5FS 45, FS 46
English
!Warning!
Trimmer noise may 
damage your hearing. 
Wear sound barriers 
(ear plugs or ear mufflers) 
to protect your hearing. 
Continual and regular 
users should have their hearing checked 
regularly.
Protect your hands with 
gloves when handling the 
trimmer and the cutting 
tool. Heavy-duty, nonslip 
gloves improve your grip 
and protect your hands.
Clothing must be sturdy 
and snug-fitting, but allow 
complete freedom of 
movement. Avoid loose-
fitting jackets, scarfs, 
neckties, jewelry, flared or 
cuffed pants, unconfined longhair or 
anything that could become caught on 
branches, brush or moving parts of the 
unit. Wear long pants made of heavy 
material to protect your legs. Do not 
wear shorts, pants, sandals or go bare 
foot. Secure hair so it is above shoulder 
level.
Good footing is most 
important in trimmer work. 
Wear sturdy boots with 
nonslip soles. Steel-toed 
safety boots are 
recommended.
Wear an approved safety 
hard hat to reduce the risk 
of injury to your head 
when there is a danger of 
head injuries.
THE TRIMMER
For illustrations and definitions of the 
trimmer parts see the chapter on "Parts 
and Controls".
!Warning!
Never modify a trimmer in any way. Only 
attachments supplied by STIHL or 
expressly approved by STIHL for use 
with the specific STIHL trimmer models 
are authorized. Although certain 
unauthorized attachments are useable 
for the STIHL trimmer, their use may, in 
fact, be extremely dangerous.
!Warning!
To reduce the risk of injury to operator 
from blade contact, metal blades may be 
used on FS-trimmers equipped with a 
bicycle, "J" handle or loop handle with 
barrier bar and not on those FS- and 
FE-models with a loop handle only.
Never use any 
metal cutting 
attachment on a 
FS-model that has 
a bent shaft.