Safety Instructions - Nakayama PM4810 Manual

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Thank you for choosing our Gasoline Lawnmower.
To ensure that you get the best results from your Gasoline Lawnmower please read all of these safety and operating instructions carefully before using this
product.

Safety instructions

Your safety and the safety of others are very important. We have provided important safety messages in this manual and on the mower. This information
alerts you to potential hazards that could hurt you or others. Please read these messages carefully.
Of course, it is not practical or possible to warn you about all the hazards associated with operating or maintaining a lawn mower. You must use your own
good judgment.
• Read the instruction manual before using the machine.
• Keep other people at a safe distance while working
• Remove the spark plug cable from the spark plug and read instructions before carrying out any repair or maintenance.
• Blades in movement. Do not put hands or feet near or under the opening of the cutting plate.
• Do not use on hills above 22°
• Do not touch rotating parts.
• Stop the engine before cleaning of work area.
• Warning: Always use correct tools and original spare parts.
• Warning: The blade is sharp, do not touch the blade.
• Keep bystanders, especially children away!
General Conditions Of Use
This machine is to be used exclusively for cutting natural grass. Never use the mower for other purposes. Any other utilization can involve danger for your
safety and can involve damage to the mower.
Persons under 16 years of age and persons who are not familiar with the user instructions must not use the mower.
The user is responsible of the safety of other people in the working area. Keep children and domestic animals at a safe distance while the mower is in use.
Before mowing, remove all foreign object from the lawn which may be thrown by the machine, stay alert for any foreign objects which may have been
missed.
• Check that all nuts, bolts and screws are well tightened.
• Before mowing place the grass catcher in its position.
• Before mowing make sure that the blade and the blade fixing screw are securely fastened. When cutting edges require resharpening, this must be done
evenly on both sides so as to prevent any imbalance. If the blade is damaged, it must be replaced.
• When mowing always wear a long trousers and strong footwear.
• Do not run the engine in an enclosed and/or poorly ventilated area, where gas of the engine contains carbon monoxide, which are dangerous for your
health.
• Work only when there is sufficient light.
• Do not use the lawnmower when it is raining or when the grass is wet.
• Particular precautions must be taken while mowing on slopes or downing stretches. Mow across the face of slopes, never down or up.
• Turn off the engine if you must leave the lawnmower unattended, displace the lawnmower or incline it.
• Never lift the rear of the mower while starting the engine and never place your hands and feet underneath the deck or into the rear discharge chute while
the engine is running.
• Never change in any way the rated speed of the engine.
• On the self-propelled mowers, disconnect the self-propelled system before starting the engine.
• Never lift or carry the mower while the engine is running.
• Stop the engine and remove the spark plug cover in these cases:
- Before any operation under the deck or the grass rear discharge chute.
- Before any maintenance, repairing or checking operations.
- Before carrying, lifting or removing the mower.
- If you leave the mower unattended or changing the cutting height.
- To remove and emptying the grass catcher.
- After hitting a foreign object, stop the engine and check thoroughly the mower in order to see if it is damage. Bring the mower in a agreed service station to
do the repairing if necessary.
Warning! After you stopped the engine the blade is still in motion during a few seconds.
- If the mower vibrates in an abnormal way, find the reasons why, and take your mower to an agreed service station.
- Check regularly that bolts, nuts and screw are secularly tightening for a safe use of the mower.
Warning! GASOLINE IS HIGHLY INFLAMMABLE!
- Keep gasoline in a jerry can specially made for this purpose.
- Fill up the tank with a funnel, do the operation outside. Do not smoke. Do not use mobile phone.
- Fill up with gasoline and oil before staring the engine. Never open the cap of the fuel tank to add gasoline while the engine is running or still hot.
- Do not start the engine if there is some gasoline spread around, take the mower away from the one where gasoline have been split and avoid any contact
from a hot source as long as the split gasoline is completely evaporated.
- Tighten the fuel tank cap and close tightly the jerry can cap.
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