Fitting The Full Harness; Balancing The Trimmer/Brushcutter; Starting / Stopping The Engine - Stihl FS 300 Notice D'emploi

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Fitting the Full Harness

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3
N
Put on the full harness (1).
N Adjust the length of the strap so that
the spring hook (2) is about a hand's
width below your right hip. Over-
long ends of straps may be
shortened after completing the
adjustment.
N Attach the spring hook to the
machine's perforated strip (3).
Find the right attachment point for the
cutting attachment you are using – see
"Balancing the Brushcutter".
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Balancing the
Trimmer/Brushcutter
The unit is balanced differently,
depending on the cutting attachment
used.
1
N With the unit suspended from the
harness, see how it is balanced and
change attachment point as
necessary:
Mowing attachments
Mowing heads, grass cutting blades and
brush knives and shredder blades
should just touch the ground.
Circular saw blades
Circular saw blades should "hover"
about 20 cm above the ground.
Starting / Stopping the
Engine
Control handle
Controls
STOP- START
4 5 6
3
7
2
1 Throttle trigger lockout
2 Throttle trigger
3 Slide control
Positions of slide control
4 STOP-0 – engine off – the ignition is
switched off
5 F – normal run position – the engine
is running or can start
6 START – the ignition is switched on
– the engine can start
FS 300, FS 350, FS 400, FS 450, FS 480
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