Makita UH 4050, UH 4850, UH 5550, UH 6350 Instruction Manual

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5Working technique- Work only in good lighting and visibility.- Never work on an unstable surface. Pay attention toobstacles in the work area - risk of stumbling! Pay constantattention to good footing.- Never work while standing on a ladder.- Do not bend too far over while working.- Guide the trimmer away from your body, with the cutterpointing away and at a safe distance from your body.- Use the hedge trimmer only for trimming hedges! Do notuse it for cutting grass or brash.- Always keep the ventilation slots unobstructed, to ensureproper cooling of the electric motor.- Do not allow the cutter to touch the ground when running.Foreign objects will damage the cutter and may lead toinjury.- Do not use the trimmer to lift, lever, or sweep away cutmaterial or other objects.- Cut thick branches to length with pruning shears beforetrimming the hedge.- Do not start working until you have made sure that:a) No other persons or animals are within the workingarea.b) The trimmer operator can step back unhindered in theevent of an emergency.c) The ground is free of all foreign objects, brush, andbranches. The operator must have a sure footing (riskof stumbling).Tips on trimming hedgesThe procedure described here can be used very often and makes working easier. If a hedge has to be cut back very substantially,it should be trimmed in two passes.1- First cut the hedge to the desired height (1). With practice,it is possible to remove cut material from the hedge with aswinging motion. To get a straight cut, stretch a string alongthe hedge at the desired height.2- Trim the hedge to a trapezoidal shape (about 10 cm / 4" inat the top for every 1 m / 3’3" of height), cutting from bottomto top (2). In this way you avoid cut material falling down intothe area not yet cut.3- Round off the top edges of the hedge (3), and finally trim thebottom edges back somewhat (4).4The best times to trim hedges are:Broad-leaf hedges: June and OctoberConiferous hedges: April and AugustFast-growing hedges: About every 6 weeks starting in MayEnvironmental protection informationDo not use the hedge trimmer during times when people are likely to be resting.Before trimming a hedge, check to make sure that no birds are nesting in it. If they are, wait until the young have left the nest beforetrimming near that part of the hedge.Dispose of cut material in an environment-friendly way, or compost it.