Sears 358.79828 Brush Cutter User Manual


 
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OPERATION
:UMMER LINE ADVANCE (Fig. 21 )
WARNING:
STOP ENGINE BEFORE ADVANCING LINE.
"rumoff the engine.
Unhook the unitfrom the shoulder harness and put the
unit on the ground.
Push blue lockbutton in on duallinehead with lefthand
and pull one line out with righthand. As line begins to
exit, release lock buttonand pu!lboth linesuntildualline
head locks.
Pretract excess line, push lock button in on dual line head
lfi left hand and turn blue dng on dual line head counter-
_ckwise.
Figure 21
PERATING ! USE TIPS
tg. 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , & 26 )
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W .RNING:
USE MINIMUM SPEED AND DO NOT
CROWD THE LINE WHEN CUTTING
AROUND HARD OBJECTS (ROCK, GRAV-
EL, FENCE POSTS, ETC), WHICH CAN
DAMAGE THE DUAL LINE HEAD_ BE,
COME ENTANGLED IN TPIE LINE, OR BE
THROWN CAUSING ASERIOUS HAZARD.
ALWAYS WEAR EYE PROTECTION. NEV-
ER LEAN OVER THE DUAL LINE HEAD_
ROCKS OR DEBRIS CAN RICQGHET, OR
BE THROWN II
INJURY.
The linewilleasily•removegrass and weeds fromaround
walls;fences, trees, and flower beds; but italso can cut
the tender bark of trees or shrubs and sear fences, To
help avoid damage especially to delicate vegetation or
trees with tender bark, shorten lineto 4-5 inchesanduse
at partial throttle.
The tip of the linedoes the cutting. You willachievethe
best performance and minimumlinewear by notcrowd-
ing the line into cutting area.
For tdmrning or scalping, use partialthrottle toincrease
line life, especially:
- during light duty cutting.
- near objects around whichthe line can wrap such as
small posts, trees or fence wire.
Always release throttle triggerand allow engine toreturn
to idlespeed when not cutting.
Hold bottom of the dual line head about 3 inchesabove
ground and at an angle.
Figure 22
TRIMMING
TRIMMING - Allow onlythe tip ofthe lineto make con-
tact. Do not force trimmer line into work area.
REMEMBER
Keep dualitne
head 3 inches
above the
ground while
trimming.
Figure 23
SCALPING - The scalping technique removes un-
wanted vegetation. Allow the tip of the line to strike
groundaroundtrees, posts,monurnents, etc. Thistech-
nique increases line wear.
Figure 24
MOWING - Your trimmer is ideal for mowing in places
conventional lawn mowers cannot reach. Keep the line
paralleltothe ground. To avoidscalping the ground and
damaging the unit, do not press dual line head into
ground.
MOWING
Figure 25
SWEEPING-The fanning action of the rotatingline can
beused for a quickand easy clean up. Keep the line par-
allel to and above surfaces being swept and move unit
from side to side.
Figure 26
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