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• Only well‑instructed adults should operate pole saw.
Never allow children tooperate.
• Do not allow children or untrained individuals to use
thisunit.
• Wear the following safety gear when operating pole saw:
ʵ heavy‑duty gloves
ʵ steel‑toed safety footwear with non‑skid soles
ʵ safety glasses, goggles or face screen
ʵ safety hard hat
ʵ ear mufflers or ear plugs
ʵ face or dust mask (if working in dusty areas)
• Wear heavy long pants and boots. Do not wear loose
fitting clothing, short pants, jewelry of any kind, or gobarefoot.
• Secure long hair to prevent entanglement in any movingparts.
• Before cutting, always provide the following:
ʵ clear work area
ʵ secure footing
ʵ planned retreat path from falling limbs
• Inspect tree before trimming. Make allowance for branches to
fall freely to theground.
• Do not use your pole saw to fellsaplings.
While Operating Pole Saw
DANGER: To reduce the risk of electric shock
do no use on wet surfaces. Do not expose to rain.
Storeindoors.
DANGER: Avoid Unintentional Starting – with battery
installed, don’t carry appliance with with finger on switch.
Be sure switch is off when installingbattery.
• The extension pole should exclusively be used with the
pole saw attachment. Only one extension pole should be
used with the pole saw attachment. Do not use more than
one extension pole. Do not use the extension pole with any
otherattachments.
• Stay alert. Use common sense while operating theunit.
• Keep work area clean. Cluttered areas inviteinjuries.
• Always remove battery from pole saw when finished cutting
or when leftunattended.
• Keep children, animals and bystanders at least 15m away
from pole saw. Only pole saw user should be in workarea.
• Do not use the pole saw to cut downtrees.
• Do not grasp the exposed saw chain when picking up or
holding the polesaw.
• Keep finger off trigger until ready to makecut.
• Before starting pole saw, make sure chain is not
touchinganything.
• Keep all parts of body away from chain when pole saw
isrunning.
• Do not force pole saw while cutting. Apply light pressure.
It will do the job better and safer at the rate for which it
wasintended.
• Carry pole saw from one place to another:
ʵ with battery removed,
SPECIFIC SAFETY RULES
WARNING: Some dust contains chemicals known to
State of California to cause cancer, birth defects or other
reproductive harm. Some examples of these chemicalsare:
• compounds in fertilizers,
• compounds in insecticides, herbicides andpesticides,
• arsenic and chromium from chemically
treatedlumber.
To reduce your exposure to these chemicals, wear
approved safety equipment such as dust masks that are
specially designed to filter out microscopicparticles.
• Avoid prolonged contact with dust from power sanding,
sawing, grinding, drilling, and other construction
activities. Wear protective clothing and wash exposed
areas with soap and water. Allowing dust to get into your
mouth, eyes, or lay on the skin may promote absorption of
harmfulchemicals.
WARNING: Use of this tool can generate and/
or disburse dust, which may cause serious and
permanent respiratory or other injury. Always use
approved respiratory protection appropriate for the dust
exposure. Direct particles away from face andbody.
CAUTION: Wear appropriate personal hearing protection
during use. Under some conditions and duration of use,
noise from this product may contribute to hearingloss.
Before Operating Pole Saw
• For safe operation, read and understand all instructions
before using the pole saw. Follow all safety instructions.
Failure to follow all safety instructions listed below, can result
in serious personalinjury.
• Watch what you are doing. Use common sense. Do not
operate pole saw when you aretired.
• Use pole saw for cutting tree branches only. Do not use
pole saw for purposes not intended. Do not use for cutting
otheritems.
A moment of inattention while operating the pole saw may
result in serious personalinjury.
• Carry the pole saw by the handle with the saw chain
stopped. When transporting or storing the pole saw always
fit the saw chain device cover. Proper handling of the pole saw
will reduce possible personal injury from the sawchain.
• Hold the power tool by insulated gripping surfaces only,
because the cutter blade may contact hidden wiring.
A saw chain contacting a “live” wire may make exposed
metal parts of the tool “live” and could give the operator an
electricshock.
• Do not use the pole saw in bad weather conditions,
especially when there is a risk of lightning. This decreases
the risk of being struck bylightning.
• Always use two hands when operating the pole saw.
Hold the pole saw with both hands to avoid lossofcontrol.
• Always use head protection when operating the
pole saw overhead. Falling debris can result in serious
personalinjury.