5) Service
a) Have your power tool serviced by a qualified
repair person using only identical replacement
parts. This will ensure that the safety of the
power tool is maintained.
SPECIFIC SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
• Never allow children or people unfamiliar with
these instructions to use the product. Local
regulations may restrict the age of the operator.
When not in use store the product out of reach
of children.
• Never allow children, persons with physical,
sensory or mental limitations or a lack of
experience and/or know-ledge and/or people
unfamiliar with these instructions to use the
product. Local regulations may restrict the age
of the operator.
• Never operate the product when you are tired,
ill or under the influence of alcohol, drugs or
medicine.
• Never work while people, especially children, or
pets are nearby.
• Children should be supervised to ensure that
they do not play with the product.
• The user is responsible for accidents or hazards
occurring to other people or their property.
• Always wear hearing protection and safety
glasses when working with the product.
• Do not wear open rubber shoes or sandals when
using the product. Always wear sturdy shoes
and long trousers. Do not use barefoot.
• Thoroughly inspect the area where the product
is to be used and remove all stones, sticks,
wires, bones and other foreign objects.
• Before using, always visually inspect to see
that the tines and tine assembly are not worn,
damaged or loose.
• Replace worn or damaged tine and assemblies
in sets to preserve balance. On multi-tined ma-
chines, take care as rotating one tine can cause
other tines to rotate.
• Walk, never run.
• Rake/Verticut only in daylight or in good artifi-
cial light.
• If possible, avoid using the product on wet grass
or take additional precautions to avoid slipping.
• Do not rake/verticut excessively steep slopes.
• Working on banks can be dangerous. Always
be sure of your footing on slopes or wet grass.
Rake/Verticut across the face of slopes never
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up and down.− Exercise extreme caution when
changing direction on slopes.
• Use extreme caution when stepping back or
pulling the machine towards you do not over-
reach and keep balance at all times.
• Always push the product forward when raking/
verticutting the lawn and never pull it towards
the body.
• Wait until the tines/blades stop if the machine
has to be tilted for transportation when crossing
surfaces other than grass and when trans-
porting the product to and from the area to be
raked/verticut.
• Never operate the machine with defective
guards or shields, or without safety devices, for
example deflectors and/or grass box in place.
• Switch on the motor according to the instruc-
tions with feet well away from rotating parts.
• Do not tilt the product when starting or switch-
ing on the motor, except if the machine has to
be tilted for starting in long grass. In this case,
do not tilt it more than absolutely necessary and
tilt only the part which is away from the oper-
ator. Always ensure that both hands are in the
operating position before returning the machine
to the ground.
• Do not put hands or feet near or under rotating
parts.
• Always stand clear of the discharge zone when
operating the machine.
• Never pick up or carry the machine while the
motor is running.
• When storing, make sure that all 4 wheels of the
garden tool stand on the ground/floor.
• Only lift the garden tool with the carrying han-
dle. Use the carrying handle with care.
• Do not modify the machine. Unauthorized modi-
fication scan impair the safety of your machine,
lead to increased noise and vibrations, and poor
performance.
• Be careful during adjustment of the product
to prevent entrapment of the feet and hands
between moving tines/blades and fixed parts of
the machine.
• Avoid operating the product in bad weather
conditions especially when there is a risk of
lightning.
• Regularly inspect the machine including the
supply cable and any extension cables for dam-
aged casings, cable sheaths, exposed wires and
cable grips. Do not connect damaged cables to
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