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OPERATION
WARNING:
Always wear the eye protection.
Never lean over the trimmer head. Rocks
or debris can ricochet or be thrown into eyes and
face and cause blindness or other serious injury.
When operating unit, check for the following:
Wear eye protection and heavy clothing. Hold
front handle with one hand and auxiliary handle
with the other hand. Keep unit below waist level.
Work only from your right to your left to ensure
debris is thrown away from you. Without bending
over, keep line near and parallel to the ground
(perpendicular when edging) and not crowded into
material being cut.
WARNING: Make sure that line is fed out
before operation. Make sure motor is up
to full speed before trimming
.
WARNING: Use only 0.065” (1.65 mm)
diameter cutting line.
Other sizes of line
will not feed properly and will result in improper
cutting head function or can cause serious injury.
Do not use other material such as wire, string,
rope, etc. Wire can break off during cutting and
become a dangerous projectile that can cause
serious injury.
1. SAFETY ON/OFF SWITCH (SEE FIG. E)
The safety switch is locked off to prevent
accidental starting. Depress the lock-off button
then depress the on/off switch and release lock off
button. Your trimmer is now on. To switch off, just
release the on/off switch.
WARNING:
The cutting head continues to
rotate after the trimmer has been switched
off; wait until it has completely stopped then lay
down the tool.
1
2
E
2. FLOWER GUARD (SEE FIG. F1, F2)
Push the flower guard out before trimming, as
shown in Fig F1, F2.
F1
F2
3. TRIMMING
Position the trimmer head as shown in Fig G for
trimming.
Keep the bottom of the trimmer head just above the
ground and at an angle. Allow only the tip of line to
make contact. Do not force trimmer line into work area.
G
4. AUTOMATIC LINE FEED SYSTEM
When initially switching on the trimmer, a small
length of line is fed out.
A ‘clattering’ noise will be heard when the lines hit
the Line Cutter. DO NOT BE ALARMED. This is
quite normal. After about 5 seconds the line will be
cut to the correct length and the noise will reduce
as the motor gains full speed.
If the noise of the line being cut can’t be heard,
more line will need to be fed out.
To feed more line, it is first necessary to allow
the trimmer to stop completely; it must come to a
complete rest, then restart, allowing the motor to
reach full speed.
Repeat above until you hear the line hitting
against the Line Cutter.
