubbish, etc. can
be thrown up into the eyes causing blindness
or serious injury. Keep unauthorised persons
at a distance. Children, animals, onlookers
and helpers should be kept outside the safety
zone of 15 m. Stop the machine immediately if
anyone approaches. Never swing the machine
around without first checking behind you to
make sure no-one is within the safety zone.
Working Techniques
General Working Instructions
WARNING: This section describes the
basic safety precautions for working with
clearing saws and trimmers. If you encounter
a situation where you are uncertain how to
proceed you should ask an expert. Contact
your dealer or your service workshop. Avoid
all usage which you consider to be beyond
your capability. You must understand the
difference between forestry clearing, grass
clearing and grass trimming before use.
Basic safety rules
1. Look around you:
• To ensure that people, animals or other things
cannot affect your control of the machine.
• To ensure that people, animals, etc., do not
come into contact with the cutting attachment
or loose objects that are thrown out by the
cutting attachment.
NOTE: It is normal for smoke to be emitted
from a new engine during and after first use.
6. STOPPING THE ENGINE
Set the throttle lever to idle position (18, Fig. 1)
and wait a few seconds to let the engine cool off.
Turn off the engine, putting the ON/OFF switch
(17) in the STOP position.
7. USING THE MACHINE
PROHIBITED USE
WARNING! - Always follow the safety
precautions. The brush cutter must only be
used to trim grass material. Do not use the
brush cutter as a lever to lift, move or break
objects, nor lock it on fixed supports. It is
forbidden to apply tools or applications that
are not the ones indicated by the manufacturer
onto the brush cutter’s power take-off.
WARNING: Never use of a brush cutter
above ground level or with the cutting
attachment perpendicular to the ground.
Never use the brushcutter for cutting grass or
trimming hedges.
On machines with a bent drive shaft it is
not possible to fit disks, only line heads.
Work Area Precautions
• Always cut with both feet on solid ground to
prevent being pulled off balance.
• Make sure you can move and stand safely.
Check the area around you for possible
obstacles (roots, rocks, branches, ditches, etc.)
in case you have to move suddenly.
• Do not cut above chest height, as a brush
cutter held higher is difficult to control against
kickout forces.
• Do not work near electrical wires. Leave this
operation for professionals.
• Cut only when visibility and light are adequate
for you to see clearly.