10 Operating the Hedge Trimmer
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Pull the trigger and then let it go.
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If the trigger is stiff or does not spring back to its idle
position: Contact your STIHL servicing dealer.
The trigger has a malfunction.
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Fit the battery, @ 7.1.
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Push the retaining latch into position
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Depress the trigger lockout and hold it in that position.
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Pull the trigger and hold it there.
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If the cutting blades continue to run: Contact your STIHL
servicing dealer.
The switch lever has a malfunction.
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Depress the switch lever (1) and hold it in that position.
The cutting blades run.
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Release the switch lever.
The cutting blades stop running after a brief delay.
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If the cutting blades continue to run: Contact your STIHL
servicing dealer.
Your hedge trimmer has a malfunction.
10 Operating the Hedge Trimmer
10.1 Cutting
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Use lopping shears or a chain saw to cut out thick
branches first.
HSA 56
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Hold the hedge trimmer with one hand on the control
handle – wrap your thumb around the control handle.
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Hold the hedge trimmer with the other hand on the loop
handle – wrap your thumb around the loop handle.
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Starting at one side of the hedge, swing the hedge trimmer
from the bottom upwards in an arc.
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Lower the nose of the hedge trimmer.
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Walk slowly and steadily forwards.
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Again swing the hedge trimmer from the bottom upwards
in an arc.
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Cut the other side of the hedge.
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Hold the cutting blades at an angle of 0° to 10° to the top
of the hedge as you swing the hedge trimmer horizontally.
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Swing the hedge trimmer back and forth horizontally in an
arc.
The cuttings fall to the ground.
English
0-10°
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