Hedging Tips
Before Hedging
•
IMPORTANT!
Lubricate the blade with light machine oil. Ignoring this step will
decrease blade life and cause difficult operation.
During Hedging
• Before starting the hedge trimmer, hold the handles with both hands.
• Keep the blade facing away from you.
• Wear gloves when trimming thorny or prickly growth.
• When trimming new growth, swing the hedge trimmer in a wide sweeping action.
• Move the hedge trimmer to feed the branches directly into the blade's cutting
edges.
• When trimming thicker, older stems and branches, cut with a sawing action.
• If stems are thicker than
9/16" (14 mm)
, use a handsaw or pruning saw.
• Do not try to cut stems that are too large.
To help keep the hedge level (Fig. 4)
• Measure the height you want the hedge.
• Stretch a string along the hedge at that height.
• Trim the hedge just above the string guideline.
TO AVOID INJURY, DO NOT CARRY THE HEDGE
TRIMMER WITH YOUR FINGER ON THE SWITCH. AVOID
UNINTENTIONAL STARTING.
Fig. 4
String
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
WARNING:
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