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9. Working instructions
Carry out the following checks before starting and
regularly during working with the hedge trimmer:
• Is the hedge trimmer assembled completely and
properly? Check also that all nuts and screws are
tightened.
• Screws on the cutting device: See "Maintenance".
• Is the hedge trimmer in good and safe condition?
Do all safety devices properly work?
• Is the fuel tank filled?
• Is the cutting device undamaged and sharpened?
• Are engine and silencer free from deposits, leaves
or emerging lubricants.
• Is handhold clean and dry – free of oil, grease and
resin?
• Is workplace free of risks to stumble?
• Do you wear the required protective equipment?
• Did you read and understand all advices?
• Is the throttle trigger easy-running and function-
ing?
• Does the ON/OFF switch properly work?
• Does the cutting device always stop in idle mode?
If the cutting device moves during idling the idle
speed must be reduced (see "Adjusting the idle
speed").
• Check that the gearbox is sufficiently lubricated
(see "Maintenance").
General behaviour when working with the hedge
trimmer
• Never work alone. Another person should stay
close enough to hear calls for help.
• Keep children, bystanders and animals at a dis-
tance (15 m min.) from your working area.
• Do not work on snow, ice or other slippery ground
– slip hazard.
• 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. Re-
move from the working area objects which might
be thrown off.
• Avoid abnormal posture. Keep at any time the bal-
ance. 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.
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• 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
- 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 pull the spark plug connector:
- when you notice changes in the device's behav-
iour,
- to remove jammed material,
- to check the cutting device after it had contact
with stones, nails or other hard objects,
- to eliminate faults,
- for work breaks,
- before leaving the hedge trimmer.
• 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 work-
ing area,
- you can always step back without any barriers,
- your standing area is free from foreign objects,
brushwood and branches,
- you have always a secure standing position.
If persons who have blood circulation problems are
too often exposed to vibrations damages to the nerv-
ous system or to blood vessels may occur.
You can reduce vibrations
- by thick and warm working gloves,
- shorter working time (have longer breaks).
See a doctor if your fingers swell, you don't feel well
or your fingers become numb.
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 oscillat-
ing movements from one to another side.
• At first cut the sides of the hedge and then the up-
per edge.
• Cut the hedge from the bottom up.
• Cut the hedge in trapezium shape.
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