Operation Manual

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ENGINEISSTOPPEDORPOWERCONTROLISRELEASED7HENTHEUNITIS
TURNEDOFFMAKESURETHECUTTINGATTACHMENTHASSTOPPEDBEFORE
THEUNITISSETDOWN
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CONTRIBUTETOUNSAFECONDITIONS$/./4OPERATEUNITIFANYWIRES
POWERTELEPHONECABLEETCARECLOSERTHAN-FTTOANY
PARTOFTHEOPERATORORUNIT&IG
3PECTATORANDFELLOWWORKERSMUSTBEWARNEDANDCHILDRENANDo
ANIMALSPREVENTEDFROMCOMINGNEARERTHAN-FTWHILETHE
POLESAWISINUSE&IG
!VOIDALLPOWERLINES4HISUNITISNOTINSULATEDAGAINSTELECTRICALo
CURRENT
!LWAYSWEARHEADPROTECTIONWITHFULLFACESHIELDTOHELPPROTECTo
AGAINSTFALLINGBRANCHESANDDEBRIS&IG
0RUNINGTECHNIQUES
4HISATTACHMENTISDESIGNEDFORPRUNINGSMALLLIMBSANDBRANCHES
UPTOnINDIAMETER
&OLLOWTHESETIPSFORSUCCESSFULOPERATION
0LANCUTCAREFULLY#HECKDIRECTIONBRANCHWILLFALLo
,ONGBRANCHESSHOULDBEREMOVEDINSEVERALPIECESo
$ONOTSTANDDIRECTLYBENEATHBRANCHBEINGCUTo
7HENREADYTOCUT(OLDFRONTCUTTINGGUIDEAGAINSTBRANCHo
4HISWILLPREVENTWHIPPINGOFTHEBRANCH$/./4USEBACKAND
FORTHSAWINGACTION&IG
,OOKOUTFORBRANCHIMMEDIATELYBEHINDTHEBRANCHBEINGCUT)Fo
BLADEHITSREARBRANCHDAMAGETOBLADEMAYOCCUR&IG
!CCELERATETOFULLTHROTTLEo
!PPLYALIGHTCUTTINGPRESSUREo
%ASECUTTINGPRESSUREWHENNEARINGENDOFCUTTOMAINTAINo
CONTROL
7HENPRUNINGALIMBINCHDIAMETERORLARGERCUTASFOLLOWSo
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ADJUSTMENTS
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.EVERSTARTTHEENGINEWITHOUTTHECOMPLETECLUTCHCOVERAND
TUBEASSEMBLED/THERWISETHECLUTCHCANCOMELOOSEAND
CAUSEPERSONALINJURIES
)NTHECARBURETORFUELISMIXEDWITHAIR7HENTHEENGINEISTEST
RUNATTHEFACTORYTHECARBURETORISBASICALLYADJUSTED!FURTHER
ADJUSTMENTMAYBEREQUIREDACCORDINGTOCLIMATEANDALTITUDE4HE
CARBURETORHASONEADJUSTMENTPOSSIBILITY
4)DLESPEEDADJUSTMENTSCREW
)DLESPEEDADJUSTMENT4
#HECKTHATTHEAIRüLTERISCLEAN7HENTHEIDLESPEEDISCORRECTTHE
CUTTINGATTACHMENTWILLNOTROTATE)FADJUSTMENTISREQUIREDCLOSE
CLOCKWISETHE4SCREWWITHTHEENGINERUNNINGUNTILTHECUTTING
ATTACHMENTSTARTSTOROTATE/PENCOUNTERCLOCKWISETHESCREW
UNTILTHECUTTINGATTACHMENTSTOPS9OUHAVEREACHEDTHECORRECT
IDLESPEEDWHENTHEENGINERUNSSMOOTHLYINALLPOSITIONSWELL
BELOWTHERPMWHENTHECUTTINGATTACHMENTSTARTSTOROTATE
)FTHECUTTINGATTACHMENTSTILLROTATESAFTERIDLESPEEDADJUSTMENT
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7HENTHEENGINEISIDLINGTHECUTTINGATTACHMENTMUSTUNDER
NOCIRCUMSTANCESROTATE
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3OMEMODELSSOLDAREASWITHSTRICTEXHAUSTEMISSIONREGULATION
DONOTHAVEHIGHANDLOWSPEEDCARBURETORADJUSTMENTS3UCH
ADJUSTMENTSMAYALLOWTHEENGINETOBEOPERATEDOUTSIDEOFTHEIR
EMISSIONCOMPLIANCELIMITS&ORTHESEMODELSTHEONLYCARBURETOR
ADJUSTMENTISIDLESPEED