McCulloch MAC 291 - SAFETY PRECAUTIONS; WHAT TO DO

3-1. WHAT
TO DO
READ
YOUR
USEB
MANUALAND
ALL
SUP-
PLEMENTS
(tF
ANY
ENCLOSED)
THOR_
OUGHLY
BEFORE
OPERATING
YOIJR
UNIT.
1.
WEAR
CLOSE
FITTING,
TOUGH
WORK
CLOTHING
that will
provide
protection,
such
as long
slacks
or trou_
sers,
safety
work
shoes,
heavy
duty
work
gloves,
a
safety
face
shield,
goggles
or safety
glasses
for
eye
protection
and
a
good
grade
of ear
plugs
or
other
sound
barriers
br hearing protection.
2.
REFUEL
lN
A SAFE
PLACE,
Open
fuet
cap
slowty
to
retease
any
pressure
which
may
have
formed
in fuel
tank.
To
prevent
a fire
hazard,
move
at least
10
Jeet
(3
meters)
lrom
fueling
area
before
starting.
3.
lF
FUEL
HAS
SPTLLED
ON
UNIT,
be sure
engine
has
been
dried
completely
before
starting
it.
4,
COMPLY
WITH
ALL
FIRE
PREVENTION
REGULATIONS.
We recommend
you
keep a
shoveland
fire
extinguisher
close
by
whenever
using
your
unrt
in
areas
where
dry
grass,
leaves
or
other
flammable
mate_
rials
are
present,
To
operate
a
gasoline-powered
prod-
uct
on
U.S.
National
Forest
Lands
or forest,
brush
or
grass-covered
lands
in
many
U.S.
states
-
including
California,
Maine,
New
Hampshire,
Oregon,
Washington
-
you
must
have
an
approved
spark
arrester
screen
properly
installed
and
maintained
on
the
engine
muffler.
The
spark
arrester
screen
must
remove
and
retain
carb_
on and
other
flammable
particles
over
0.023
inches
in
size
from
engine
exhaust
flow.
NOTE:
COMPLIANCE
WITH
ALL
LocAL,
STATE,
oR
FEDERAL
LAWS
IN THE
UNITED
STATES
IS THE
USER'S
BESPONSIBILITY.
Your
unit
comes
with
a sparK
arresrer
screen
furnishe?
in
the
user kit.
Replacement
sparK
arrester
screen
kits
are
available
at
your
nearest
McCulloch
Authorized
Service
Center
listed
under
.SAWS,
in
vour
Telephone
Directory
Yellow
pages.
lf
you
have
any
questions
concerning
spark
arrester
screens
or their
use,
wrrte
to:
McCulloch
Corporation,
product
Service
Depanment,
P.O.
Box
1 1990,
Tucson,
Arizona
85734.
Or,
vou
can
call our
toll-free
number,
USA: 1-800-423-6302.
Arizona
residents
call
1-800-221
-6507.
NOTES:
8.
9.
5. TURN
UNIT OFF
before setting
it down.
6.
ALWAYS
HOLD UNIT FIRMLY
WITH
BOTH HANDS.
the thumb and
f ngers encircling
the handles.
7. KEEPALLSCREWS
AND
FASTENERSTTGHT.
Never
operate your
equipment
when it
is improperly
adjusted
or not completely
and
securely
assembled.
KEEP HANDLES
DRY, clean
and free
of
fuel mixture.
KEEP STRINGHEAD
AS
CLOSE
TO GROUND
AS
PRACTICAL.
Avoid hitting
smail
objects
with
stringhead.
When
cutting
on a slope,
stand
below
stringhead.
NEVER
cut
or trim
on a hill
or slope,
etc.. if
there is
the slightest
chance
of slipping,
sliding
or
losing
firm footing.
10. CHECK
AREA
YOU
WILL BE
TRIMMING
FOR
DEBRIS
that
may
be struck
or thrown
during
operation.
Clear
area
before
operating
equipment.
11.
KEEP ALL
PARTS
OF YOUR
BODY
AND
CLOTHING
AWAY
FROM
STRINGHEAD
when
starting
or running
engine.
Before
starting
engine,
make
sure
stringhead
will
not come
in contact
with
any
obstacle.
12.
STOP
ENGINE before
examining
cutting
line.
13.
STORE
EOUIPMENT
AWAY
FROM
POSSIBLE
IGNITION
SOURCES,
such
as
gas-powered
water
heat-
ers,
clothes
dryers,
or oil-fired
furnaces,
portable
heat-
ers,
etc.
14. ALWAYS
KEEP
the
debris
shield,
stringhead,
ano
en-
gine
free of
debris
build-up.
15. TURN
IGNITION
SWITCH
TO
OFF
and remove
soarx
plug
boot
from
spark
plug
to
avord
any chance
of acci-
dental
starting
before
replacing
stringhead
or line.
16.
OPERATIONOFEOUTPMENT
should
atwavs
oe
re-
stricted
to
mature
and
properly
instructed
indviduals.