Lengthening Cutting Line; Replacing Cutting Line - Toro 51301 Manuel De L'utilisateur

Operation
POTENTIAL HAZARD
Objects can be thrown by the trimmer while it is in
operation.
WHAT CAN HAPPEN
Thrown objects could cause injury to the operator or
bystanders.
HOW TO AVOID THE HAZARD
Always wear safety goggles or other suitable eye
protection, long pants and shoes while operating
trimmer.
Keep people and pets away from trimming area.
To reduce line wear or breakage, follow these trimming techniques.
Inspect area to be trimmed for any wire, rope or string-like
matter which could become entangled in the rotating line. Pick
up any objects or debris that could be thrown by the trimmer.
Trim only when grass and weeds are dry.
Slowly move unit in and out of area being cut, maintaining
unit at desired cutting height. Use a forward-backward or
side-to-side motion (Fig. 9 & 10).
Grass in excess of eight inches tall or small weeds should be
cut by cutting from the top to the bottom in small increments.
DO NOT FORCE THE UNIT. Allow the very tip of the
nylon line to do the cutting (especially along walls).
The tip of the cutting line will wear during use and reduce the
cutting swath. If the line is not advanced occasionally, it will
wear down to the eyelet. When the trimmer stops, the line
tends to relax and may retract into the cutter head. Should
this occur, remove spool, refeed the line through eyelet, and
reassemble spool to trimmer.
After each use, feed out some line to prevent line from
retracting into cutting head.
NEVER drag the trimmer spool on the ground while
trimming.
Trimmer may be used as a decorative edger by rotating support
handle 180 (Fig. 11).
POTENTIAL HAZARD
When using trimmer for decorative edging, objects
may be thrown in operator's or bystander's direction.
WHAT CAN HAPPEN
Thrown objects could cause injury to the operator or
bystanders.
HOW TO AVOID THE HAZARD
Always wear safety goggles or other suitable eye
protection, long pants and shoes while operating
trimmer.
Keep people and pets away from trimming area.

Lengthening Cutting Line

1. To lengthen line, tap spool on the ground while the motor
continues to run (Fig. 12); do not hold it on the ground. The
cutting knife attached to the shield will cut the line to the
proper length.
Note: To help prevent line tangle, tap only once to lengthen line. If
additional line is required, wait a few seconds before retapping
trimmer head. Do not allow line to wear too short. Keep line length
at full cutting diameter as much as possible.

Replacing Cutting Line

For best performance, use only Toro spools. Prewound
replacement spools can be purchased from your local Toro retailer.
POTENTIAL HAZARD
Use of line other than proper monofilament cutting
line could cause personal injury.
WHAT CAN HAPPEN
Metal wire, rope or other string-like substances could
cut through clothes, skin, etc. and cause personal
injury.
HOW TO AVOID THE HAZARD
Do not use any type of metal wire, rope or other
string-like substance.
Use only TORO .065" dia. nylon monofilament
cutting line, 30 feet maximum.
POTENTIAL HAZARD
When trimmer is in operation, the cutting head is
rotating.
WHAT CAN HAPPEN
Contact with rotating cutting head could cause
personal injury.
HOW TO AVOID THE HAZARD
Always be sure cutting head has completely stopped
rotating and trimmer is unplugged before inverting
trimmer.
Never activate trimmer when it is in an inverted
position.
1. Disconnect trimmer from power source.
2. To remove empty spool, invert trimmer, place hand over spool
and press in tabs on each side of cap (Fig. 13).
3. If there is any line on spool, hold free end of line with one
hand to prevent spool from unraveling and with other hand
grasp spool and lift off spool and cap together (Fig. 14).
Note: If spring falls off cutter head during this procedure, reinstall
spring before reinstalling spool and cap.
4. Thoroughly clean cutter head. Inspect for any damaged or
worn parts.
5. Unwind no more than three inches of line from new spool.
Hold line and spool to prevent unraveling.
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