General Behaviour When Working With The; Working With The Hedge Trimmer; Maintenance And Care; Maintenance - Altrad TAIL-060-T23 Notice Originale

Do not work under insufficient light conditions (e.g. fog, rain,
snow flurry or twilight).
Scare animals off the hedge before starting to cut in order to
prevent them from being injured.
Provide for a safe and cleaned workplace. Remove from the
working area objects which might be thrown off.
Avoid abnormal posture. Keep at any time the balance. Do
not work with the upper part of the body leaned forward.
Operate the hedge trimmer only with safe standing position.
Stop the hedge trimmer when moving to another work place.
Keep hands and feet away from the cutting device when it
moves.
Hold the hedge trimmer so that you do not inhale exhaust
gases. Do not work in closed rooms.
Do not use the hedge trimmer to pick up or remove wood
pieces or other objects.
Remove unconditionally any foreign objects out of the hedge
(e.g. wires) as these can damage the knives of the hedge
trimmer.
Hold the hedge trimmer always firmly with both hands,
left hand on the front handhold and right hand on the rear
handhold).
If you release the throttle trigger the cutting device will after-
run for a short time (free wheeling effect).
Start trimming with the cutting device moving.
Never touch the cutting device with your hands during
operation.
Never work
− with stretched arms
on hardly accessible places
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− too far bent forward
Never work with the hedge trimmer above shoulder height.
Never get in contact with the running cutting device with
metallic fences or the ground.
Stop the engine and allow the machine to come to a stop
when
the cutting tool hits a foreign object,
−
− abnormal operating noise is noticed,
the machine causes abnormal vibration.
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⇒ Then, pull off the spark plug connector from the spark
plug and take the following actions:
− check the machine for damages,
check for loose parts and tighten them if necessary,
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− replace damaged parts by equivalent parts or have
them repaired.
Stop the engine and pull the spark plug connector:
− to remove jammed material,
to eliminate faults,
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− for work breaks,
before leaving the hedge trimmer,
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− before checking the hedge trimmer,
− before adjusting the working position of cutting device
Do not place a hot hedge trimmer in dry grass or onto
inflammable objects.
Before starting your work make sure that:
− no other persons or animals stay within the working area,
you can always step back without any barriers,
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− your standing area is free from foreign objects,
brushwood and branches,
− you have always a secure standing position.
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Working with the hedge trimmer

Hold the hedge trimmer with both hands on a safe
distance from the body.
The maximal diameter to cut depends on the wood's type,
age, moisture and hardness.
Therefore cut very thick branches using branch shears to
your desired length before trimming the hedge.
Due to its double sided knives the hedge trimmer
can be guided forward and backward or by oscillating
movements from one to another side.
At first cut the sides of the hedge and then the upper edge.
Cut the hedge from the bottom up.
Cut the hedge in trapezium shape. This prevents the
lower hedge area from growing bare due to insufficient light.
Stretch a guide over the complete length of the hedge when
you want to shorten the upper edge of the hedge evenly.
Trim in several passes if you have to cut down a large
portion of the hedge.
Best time for hedge trimming:
⇒ Leaved hedge:
⇒ Conifer hedge:
Quickly growing hedge:
⇒
Pay attention to breeding birds in the hedge. If so, put off
hedge trimming or leave this area out.
At any case pay attention to all safety instructions.

Maintenance and Care

Before each maintenance and cleaning work
− Stop the engine.
− Wait until the cutting device does not longer move.
− Stop the engine and pull off the spark plug
connector (with the exception of idle speed
adjustment).
− allow the device to cool down
Do not carry out maintenance work close to open
flames. Risk of fire.
Maintenance and repair work other than those described in this
chapter is only allowed to be carried out by service staff.
For maintaining and cleaning, removed security devices must
unconditionally be mounted properly and proved again.
Use only original parts. Other parts can result in unexpected
damages and injuries.

Maintenance

In order to aviod possible injuries wear gloves.
To guarantee a long and reliable usage of the hedge trimmer
carry out the following maintainance works regularly.
Check the hedge trimmer for obvious defects such as
− loose fastening elements
worn or damaged components
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− deformed, broken or damaged cutting device
leaks from the fuel tank cap or fuel lines
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June and October
April and August
from May and then every 6
weeks