POTENTIAL HAZARD
If blade jams on the extension cord, do not
touch the blade!
WHAT CAN HAPPEN
Blade can become electrically charged and
very dangerous! Contact with charged
blade could cause serious personal injury
or death.
HOW TO AVOID THE HAZARD
Continue to hold your trimmer by the
insulated handles and immediately unplug
extension cord from power supply.
4.
Do not try to trim hedges which are above your
normal reach. You must hold trimmer with both
hands at all times while operating.
POTENTIAL HAZARD
Trimmer is operational when plugged into
a power supply source. Someone could
accidentally start the trimmer.
WHAT CAN HAPPEN
Accidental starting of your trimmer could
result in serious personal injury.
HOW TO AVOID THE HAZARD
Disconnect your trimmer from power
supply and carry by the front handle when
not in use.
Trimming Techniques
If desired, you can use a string to help cut your
hedge level. Decide how high you want the
hedge. Then, stretch a piece of string along the
hedge at this height. Trim the hedge just above
this guide line of string (Fig. 8).
EN–9
Trim the side of a hedge so that it will be
slightly narrower at the top as shown in Figure 9.
More of the hedge will be exposed when shaped
this way and its growth will be more uniform.
Wear gloves when trimming thorny or prickly
growth.
When trimming new growth, use a wide,
sweeping action so that the stems are fed directly
into the cutter blade. Older growth will have
thicker stems and will be trimmed easiest by
using a sawing movement.
Do not try to cut stems that are larger than 3/8
in. thick or those obviously too large to feed into
the cutter blade. Use a non-powered hand saw or
pruning saw to cut the larger stems.
Maintenance
POTENTIAL HAZARD
Use of non-Toro replacement parts could
cause product damage.
WHAT CAN HAPPEN
Using a damaged product could cause
serious personal injury.
HOW TO AVOID THE HAZARD
When servicing use only original Toro
replacement parts.
Never use "will-fit" replacement parts.
Sharpening The Cutter Blade
1.
Allow your trimmer to come to a stop with
moving blade and stationary blade positioned as
shown in Figure 10. This will allow clearance
for the file between moving teeth and stationary
teeth.