Qualcut 3300ST Operating Instructions Manual - 3300St
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3300ST
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• When using a brush blade to saw through heavy brush
and small saplings, saw with the side of the brush blade that
is moving toward you and tends to pull the brushcutter away
from you.
• Blades on Qualcut brushcutters rotate counterclockwise, as
viewed from the operator’s position. Therefore, the left side
of the blade is moving toward you. Sawing with the left side
of a brush blade will give you better control and less risk of
kickback, though it will throw the sawdust toward you.
• Cut from the side of saplings that will cause them to fall
away from the brushcutter. This will help prevent the blade
from binding in the cut and kicking back.
• Accelerate the engine to maximum speed before starting
the cut, and saw through with uniform pressure.
OPERATING TIPS
Scything
• Swing the brushcutter in a level arc by rotating your body
with a smooth, easy motion, rather then moving the
brushcutter with your arms.
• Do not chop at tough weeds and brush; let the cutting line
or blade work through tough growths gradually.
• To direct thrown debris away from you, tilt the cutting
attachment to the right side, scythe from left to right, then
return without cutting.
Brush Clearing
• Clearing brush with a brush blade may require both scything
and sawing.
• Scything with the right side of the blade will direct thrown
debris away from you.
• Be especially careful to direct debris away from you if
recutting an area to shorten stumps. Short lengths of shrub
and sapling stumps may tear off and be thrown at high
speed.
• Sawing heavy brush and saplings with the left side of the
blade will reduce the risk of kickback.
Trimming & Edging
• Use nylon line for cutting against a hard surface. Work from
an angle where debris that strikes the hard surface will
ricochet away from you.
• Avoid contact with wires, wire fences, metal rods, etc. Over-
lapping a wire will cause the nylon line to wrap around the
wire and break off.