Craftsman WEEDWACKER 358.798441 Operator's Manual page 11

OPERATION
OPERATING TIPS (Fig. 8)
WARNING:
USE MINIMUM SPEED AND DO NOT
CROWD THE LINE WHEN CUTTING
AROUND HARD OBJECTS (ROCK,
GRAVEL, FENCE POSTS, ETC.) WHICH
CAN DAMAGE THE SEMI-AUTOMATIC
HEAD, BECOME ENTANGLED IN THE
LINE, OR BE THROWN CAUSING A SERI-
OUS HAZARD.
ALWAYS WEAR EYE PROTECTION. NEV-
ER LEAN OVER THE SEMI-AUTOMATIC
LINE HEAD. ROCKS OR DEBRIS CAN
RICOCHET OR BE THROWN INTO EYES
AND FACE AND CAUSE BLINDNESS OR
OTHER SERIOUS INJURY°
• For trimming or scalping, use partial throttle to
increase line life especially:
- dudng light duty cutting
- near objects around which the line can wrap or wear
line such as small posts trees fence wire or concrete
- The line will easily remove grass and weeds from
around walls, fences trees and flower beds; but it also
can cut the tender bark of trees or shrubs and scar
fences To help avoid damage especially to delicate
vegetation or trees with tender bark, shorten line to 4-
5 inches and use at partial throttle
• The tip of the line does the cutting You will achieve the
best performance and minimum line wear by not
crowding the line into cutting area
• Always release throttle trigger and allow engine to
retum to idle speed when not cutting
- Hold bottom of the semi-automatic head about 3
inches above ground and at an angle
; 3 INCHES
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TECHNIQUES (Fig. 9, 10, 11 & 12)
• TRIMMING - Allow only the tip of the line to make
contact Do not force trimmer line into work area,
REMEMBER
Keep semiauto-
matic line head
3 inches above
the ground while
trimming
Figure 9
• SCALPING - The scalping technique removes
unwanted vegetation Allow the tip of the line to strike
the ground around trees, posts, monuments etc This
technique increases line wea_
SCALPING __ //
1:
Figure 10
• MOWING - Your tdmmer is ideal for mowing in places
conventional lawn mowers cannot reach Keep the
line parallel to the ground
MOWING
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Figure 11
• SWEEPING - The fanning action of the rotating line
LINECROWDEDII l can be used for a quick and easy clean up Keep the
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INTO WORK AREA line parallel to and above the surfaces being swept
__/_.._. _. and move unit from side to side
WRONG
Figure 8 SWEEPING
Figure 12
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