WARNING: If the choke is in choke
position when engine starts, the cutting
attachment starts to rotate immediately.
To start the product
WARNING: Read the warning instructions in
the safety chapter before you start the
product (refer to
1. Use protective gloves.
2. Hold the body of the product on the ground with your
left hand.
CAUTION: Do not use your feet!
3. Hold the starter rope handle.
4. Slowly pull out the starter rope with your right hand
until you feel some resistance (the starter pawl grip).
WARNING: Do not twist the starter rope
around your hand.
5. Pull the cord quickly and with power.
CAUTION: Do not pull the starter rope all
the way out and do not let go off the
starter rope handle when the starter rope
is fully extended. This can cause
damage to the product.
6. Pull the starter rope again and again until the engine
starts.
7. Reset the choke when the engine fires.
8. Operate the throttle gradually when the engine
starts.
9. Make sure the engine runs smoothly.
To stop the product
1. Move the stop switch into the stop position to stop
the engine.
CAUTION: The stop switch automatically
goes back to its initial position. In order
to prevent accidental starting, the spark
plug cap must be removed from the
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spark plug when assembling, checking
and/or maintenance is done.
General work instructions
WARNING: Be careful when you cut a tree
that is in tension. It can spring back to its
normal position before or after the cut and
hit you or the product, and cause injury.
•
Clear an open space at one end of the work area,
and start the work from there.
•
Move in a regular pattern across the work area.
•
Move the product fully to the left and right, to clear a
width of 4–5 m on each turn.
•
Clear a length of 75 m before you turn and go back.
Move the fuel can along with you as you continue.
•
Move in a direction where you do not go across
ditches and obstacles more than necessary.
•
Move in a direction where the wind makes the cut
vegetation fall in the cleared area.
•
Move along slopes, not up and down.
Grass clearing with a grass blade
CAUTION: Do not use grass blades and
grass knives on wood. Use grass blades
and grass knives for long or heavy grass
only.
•
Move the product from side to side.
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