WARNING
DANGER
In addition to head, eye, face and ear protectors shoes to protect your feet improve your
footing on slippery surfaces. Do not wear ties, jewelry, or loose, dangling clothing which
could be caught in the unit.
Do not wear open-toed footwear, or go bare-foot or bare legged. In certain situations you
must wear total face and head protection.
DANGER ZONE
NO PERSON EXCEPT OPERATOR ALLOWED 15 METERS RADIUS DANGER ZONE. EYE,
EAR, FACE, FOOT, LEG AND BODY PROTECTION MUST BE WORN BY OPERATOR.
PERSONS IN ZONE OR RISK BEYOND DANGER ZONE SHOULD WEAR EYE PROTECTION
AGAINST THROWN OBJECTS. RISK DIMINISHES WITH DISTANCE FROM DANGER ZONE.
CUTTING WITH A NYLON HEAD
For nearly all cutting, it is good to tilt
the line head
so that contact is made on the part of the
circle where the line is moving A W A Y
you and the debris shield. See appropriate)
This results in the debris being thrown A
WAY from you.
Line head rotates in a CLOCK WISE
direction. The CUT-OFF KNIFE will
WARNING
DANGER
Tilting the head to the wrong side will shoot the
debris TOWARDS you. If the line head is held flat
to the ground so that cutting occurs on the whole
line circle, debris will be THROWN at you, drag will
slow the engine down, and you will use up a lot of
line.
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be on the right side of the debris shield.
WARNING
Use extreme caution when operating over bare spots and gravel, because the line can throw small
rock particles at high speeds. Debris shields on the unit cannot stop objects which bounce or
ricochet off hard surfaces.
WARNIN
The proper debris shield must be in place on the unit when nylon cutting line is used, The cutting line
can flap around if too much line is exposed. Always use the plastic debris shield with cut-off knife
when using nylon cutting heads.
WARNING
DANGER
Use only quality nylon monofilament line of
the diameter 2 mm. Never use wire or
wore-reinforced line in place of nylon
trimmer line. Load your nylon line cutting
head only with nylon trimmer
DANGER
DANCER
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