Operating Position; Cutting Methods - McCulloch 2500CXL Instruction Manual

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OPERATING POSITION

ALWAYS WEAR:
Hearing
protection
Heavy,
long pants
Boots
Cut from your left to your right.
When operating unit, clip shoulder strap onto
clamp, stand as shown and check for the fol-
lowing:
S Wear eye protection and heavy clothing.
S Extend your left arm and hold handlebar
grip with your left hand.
S Hold throttle grip with your right hand with
finger on throttle trigger.
S Keep unit below waist level.
S Keep shoulder strap pad centered on your
left shoulder and danger sign centered on
your back.
S Maintain full weight of tool on your left
shoulder.
S Without bending over, keep the blade or
trimmer head near and parallel to the ground
and not crowded into material being cut.
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS FOR
USE WITH TRIMMER HEAD
WARNING:
Always wear eye protec-
tion. Never lean over the trimmer head. Rocks
or debris can ricochet or be thrown into eyes
and face and cause blindness or other serious
injury.
Before trimming, bring engine to a speed suffi-
cient to cut material to be trimmed.
Do not run the engine at a higher speed than
necessary. The cutting line will cut efficiently
when the engine is run at less than full throttle.
At lower speeds, there is less engine noise and
vibration. The cutting line will last longer and will
be less likely to "weld" onto the spool.
Always release the throttle trigger and allow
the engine to return to idle speed when not
cutting.
To stop engine:
S Release the throttle trigger.
S Move the ON/STOP switch to the STOP
position.

CUTTING METHODS

do not crowd the line when cutting around
hard objects (rock, gravel, fence posts, etc.),
which can damage the trimmer head, become
entangled in the line, or be thrown causing a
serious hazard.
S The tip of the line does the cutting. You will
achieve the best performance and minimum
line wear by not crowding the line into the
cutting area. The right and wrong ways are
Safety helmet
shown below.
Tip of line does
the cutting.
Eye protection
Right
S 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.
S For trimming or scalping, use less than full
throttle to increase line life and decrease head
wear, especially:
S During light duty cutting.
S Near objects around which the line can wrap
S For mowing or sweeping, use full throttle for a
good clean job.
TRIMMING - - Hold the bottom of the trimmer
head about 8 cm above the ground and at an
angle. Allow only the tip of the line to make con-
tact. Do not force trimmer line into work area.
Trimming
8 cm above
ground
SCALPING - - The scalping technique removes
unwanted vegetation down to the ground. Hold
the bottom of the trimmer head about 8 cm
above the ground and at an angle. Allow the tip
of the line to strike the ground around trees,
posts, monuments, etc. This technique in-
creases line wear.
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WARNING:
Use minimum speed and
Line crowded into
work area.
such as small posts, trees or fence wire.
Wrong