Working Techniques; Operating The Trimmer; Advancing Line; Cutting Tips - McCulloch Li 40T Operator's Manual

Operating the trimmer

Follow these tips when using the trimmer:
• Hold the trimmer with your right hand on the rear
handle and your left hand on the front handle.
• Keep a firm grip with both hands while in operation.
• Trimmer should be held at a comfortable position
with the rear handle about hip height.
• Cut tall grass from the top down. This will prevent
grass from wrapping around the shaft housing
and string head which may cause damage from
overheating.
If grass becomes wrapped around the string head:
• Remove the battery pack from the trimmer.
• Remove the grass.
WARNING! Contact with the trimmer
!
cutting head while operating can result in
serious personal injury.

Advancing line

While the string trimmer is operating, the cutting line
gets worn down and becomes shorter. This trimmer
is equipped with bump feed line advancement, which
advances additional line once the head is bumped on
the ground while rotating. The cutting blade will cut the
line to keep an accurate cutting swath.

WORKING TECHNIQUES

Cutting tips

• Keep the trimmer tilted toward the area being cut;
this is the best cutting area.
• The trimmer will cut better when moved from left
to right across the area to be cut; it is less effective
when moved from right to left.
• Use the tip of the cutting line to do the cutting; do
not force cutting head into uncut grass.
• Wire and picket fences cause extra cutting line
wear, even breakage. Stone and brick walls, curbs,
and wood may wear cutting line rapidly.
• Avoid trees and shrubs. Tree bark, wood moldings,
siding, and fence posts can easily be damaged by
the cutting line.

Line cut-off blade

This trimmer is equipped with a line cut-off blade on the
grass deflector. For best cutting, advance line until it
is trimmed to length by the line cut-off blade. Advance
line whenever you hear the engine running faster than
normal, or when trimming efficiency diminishes. This
will maintain best performance and keep line long
enough to advance properly.
Cut-off
blade
Bump knob
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