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- By: STIHL
- Source: SIHL home page
- If you use the correct mowing technique, you will achieve amazing results with your STIHL brushcutter. Even if this is the first time you have used a brushcutter, you will quickly learn the correct technique. Simply swing the brushcutter through about 180° from right to left, stepping forward slightly after each stroke.
- By: STIHL
- Source: SIHL home page
- Safety is very important to STIHL: your safety during work and when using the brushcutter is one of the main aspects of our daily development work. For this reason, we have developed a comprehensive safety concept for working with STIHL brushcutters and cutting saws. Your STIHL brushcutter, for example, is equipped with specially developed safety components. At the same time, your personal protective clothing and equipment is equally decisive for safe use of our products. Only the effective combination of these components offers you the maximum possible degree of safety when working.
- By: STIHL
- Source: SIHL home page
- Regular tensioning of the saw chain improves the safety during use and reduces wear and damage to the chain. We therefore recommend that you check the chain tension and make any necessary corrections each time before you start work. During work with the chain saw, the chain becomes warm and therefore expands slightly. During manufacture, STIHL saw chains are "stretched" slightly in the factory, and this prevents excessive thermal expansion.
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