LINE TRIMMER
WARNING
Always wear safety goggles or glasses to protect your eyes. Never lean over the rotating head. Stones or
other debris could be thrown towards your face and cause serious personal injury.
Always ensure the guard is in place.
Always keep a firm grip with both hands during operation. The machine should be held at a comfortable
position. Adjust the shoulder strap to suit. Maintain a firm footing in case the machine hits a solid object &
kicks back
Cut tall grass from the top down to prevent grass wrapping around the shaft housing & strong head, which
may cause overheating and damage. If grass becomes entangled, stop the engine completely and remove the
grass.
FEED NYLON LINE
Note: A full spool of trimmer line is included with this trimmer from new.
Feed out new line by pressing the trimmer head firmly on the ground with the trimmer turned on and the
trimmer head spinning. Run the trimmer for a few seconds without trimming to allow the trimmer line to be
cut to the correct length. (Do not hit the ground with excessive force, damage may occur not covered under
warranty)
The line trimmer head rotates in an ANTI-CLOCKWISE direction. The knife, located on the left side of the guard,
ensures your nylon line is operating at the correct length for optimum trimming.
NOTE: Nylon line which is too long or the incorrect diameter (Recommended 2.4mm), will cause excess wear
to the engine and clutch components, not covered by the manufacturer’s warranty.
It is recommended that the head is tilted at a 20
o
angle, so the nylon line cutting circle is moving away from the
user and guard/shield. This will enable debris to be thrown away from the user.
TRIMMING
This is feeding the trimmer carefully into the material you wish to cut. Tilt the head slowly to direct debris
away from you. If cutting up to a barrier such as fence, wall or tree, approach from an angle where any debris
ricocheting off the barrier, will fly away from you. Move the line head slowly until the grass is cut right up to
the barrier, but do not jam (over-feed) the line into the barrier.
If trimming up to a wire mesh or chain linked fence, be careful to feed only up to the fence. If you go too far,
the line will snap off around the fence.
Trimming can be done to cut through weed stems, one at a time. Place the trimmer line head near the bottom
of the weed, never high up, which could cause the weed to chatter and catch the line. Rather than cut the
weed right through, just use the very end of the line to wear through the stem slowly.
SCALPING AND EDGING
Both of these are done with the line head tilted at a steep angle.
Scalping is removing top growth leaving the earth bare.
Edging is trimming the grass back where it has spread over a path or driveway.
During edging and scalping, hold the unit at a steep angle and in a position where the debris and any dislodged
dirt and stones will not come back towards you, even if it ricochets off the hard surface.
WARNING
DO NOT use a metal blade for scalping or edging
