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11 USING THE MACHINE
CAUTION! Engine housing can become hot during trimmer operation.
DO NOT rest or place your arm, hand or any body part against the engine
housing during trimmer operation.
Extended contact with the engine housing can result in burns or other
injuries.
ALWAYS position the unit on the operator’s right side.
The use of the machine on the operator’s left side will expose the user to hot
surfaces and can result in possible burn injuries.
To avoid burns from hot surfaces, NEVER operate the machine with the
bottom of the engine above waist level.
▪ The cutting head spool will be engaged if the operator squeezes the throttle lever and then
squeezes the throttle lever release to increase the engine speed.
▪ The engine will stop when depressing the ignition switch to the ‘STOP’ position.
NOTE: This ignition switch will come back to the ‘ON’ position automatically.
▪ Hold the trimmer with your right hand on the rear handle and your left hand on the front
handle.
▪ Keep a firm grip with both hands while in operation.
▪ Trimmer should be held at a comfortable position with the rear handle at about hip height.
▪ Keep your body and feet a safe distance from the cutting head.
▪ Squeeze the throttle lever to full speed before cutting.
▪ The cutting line should run parallel to the ground surface. (Fig. 7)
▪ The line spool has a bump feed function.
▪ The cutting line will be extended by tapping the spool head shortly and lightly onto the
ground while the unit is running at high speed.
▪ Run the engine at high speed.
▪ A blade in the cutting safety guard will cut the line to the proper length if any excess line is
released.
NOTE: DO NOT hold the spool head on the ground while the engine is
running. The line releases each time the spool head is tapped.
▪ Always keep the cutting line fully extended.
▪ Line release becomes more difficult when the cutting line gets shorter.
▪ Avoid hot surfaces by always keeping the tool away from your body.
▪ Cut all grass from top to down. This will prevent grass from wrapping around the shaft
housing and string head which could cause damage from overheating.
▪ If grass becomes wrapped around the string head, STOP THE ENGINE, disconnect the
speak plug HT lead and remove the grass.
▪ Use the tip of cutting line to trim grass, DO NOT force the entire trimming head into uncut
grass.
