Operator's Manual

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Operating the Brushcutter
(Model No. 51990A)
See Figure 17.
Follow these steps to operate the brushcutter.
1. Start the brushcutter.
2. Hold the brushcutter at waist level with your right hand
(arm extended) on the trigger handle and your left hand
on the front handle.
3. Place the product on the right side of your body with
the engine behind and away from your body.
4. Brushcut weeds and vines in a right-to-left motion with
the blade parallel to the ground.
Figure 17
Operation
Cutting Tips
See Figures 18 and 19.
1. Avoid hot surfaces by always keeping the tool away
from your body. (Proper operating position is shown in
Figures 16a, 16b and 17.)
2. Keep the trimmer tilted toward the area being cut; this
is the best cutting area.
3. The curved shaft trimmer cuts when passing the unit
from right to left. the straight shaft trimmer cuts when
passing the unit from left to right. This will avoid
throwing debris at the operator. Avoid cutting in the
dangerous area shown in gures 18 and 19.
4. Use the tip of string to do the cutting; do not force
string head into uncut grass.
5. Wire and picket fences cause extra string wear, even
breakage. Stone and brick walls, curbs and wood may
wear string rapidly.
6. Avoid trees and shrubs. Tree bark, wood moldings, sid-
ing and fence posts can easily be damaged by the string.
Figure 18
Figure 19
Curved Shaft Trimmer
Straight Shaft Trimmer
Dangerous
Cutting Area
Direction of
Rotation
Best Cutting
Area
Dangerous
Cutting Area
Direction of
Rotation
Best Cutting
Area
PROPER OPERATING
POSITION