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take breaks at regular intervals.
– Always adopt a stable and safe working posture with
secure footing.
– Regularly change your working position to prevent get-
ting tired.
– The exhaust of internal combustion engines is poiso-
nous and can lead to suffocation, among others. It is
not allowed to operate the petrol cutting blade in closed
or poorly ventilated rooms.
– Refill the gasoline tank only outdoors, or in wellventi -
lated areas.
– Gasoline and gasoline vapors are highly flammable.
Keep away from flammable materials and sources of
ignition, such as ovens or stoves.
– Do not smoke while refueling or operating the tool.
– Immediately wipe away spilled gasoline.
– Start the petrol cutting blade only at a location far away
from the place of refueling.
– Always make sure that the cover of the fuel tank is well
closed. Look out for possible leakage.
– When the engine is running or the engine is hot, it is not
allowed to open the cap of the fuel tank or refill gasoline.
– Open the cap of the fuel tank slowly so that gasoline
vapor can escape.
– Make sure the handles are dry, clean, and free of ga-
soline mixed with oil.
– Do not use the tool without exhaust pipe and when the
exhaust pipe guard is not properly installed.
– Do not touch the exhaust pipe, there is a risk of burns.
– Only use the fuel recommended in the manual. Keep
gasoline only in containers designed for it, and store it
at a safe location.
– While cutting on a slope, always stand below the cut-
ting tool.
– Always make sure no objects or other debris is collec-
ting in the trimmer head, in the protective hood, or in
the engine.
– Always switch off the tool before you put it down.
– Do not use any wire, or anything similar in the line spool.
– Only work during daylight, or when the area is illumina-
ted well using lighting.
– Subject the tool to a visual inspection before each use.
– Check, if all screws and connecting parts are tightened.
– Always use both hands to hold the tool.
– Check the tool, and its components and guards for da-
mages, or wear and tear before each use, and have
it repaired, if necessary. Never make the devices for
protection and safety inoperable. Do not use the tool,
when damages or signs of wear become apparent.
– Keep the tools clean and fully functional to ensure better
and safer work.
– Always maintain a safe distance between the tool and
your body during work.
– Always switch off the tool when work will be interrupted
or the location will be changed; wait until the cutting
tools have completely stopped, and turn off the engine.
– Never leave the tool without supervision at the place
of work. Store the tool at a safe place when work will
be interrupted.
– Persons operating the machine must not be distracted,
or one may lose control over the tool.
– Never use the tool during rain, in a humid or wet envi-
ronment, and do not store it outdoors.
– Should the tool become wet, wait until it is completely
dry before you use it again.
– Avoid contact with metal objects, stones etc.
– Before starting work, it is recommended to check the
objects to be cut for possible foreign objects and to
remove them. When despite of this you encounter a
foreign object during cutting, switch off the tool and
remove this object.
– If the tool is jammed by a foreign object (stones, piles of
grass), switch it off, and remove the object using a blunt
item. Never use your fingers to remove jammed foreign
objects, because this may cause serious injuries.
– Always keep the running tool away from your body.
– Attention: the cutting tool still runs for some time after
the tool is switched off!
– Do not overload the engine, and do not use it for work
the tool is not designed for.
– Always make sure the ventilation openings are free of
dirt.
– Store the tool out of the reach of children.
– Store the tool at a safe and dry location.
– Check the engine for damages after impact, or other
damages.
– Keep body parts and pieces of clothing away from the
trimmer head when you start the engine, or keep it
running.
– Always keep in mind that especially during trimming of
lawn edges, gravel enclosures, and similar locations
stone and dirt can be hurled away from the cutting line.
– Never cross roads or paths when the tool is switched on.
– Never cut against hard objects such as stone, etc. This
way you avoid injuries, and damages to the tool.
– When using metal cutting tools, there is a basic risk of
kickback if the tool meets a fixed obstruction (stones,
trees, branches etc.). In this event, the tool is whipped
back in the opposite direction of rotation.
– Never use the tool without the guards attached.
– Never use your hands to stop the cutting device.
– Always wait until it stops on its own.
– Hold and guide the trimmer head as close to the ground
as possible.
– Only cut grass growing on the ground. Do not cut grass
in cracks in walls, growing or on rocks, etc.
– Always make sure no objects, or other debris is coll-
ecting in the trimmer head, in the protective hood, or
in the engine.
– Only use the tool, when the guard is attached.
– Always switch off the tool, before you put it down.
– Keep in mind that there is risk of injuries in the area of
the cutting device intended to cut off the line.
– CAUTION: The cutting tool continues rotating for a few
seconds after the engine is turned off.
– Put the tool down only after the cutting tool has com-
pletely stopped and the motor is turned off.
– When the cutting tool is damaged, it must be replaced
at once.
– Always use the original line only. Never use a metal
wire instead of the nylon line.
– Tool and cutting tools must be properly inspected and