Echo PRO ATTACHMENT Series Operator's Manual page 8

For safe use of your product
Precautions for use
The area within a 15 m radius is a danger zone
The area within a 15 m radius of the product is a danger zone. Be careful to
observe the following precautions while working with the product.
 Do not allow children and other people or pets to enter the danger zone.
 If another person enters the danger zone, turn off the unit to stop the blade
 When approaching the operator, signal to him by, for example, throwing
twigs from outside the danger zone, and then check that unit has been
switched off and the blade has stopped moving.
 Do not allow anyone to hold the material you are cutting.
 Any contact with the cutter blade could cause serious injury.
Avoid hot surfaces
During operation, the complete unit, especially the drive shaft housing and gear box may become very hot,
too hot to touch. Avoid contact during and immediately after operation.
 You could burn yourself if you touch a high temperature component.
Users of the product
The product should not be used by:
 people who are tired
 people who have taken alcohol
 people who are on medication
 people who are pregnant
 people who are in poor physical condition
 people who have not read the operator's manual
 children
 Failure to observe these instructions could lead to an accident.
Environment of use and operation
 Before starting work, check that there are not foreign objects such as fences or electric wires in the bushes or hedg-
es.
 Do not use the product:
 under poor weather conditions.
 on steep slopes or in places which give no secure foothold and are thus slippery.
 at night or in dark places with poor visibility.
 in the rain.
 when there is a risk of lightning.
 Do not work in odd positions or on ladders. Do not over reach.
 A serious injury could result if you fall or slip, or fail to operate the product correctly.
For your own health and your safe and comfortable work, operate the machine within the air temperature range of -5
o o
C to 40 C.
 Failure to observe these instructions could result in damage to your health.
Turn off the unit when moving around
When moving around in the situations described below, turn off the unit.
 Moving to the place where you are working
 Moving to another area while you are working
 Leaving the place where you have been working
 Failure to observe these precautions could cause burns or serious injury.
Keep a firm grip
 Hold the front and rear handles (power source) with both hands with thumbs and fingers tightly
encircling the handles.
 Holding other than handles may cause a danger of electric shock when the unit touches the electric
wire.
 Failure to observe these instructions could lead to an accident.
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